Baltimore deserves better than to have a tax delinquent running the City Council

As Dan Rodricks pointed out in his recent column about Nick and Marilyn Mosby’s delinquency in paying their IRS taxes and penalties for several years — following many other Baltimore officials’ inappropriate, illegal or embarrassing behavior or performance in their public roles —city residents have been through enough and deserve better in their public servants (“Tax debt is not a crime, but it’s not a good look. The Mosbys should pay up and spare Baltimore more humiliation,” Oct. 15).

Unfortunately, this information came out after the primary election and not in advance enough of the general election for Democratic voters to make a more informed choice for City Council president. Had city residents been aware of Mr. Mosby’s ongoing issues with the IRS, I don’t think he would be on the ballot for City Council president. Between an inability to appropriately manage his finances over consecutive years, establish reasonable priorities and limits of his own resources and capacities, successfully communicate complex issues with a number of invested parties and agencies, comply with wellknown laws of all citizens to pay taxes or project honesty and integrity in the face of a challenge, he has not demonstrated any reason I or others should entrust him with the privileges and responsibilities of the City Council president.

I ask with great dismay and frustration: Now, what do we do?