I suppose there is some comfort to be had knowing that Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming found “no misspent tax dollars” during the investigation of the Baltimore state’s attorney’s travel and personal business. But, really, is it too much to expect that our elected officials should actually come to work (”Baltimore’s Marilyn Mosby may not have done anything illegal, but the top prosecutor’s travel still raises concerns,” Feb. 11)?
According to the report, Marilyn Mosby spent close to 30% of 2018 and 2019 somewhere other than at her office. While I fully understand and appreciate the value of participation in professional conferences, at some point that professional learning should be applied to the tasks at hand — and at home. When 30% of your time is spent away from your job, how much added value are the taxpayers reaping from those travels?
And since I am already annoyed, shall I also mention that, while it may be entirely above board and within established protocols, is it really necessary to use police resources as a limousine service back and forth from an out-of-state luxury spa?
After witnessing the long line of unethical and criminal conduct displayed in recent years by elected officials in Maryland, perhaps I should just be relieved that State’s Attorney Mosby committed “no financial improprieties whatsoever.” But when it comes to impropriety in general, our bar just seems to be getting awfully low.
Rita Fromm, Timonium
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