I found it peculiar that Brian Gaines led his op-ed piece ("Md.'s new manufacturing," Feb. 12) with a quote from Gov. Larry Hogan implying that Maryland has been hostile to business. From the article and its accompanying photo, we learn that drug and vaccine manufacturing is burgeoning, not only in Frederick and Gaithersburg, but also throughout Baltimore City. Reading on, we find out that the major impediment to job expansion in this sector is not government but a shortage of qualified workers with the necessary STEM skills, a situation that will not be helped by Mr. Hogan's proposed cuts in higher education. It seems that, despite the rhetoric, Maryland is attracting new manufacturing and good jobs after all.
B. K. Krueger, Ellicott City