Letter to the Editor

Last week, we once again witnessed more tenants vacating the Market House, leaving only three vendors in our historic treasure. The Mayor blames Site Realty for poor management, and Site Realty blames the City for many things. What a surprise. While the blame game and litigation continues, we the people watch what seems like another act in a very long and tragic Opera.

I was astounded at Mayor Moyer’s quote in the Baltimore Sun last week, in which she stated “Hopefully the manager of the market will get the message and do some things that will make sense to vendors.” The purpose of this letter is not to perpetuate the blame game, as that does not bring us any closer to a solution, however, I cannot help but marvel at this Administration making such blanket statements given its own history of mismanagement of this situation.

It is time to move beyond the finger pointing, litigation, partisan bickering, etc… and focus on solutions and how we save our Market House and preserve the future of downtown businesses. This is a serious problem that demands strong and immediate leadership. From City Hall to residents’ involvement in town hall meetings, we must all come to the table as Annapolitans and work towards remedies.

Inaction will ultimately force downtown into its final act.


I e-mailed the above letter to both the Capital and the Baltimore Sun on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at approximately 8:00AM, EDT ... I am hopeful that both will publish it.