Was Mosby ethical or is the bar set low?

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.

Tim Tebow has been invited to big league spring training by the Mets, taking one of 75 spots after Major League Baseball limited spring roster sizes as a coronavirus precaution. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner returned to baseball in 2016 for the first time since his junior year of high school and played 77 games at Triple-A in 2019 before the pandemic wiped out the 2020 minor league season. A lefty-hitting outfielder, the 33-year-old Tebow batted .163 with four homers and 19 RBIs two years ago with Syracuse. He’s been invited to major league spring training each of the past four years and has hit .151 in 34 games, connecting for his first and only homer last spring before camps were closed. Despite the poor numbers, Tebow was among the 28 nonroster spring invitees announced by New York on Saturday. The majority of minor league players won’t report to camps until the big leaguers depart for opening day April 1. Tebow, who also dealt with injuries in 2018 and ‘19, said last spring that he wasn’t ready to give up on his dream of reaching the majors.