In Saturday's front page story showing (so far) six people seeking to become Baltimore's next mayor, your reporter quotes a citizen saying she did not know there was going to be an election this year ("Mayoral contenders plan summer of campaigning," June 4).

There is a problem in today's society about elections: Citizens do not read the newspapers anymore and many skip the news on television, opting for goofy shows. The coming election will not be decided by honest, knowledgeable voters but by "know nothings" who year after year hold the balance of elective power in government, and the rest have to suffer for it.

Richard L. Lelonek, Baltimore