In the continuing saga of Mayor Dixon versus Frank Conaway, the city clerk has turned to the attorney general for help.

A recap of the story: Conaway lost to Dixon in last year’s primary. However, part of his job as city clerk required him to swear in Dixon. Despite that, she snubbed Conaway and had Gov. O’Malley swear her in. Conaway then decided he wasn’t going to provide the proper documents for the ceremony; the city proceeded without them. This lack of documentation eventually raised some questions as to whether Dixon was actually mayor of our city.

At this point, the city asked Conaway to sign the required Certificate of Incumbency, attesting that Dixon was, in fact, sworn in. Because he was not present at the ceremony, Conaway refused, unless he was able to do it himself in a second ceremony.

Now, the city clerk has turned to Attorney General Dog Gansler for his opinion on the legality of Dixon’s swearing-in ceremony. Said Conaway: “I wanted a legal opinion on whether the city was proper in asking me to attest to the mayor appearing before me.” The Maryland Court of Appeals is currently deciding if Conaway can seek Gansler’s opinion.

So what do you think? Is Conaway asking a legitimate question, or is this just a way for him to keep making headlines?

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