OTHER VOICES
World Aids Day
I am having trouble finding the words to express how disgusted I am that Gov. Larry Hogan saw fit to close our state’s government Wednesday in honor of the late President George H.W. Bush, but he had not even a single word to spare last Friday, on the eve of Dec. 1, World AIDS Day.
Not only is Hogan’s silence alienating the LGBT community by ignoring an epidemic that all but wiped out almost an entire generation, but he also whitewashing the legacy of Bush. I find it very possible to recognize a legacy left behind by a leader while also being able to critique their actions, especially when there is such a window for our governor to do better as a leader by learning from great leaders’ examples.
Instead, Hogan and his administration are grossly misusing both their power and the taxpayer dollar in this gesture of mourning. It is my hope that the governor’s office will take steps to rectify its actions and correct the lack of recognition of World AIDS Day.
There are many great nonprofits in Maryland that work with the LGBTQ community to provide many necessary services to the people of Maryland. The governor’s office could very easily use its influence to expand its involvement with the LGBTQ community of Maryland and be a true point of light for its constituents. MARY ELLA JOURDAK
Chester
Military Bowl
The Military Bowl committee was wrong when they selected a bad Virginia Tech team for the 2018 edition.
Georgia Tech is the clearly superior team and Annapolis would have made a destination for Paul Johnson’s final game as their head coach. Without him coming to Navy in 2002 and turning the program around, it’s wholly possible the bowl would have folded as RFK Stadium crumbled around it.
The bowl committee needs to remember that locals, not just traveling fans, fill the stadium on gameday. They turned their back on Navy fans who would have turned out to send the coach out in style. Now I will turn my back and my wallet on the bowl and no longer attend. ANDY SCHMICKLE Harwood
Steve Schuh
Our dethroned county executive and his Republican cohorts can blame President Donald Trump and “low voter turnout” all they like for their recent thrashing at the polls (The Capital, Dec. 3) but they are missing at least some of the point.
If the best candidates they can put before us are loud-mouthed bigots from Glen Burnie, hapless extremists yearning for the glory days of slavery while professing their love for the “unborn,” tantrum-throwing lawbreakers masquerading as lawmakers, and charter members of the Judge Roy Moore Fan Club, it will be my pleasure — my honor — not to vote for them again in 2022.
Pointing at our gentlemanly governor and saying “I’m with him” while flooding airwaves, mailboxes and telephone lines with hateful drivel excerpted from the president’s playbook will not wash in Anne Arundel County.
That’s the message of 2018. Here’s hoping our sisters and brothers from the once-honorable GOP can turn down Radio Free Putin (aka Fox News) long enough to heed it. PHILIP GREENFIELD Annapolis
Respecting the president
When The Sunday Capital arrived this week and I opened up the front page, I had to re-read the headline “A political legend falls” several times then read the subhead to understand that a true legend had died.
When using the term “political legend falls,” one immediately envisions that someone has been taken down or some foundation has crumbled.
Implying such does not pay tribute to an American leader and disrespects his legacy. SHELLY SIMI Traceys Landing