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Baltimore Editorial
Stop using SWAT teams on civilians
- The violent assault on Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo’s home late last month was certainly not the first bungled raid by a government SWAT team, but the bad publicity it generated should make it the last time these trigger-happy squads target innocent civilians. Tracking a 32-pound package of marijuana that had been addressed to Calvo’s wife, Trinity Tomsic, Prince George’s sheriff’s deputies forcibly entered the mayor’s home on July 29 and killed his two dogs before handcuffing him and his mother-in-law.
Pals for principals
- Coaching for Baltimore City school principals through the transition to a new management strategy is a good idea — if it’s temporary and ends up saving taxpayers’ money. Chief Executive Officer Andres Alonso is matching 15 coaches with principals as part of his move to decentralize administration.
Water plans all wet
- Drink up, citizens, while we can. And prepare to pay up for future water supplies. A state report reveals not only that Maryland’s outlook is bad, we don’t even know how bad. Ignorance means the single most important factor in public health and economic growth — adequate supply of potable water — is at risk.
Speech police alive at UMBC
- Why is it that we praise student movements abroad, but don’t allow them at home? Or at least seriously curtail them so as not to offend certain groups?