No wonder the settlement was hidden under the false name of “Philip Dough,” an action that Baltimore County IG Kelly Madigan bent over backwards to find was not “malicious.” [OP-ED]

After investigating, Inspector General Kelly Madigan said the $83,675 payment to Philip Tirabassi was not improper and the use of a fake name to hide the settlement was not malicious.

Like an earlier grant to ABC for the same amount, this one is listed as submitted at the direction of Nick Mosby, whose term as City Council president ended two weeks ago.

Baltimore’s convicted ex-chief prosecutor participates in an on-site tour of a possible purchase by her new employer, a church-affiliated nonprofit.