Annie Linskey reports this morning that Mayor Dixon raised $195,254 for her campaign last year, which isn't much, especially considering $15,000 of that was in a loan from her sister that she paid back and more than $11,000 was a tax refund from the IRS. As mayor, she should be raking in the bucks from developers and everyone else who wants to do business in the city, but so far, she's not. She has $166,000 in cash on hand, which doesn't even give her the top spot among city officials. To put that in a little bit of context:

• Anne Arundel Executive John Leopold raised $504,000 at a comparable point in his term and had more than $518,000 on hand.
• Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith raised $507,000 at the same point in his first term (and remember, that was five years ago).
• Howard County Executive Ken Ulman raised $272,000 in his first full year in office.
• Martin O'Malley had a comparable amount to Dixon at the end of his first full  year in office, but over the next 11 months, he raised $860,000.
• Right now, one city councilman and three Baltimore County councilmen have more money than she does.
• State Sen. Cathy Pugh -- a former city councilwoman and one-time Dixon opponent -- has more than $100,000 in the bank.