TC closing was a shock
Your editorial titled "TC deserves answers" (July 14) said it all. The announcement of the immediate closing of Towson Catholic High School sent my head spinning, my heart pounding and my anger rising.
The more I thought about it, the more I wondered if I had missed a letter from the alumni office. There had to be a warning that I had missed. The fact that there wasn't is just so discombobulating. It is similar to putting your grandmother into a nursing home without her being notified and before checking on other resources. Both actions show a total lack of Christian love.
I have only happy memories of TC. Those I will keep. They cannot be smothered by this thoughtless, abrupt announcement.
Faith Hawkins Welsh, Silver Spring
The writer is a member of the Towson Catholic High School class of 1954.
TC student heartbroken
My daughter was supposed to be a member of the class of 2010 at Towson Catholic High School. Instead, she is heartbroken over the closing of her beloved school. While she is left with a broken heart, my husband and I are left with wondering how this could happen to us after supporting Catholic education for 13 years. No contacts, no answers, no guidance, nothing?? How disgraceful is that??
Beth L. Conway
Sun bias apparent again
The front-page headline in Monday's Sun is about the Democrats criticizing former Vice President Cheney for some secret intelligence program apparently conceived shortly after the 9/11 attack ("Clamor rising over Cheney," July 13).
Nowhere to be found is any mention of a report released by the House Oversight and Government Reform committee about how powerful Democrats in Congress insisted that government-subsidized housing be geared to serve the purposes of social justice at the expense of sound lending practices.
The oversight committee's report details how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac squeezed out their competition and cornered the secondary mortgage market, allowing them to operate with much lower capital requirements than private competitors.
Mr. Cheney was acting in our best interests in defending our country, six or seven years ago. The House oversight committee's report is directly related to one of the major causes of our current economic problems.
Which is of more current interest? I submit that as further evidence of biased reporting by The Baltimore Sun.
Benedict Frederick Jr., Pasadena
