Visionary leader merits more respect

May 12, 2008

It is disgraceful that The

Sun invaded former Gov. William Donald Schaefer's privacy by revealing the vulnerabilities of his advancing age, with a picture of him that again shows him at less than his usual dapper self ("The object of their affections," May 7).

Mr. Schaefer is a visionary, and the great love of his life, the city of Baltimore, is much better for his vision.

The headline on Wednesday's column should have read, "Charlestown Retirement Community gives a hero's welcome to new resident William Donald Schaefer."

Jan Roth

Fallston

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