I was shocked The Aegis printed a letter to the editor admitting that “quality of life in Harford County is deteriorating and fast.” (“Greed of developers, leaders cannot mask corrosive income disparity,” May 24) The letter said “this is because county leaders have been bought out by developers and see expansion of housing as their biggest source of revenue,” Implying that developers are responsible for minor children stealing vehicles they are not yet old enough to drive. That is a pretty big leap to make, even for a liberal Democrat.
Greedy developers and income disparity are the headline of this letter to the editor. It wouldn’t be the juvenile’s awareness that there are few consequences for getting caught stealing in Maryland or that their juvenile culture encourages bad behavior, or that these juveniles are unsupervised by parents. No, the problem couldn’t be the child’s responsibility; crime is caused by greedy developers “and the crimes these mixed-use developments promise” the writer claims. You have to have an especially warped ideology to believe that. And don’t look at the pictures of the thieves, they will make you racist.
I noticed in the last Harford County election that we have more Democrats in leadership positions than we have had in a while. As Maryland becomes a bluer state, we can expect the ills of blue cities will come out to the counties and as county leaders continue to allow fewer houses to be built, the cost of existing housing will continue to rise, further driving out the working class. I was a developer once, until I lost so much money on my last project, I gave it up.
The writer complains of longer wait times and high costs for home repairs. I suggest you not send your kids to indoctrination universities; send them to trade schools where they can learn a trade, make good money and build or rehab a home for themselves or others.
Ed Garono, Havre de Grace