"I would restore public trust in the government," Embry said. "For too long we've not had that. We've had pay-to-play politics where we have had mayors distracted by conflicts of interest, by scandals, by investigations. … I would ask the senator, if the Board of Estimates has millions of dollars in contracts before them, would you solicit funds from the lobbyists? Is that the standard that we'll see in Baltimore City government?"