In a new report aired by WBFF FOX45 Baltimore, investigative reporter Tessa Bentulan laid out what public records show about executive vehicles across Maryland – and why one purchase in Baltimore is drawing outsized attention.
Bentulan reported that Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is assigned a taxpayer-funded SUV that cost $163,495, making it the most expensive executive vehicle among the state’s top elected leaders, and placing it far above the next-highest vehicle in the records her team reviewed.
The reporting framed the issue as more than sticker shock, because the price gap raises questions about oversight, cost controls, and whether executive spending decisions line up with the financial pressures residents feel every day…