How refreshing to read that there still are some people willing to dip into the cesspool of politics and try to do the right thing for a change. I only wish Milad Pooran lived in Baltimore County so I could vote for him, as he sounds like a true progressive hero who actually cares about people other than his campaign donors ("Dismayed by Washington, Pooran runs for Congress," March 27).
I wish him well in his new district, but somehow I doubt someone as forward thinking as Dr. Pooran will fare too well in a district that sent Roscoe Bartlett to Congress for so many years. In fact, even though he has served in the military for years and done honor to his adopted homeland, I suspect that many voters in his district won't look beyond his brown skin and Middle Eastern name.
Good luck and godspeed, Dr. Pooran.
William Smith, Baltimore