Throw the dirty DOG out on his A$$. Thank you Anne Arundel County Court For getting this Pervert off our backs. Now for any County Council Member that votes to keep him in Office on Wednesday remember this. Your political career is in your hands. Vote to keep him in and you will be voted out.

Absolutely. Also, let's not follow the lead of Baltimore City and reward him with a cushy pension. He abused his office, his power and his subordinates. He does not deserve his pension. Lets be rid of him for good and not permit the reputation of Anne Arundel County get any furthur down in the gutter.

when this guy forgot that he was working for us and not us for him, it was time for him to go. hope this is a lesson for all politicians.

Absolutely! There shouldn't even be question, he needs to go!

He needs not only to leavc the office in disgrace, without pension or severance--but to be forced to reimburse the citizens of Anne Arundel County for every hour of civil service time that he abused (his own, as well as that of his staffers and the police detail assigned to protect him), and be penalized for jeopardizing the lives and safety of county residents by having police officers act as personal lookouts during his tawdry parking lot trysts, instead of keeping decent people from harm.

(One does have to wonder how a 69 year old man sporting a catheter after two back surgeries manages to engage in back-seat calisthenics in the first place, though.)

The judge was overly lenient in his verdict. Let's hope he's not so liberal in his sentencing.

Guess it's safe to say we won't be nameing a parkway after him?

It's about time. Actually, it's overdue.

I'm a bit lost on this. Apparently it's up to some kind of vote whether or not he stays. Why can't we have a law that states if any elected official is found guilty of committing a crime that's related to their office/duties they are automatically relieved of that position and any further compensation including pension or any other benefits.

Leopold and his mob crew need to resign. Robey, Hodgson, Friedman didn't just turn a blind eye. They participated in the intimidation misconduct. If these scumbags don't do the honorable thing and resign, I say remove them.

Last time I checked our constitution, he gets the right to appeal the decision. Given that he was acquitted on the majority of the specious charges, and found guilty on one and half of the 5 -- i.e,, asking an employee to empty his catheter bag when he was recovering from surgery but still doing County work, and having campaign volunteers who were also County employees. I would note that the witnesses who testified considered themselves volunteers, testified that they were not coerced and they did not think what they did was a crime, and there were no specific policies preventing them from doing so. So while it is proper for Mr. Leopold to be suspended pending a final decision, the Council should not move to declare the position vacant until Mr. Leopold has his opportunity to appeal this decision. If the Council moves prematurely, Mr. Leopold would be entirely within his right to challenge that decision in the courts on the grounds of denial of his due process rights and whether these convictions rise to the level of the new, untested charter amendments. If that happens this will become an even bigger circus than it has already become,

Leopold and his evil cabinet need to resign. I pray that the convictions are upheld on Leopold and that new convictions will come to Robey, Reiber Friedman and the others. We need justice and since they have the audacity to stay in office, removal is the best option available to the citizens.

Leopold made a commitment to repay the County for legal fees if convicted.

The County Council should have the Auditor calculate the total cost of the Office of Law's efforts and send Leopold the bill.

How much is the politically-appointed State Prosecutor, Emmet Davitt going to reimburse the taxpayers for the costs wasted on the Grand Jury indictment and the 3 and half counts on which Leopold was acquitted? With all the alleged shenanigans and backroom deals we hear of in Maryland politics and campaign finance, can't believe that this is most serious matter requiring their attention.

The State didn't commit criminal acts and is serving the public according to their mission.

According to the Court, John Leopold is a convicted criminal. Leopold chose to commit those crimes. Let's keep the blame and consequences squarely where they belong with political spin.

Leopold committed to repay the cost of the outside defense council. The Council should add the staff costs to the bill and demand payment.

If all of the county and state employees are represented buy a union, why were all of these employees afraid of losing their jobs, if they just said NO. I find this bizarre, if you want to blame him and his staff, then you also have to blame the union that was supposed to be protecting them from this type of abuse, isn't that what they were all paying dues for?