Annapolis Capital Punishment

Today's local newspaper asks this question in a banner headline today:

"Will the Market House fiasco taint Mayor Moyer's legacy?"

Will it? Will it? That's like asking if Watergate tainted Nixon or Iraq and soaring deficits tainted Bush?

Oh well. The article by Ryan Justin Fox will no doubt elicit strong criticism from every quarter, but I think it appears to be fair. Remember that the editors write the headlines. What strikes me, yet again, is how Moyer finds every way possible to skirt the issue, not take the blame. It is amazing how she so strongly opposes the city manager form of government, saying there needs to be a city-wide elected authority and yet she has that, and changes tune every time there is controversy. She inists we have professional management. The she proceeds to blame the council. Blame the tenants. Blame the lawyers. Blame. Blame. Blame. Shame. Shame. Shame.

On a slightly more optimistic note, can you believe that yours truly was quoted?

"Bush had his Katrina; Moyer has her Market House," local commentator Paul Foer said in January."

Of course I was labeled as a local commentator, so don't expect it to drive any traffic this way. After all, I only quote and refer people with direct links to the local newspaper on an almost daily basis (Sometimes I even use its name....)

Yeah. New Orleans had her Katrina. Annapolis had her Isabel. L.A. had its Yorty. Philadelphia had its Rizzo. Cleveland had its Kucinich. Chicago had its Byrne. If we only had paid them more, they would have governed better. Let's raise the salary of the next mayor from 70k to 120k.

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