Is the editorial board of the Sun insane?

Let me get this straight: Of the 14 Baltimore City Council seats up for election in 2007, there is no opposition in 5 of the races, in one of the races the Sun made no endorsement, and in every single one of the remaining 8 races the Sun endorsed the Democratic incumbent (“The Sun endorses”, 11/6.)

To add insult to injury, the Sun not only did not endorse fresh blood candidates like the Green Party’s Bill Barry, they refused to even mention his name.

Did the Sun editorial board treat Mr. Barry with such disregard because he ran a strong campaign against Governor Martin O’Malley family member Robert W. Curran in District 3?

For me the bottom line is that in a city widely perceived to be on the decline, with a murder rate that is the butt of jokes around the country, with a failed school system, with BGE having just raised its rates by 72% in order to allow Mayo Shattuck to become the highest paid CEO in Maryland, the Sun recommended voters return the same Democratic machine pols, those “assured, knowledgeable leaders” whose “smooth and undramatic” policies have created one of the most corrupt and mismanaged cities in the country!

One definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result each time; is the editorial board of the Sun insane?

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