Gansler advocates dumping independent prosecutor that specializes in locking up crooked politicians!

<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;2924" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-2924" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;09&sol;Doug-Gansler-campaign-stop-092513&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-2924" alt&equals;"Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler sponsored underage booze party for his son and police say he drove state vehicle like a wild man through traffic with lights and sirens blazing" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;09&sol;Doug-Gansler-campaign-stop-092513-300x282&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"282" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-2924" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler sponsored underage booze party for his son and police say he drove state vehicle like a wild man through traffic with lights and sirens blazing<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p id&equals;"paragraph1">Attorney General Doug Gansler&comma; a gubernatorial candidate in the Democratic primary&comma; says Maryland should do away with the state prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s office&comma; an independent unit that investigates public corruption&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gansler says it has no legal authority that isn&&num;8217&semi;t covered by other state and federal attorney offices&period; He believes the state could save &dollar;1&period;2 million by reassigning its employees to other law enforcement agencies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The state established the unit within the Attorney General&&num;8217&semi;s Office in 1977 to investigate election law violations&comma; bribery&comma; perjury and other offenses by public officials and employees&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Since 2008&comma; it has brought embezzlement charges against former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon and misconduct charges against former Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gansler&&num;8217&semi;s suggestion was part of a plan he released Tuesday on how Maryland could eliminate unnecessary spending&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;St-Marys-Today-Story-Toonville&sol;dp&sol;B00FWX71WU&sol;ref&equals;la&lowbar;B0051KKWKM&lowbar;1&lowbar;5&lowbar;title&lowbar;2&lowbar;audd&quest;s&equals;books&amp&semi;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;qid&equals;1397749617&amp&semi;sr&equals;1-5"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3332" alt&equals;"The Story of The Rag aud cov" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;The-Story-of-The-Rag-aud-cov-300x300&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;