Flashback: 'Whoa, You Can Smell the Rats,' Baltimore Mayor Told TV News in 2018 In the WBFF video and story, Pugh says, “Whoa, you can smell the rats”: At one point, Pugh said: “What the hell? We should just take all this [expletive] down.” The day Pugh walked, temperatures were in the 100 degrees. As she turned down one street, a stench filled the air. The day Pugh walked, temperatures were in the 100 degrees. As she turned down one street, a stench filled the air. Pugh said: “Whoa, you can smell the rats.” "Oh, my God, you can smell the dead animals," Pugh added https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/flashback-whoa-you-can-smell-rats-baltimore-mayor-told-tv-news-2018 Catherine Pugh missing as FBI, IRS raid Baltimore office, home June 2, 2019 The days keep getting worse for Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. On Thursday, federal agents raided her homes and offices, Maryland’s governor called for her resignation “for the good of the city” and speculation swirled about her whereabouts, as she presumably is still recovering from a bout of pneumonia. The escalating drama played out in Baltimore amid a backdrop of political isolation for the embattled first-term mayor, whose sales of her self-published “Healthy Holly” books to a medical system she oversaw and to firms seeking contracts in the city are being investigated by federal and state authorities. Fellow Democrats have referred to her business venture, which brought her hundreds of thousands of dollars, as “self-dealing” and the ongoing scandal “an embarrassment.” Early Thursday, FBI and IRS agents conducted coordinated raids of both of Ms. Pugh’s homes in the city, her offices at City Hall and at a nonprofit group she once led, as well as the home of one of her aides. Officials did not disclose what they were looking for in the early morning searches, which included the offices of Ms. Pugh’s attorney, Steve Silverman, and the nonprofit Maryland Center for Adult Training. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan had been silent about Ms. Pugh’s future, even as he directed the state prosecutor to investigate her book deals earlier this month. The Republican governor broke his silence Thursday. https://www.apnews.com/9e872d3102be5b1b370603b2ac52064e Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigns amid criminal probe over children's book https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/baltimore-mayor-catherine-pugh-resigns-amid-criminal-probe-over-children-n999036