Baltimore County Councilman Julian Jones may have just joined a building cast of characters recently zinged in Maryland for failing to disclose business connections when signing legal forms designed to capture conflicts of interest.
Joining former Baltimore County Superintendent Dallas Dance and Baltimore City Mayor Catherine Pugh, the District Four Councilman revealed his wife’s connection as vice president of a moving company, Walters Relocation Services, but failed to mention agreements with Baltimore County government in his financial statements, which includes at least two master agreements and contracts, some which have been in place since at least 2012.
On all four years of his financial disclosure statements, Jones made clear that his spouse, Sabrina Jones, worked as a principal for the company. Missing, however, was information stating that Baltimore County government contracted with the company for moving and relocation services, and not the Board of Elections as he indicated on the forms, which is a distinct and separate entity.
Even two fellow councilmen were unaware of the connection to the county vendor.
Clearly disclosed on Jones’ financial records, however, was that the moving company had been doing business with Baltimore County Public Schools – for years – and had earned over $610,000 from the school system, during former Superintendent Dallas Dance’s entire tenure, records show...
