Brown’s anti-Trump lawsuits a waste of tax dollars

What is the job of Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown because apparently all it requires is for Brown to file lawsuits against President Donald Trump (“Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown counters Trump executive orders,” Feb. 11).

When Trump won in 2016, what did Brown do? He used our tax dollars to file lawsuits. Who knows what became of those cases. Now, what is the state attorney general doing again? He’s suing Trump with state tax dollars. I guess now he will file a suit against Trump for not building a new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt (“Gov. Wes Moore criticizes Trump’s FBI HQ plan, says Greenbelt site ‘build ready,'” March 15).

When Joe Biden was president, you didn’t hear Brown suing him over anything. The attorney general is a waste. What is he doing? Trying to get his name out there to take another run at governor? He was a flop the last time he ran. What is he going to run on? “I spent your tax dollars suing President Trump?”

Let me tell you with Wes Moore as governor and then with either Brown or Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott in that job next, heaven help us because this state will go down the tubes so fast your head will spin. Wake up, Marylanders and see what is happening in this state.

— Judy Francis, Towson

Letters to the editor should be more civil

What is the role of a newspaper in its community? I would argue that civil discussions and differences of opinion play an important role with emphasis on the word “civil.”

Recently, The Baltimore Sun published a letter to the editor from Suzie Scott, chair of “Moms for Liberty” in Harford County (“In Annapolis, Democrats foolishly stick to DEI,” March 13). In it, she describes her dislike of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. She does have “liberty”: She can write a letter with her opinion to the Sun and get it published. But let’s take a look at the words she uses to describe the actions of her political opponents: “temper tantrum,” “extremists,” “wicked schemes,” “spending addicts,” “ideologues” and “extreme agenda.”

These words don’t promote civil discussion. There is no room for debate in her letter. I am a mom — and a grandmom, too — and I am most definitely for liberty, but it sounds like “Moms for Liberty” is not the place for me.

Can we please remember the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you — and extend it to speech as well? The Baltimore Sun would do well to print letters expressing ideas and opinions with a civil tone.

— L. Ann Teubner, Towson

Maryland Democrats are pro-tax, anti-business

When Gov. Larry Hogan left office, Maryland had a $3 billion budget surplus. In two short years, Gov. Wes Moore and Democrats in the Maryland General Assembly have not only burned through that but created billions of dollars in projected deficits into the future (“What happened to the Hogan surplus?” Jan. 27).

One would think that a fiscal disaster such as this would require a substantial rethinking of state priorities and a determination to live within your means. Although some significant cuts have been proposed by Governor Moore, Democratic legislators have decided to stick with their tried and true way to resolve deficits: raise taxes.

The latest scheme is to create a 2.5% business-to-business tax, a tax hidden in the costs of businesses so that those rubes also known as voters may not notice it. Of course, the cost of this will be borne by consumers who will assume that the higher prices they pay are just more of the same inflation they have suffered for the last five years. Those businesses that can’t pass along the costs will either slowly lose money, go out of business or move out of state.

Democratic legislators could care less. They only listen to public employee unions, environmental zealots and fringe self-proclaimed “progressives.”

Their message to small businesses: Take a hike. It is tax scams such as this that give Maryland a bad name when it comes to business. Either a change in attitude by our current leaders towards business (don’t count on it) or a change of leadership must take place if we are going to get out of this mess.

— Robert C. Erlandson, Lutherville