“She filed her 1998 and 1999 tax forms on time,” said Karen E. Sharma, a campaign spokesperson, yesterday.

Then there’s the matter of Davis-Mullen’s bar application, where the candidate was found to have sat for the bar exam without the necessary prerequisite of completing her studies in law school. Sharma said that Davis-Mullen’s alma mater, The New England School of Law, misinformed Davis-Mullen about her readiness to graduate.

“Our records show that we did everything correctly,” says Dean of the Law School John F. O’Brien, declining to explicitly place the blame on Davis-Mullen.

While no new legal proceedings are scheduled on either of these matters, they have led to a deluge of negative press soon after her candidacy and a more general inquiry into her character and private life.

Local media are digging to such an extent into the councilor’s history that the Globe recently reported on Davis-Mullen’s overdue water and sewer payment-from 1991.

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