Perspective: Baltimore deserves better than a one-star mayor, byTheresaVargas writes
By Theresa Vargas Theresa Vargas Local columnist who previously wrote for the local enterprise team about poverty, race and people with disabilities. Email Bio Follow Columnist April 3 at 12:48 PM For a glimpse at how people are feeling about Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh, log on to Amazon and look at the customer reviews of her book “Healthy Holly: Exercising is Fun.”The reviews focus instead on the quality of her leadership, and they are scathing.
People are justifiably outraged about what’s happening in Baltimore and that anger is spilling out everywhere. On social media. On city streets. And yes, even on an Amazon page that is hard to find because “Healthy” is missing a “y,” leaving the title to read “Health Holly” above a picture of the book and a bio of Pugh.
The Baltimore Sun, through dogged and diligent reporting, has revealed one eyebrow-raising fact after another about the series of books the mayor self-published. The paper has reported that Pugh received $500,000 for 100,000 copies of the books from the University of Maryland Medical System while she served on its board and while she sponsored dozens of bills affecting hospitals in Maryland.
But if you have ever spent time in Baltimore — and not just the Inner Harbor, but in areas where children walk to school carrying grown-up worries — then you know why the city needs and deserves so much more than a one-star mayor.
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