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To be blunt, Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier\u2019s process for selecting an inspector general from start to finish stunk. There is obviously something behind the curtain that Baltimore County residents aren\u2019t being told (“Baltimore County executive nominates new inspector general, rejects Madigan,”<\/a> July 24).<\/p>\n

I nominate Klausmeier to have her picture hung between former disgraced Baltimore County Executives Spiro Agnew and Dale Anderson.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lyle Rescott, Marriottsville<\/p>\n

Add your voice: Respond to this piece or other Sun content by\u00a0<\/i>submitting your own letter<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Klausmeier’s disgraceful handling of inspector general puts her on the wall of shame. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":11499196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-07-26T15:00:43Z","apple_news_api_id":"9fe9aad0-4f2b-4d85-b652-98d84e9ceb96","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-07-26T15:00:43Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/An-mq0E8rTYW2UpjYTpzrlg","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"subheadline":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[96],"tags":[193],"feature":[],"location":[],"type-of-work":[],"coauthors":[24449],"class_list":["post-11578537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-readers-respond"],"post_status":"","edit_last":0,"edit_lock":0,"highlights":"","original_byline":"","original_canonical":"","original_category":"","original_email":"","original_id":0,"original_pubdate":"","original_source":"","primary_section":"96","primary_tag":193,"print_workflow_body":{"deck_headline":"","print_title":"","print_subheadline":"","print_priority":"","print_placement":"cover","print_planned_ready":"","print_pub_date":"","print_slug":"TBS-L-LEADERSHIP-0725","print_content":"","print_budget_line":"","print_excerpt":"","print_notes":"","photo_limits":"Photo limits are: 1 featured image, 5 featured gallery images, 5 embedded gallery images and 5 in-article embedded images. 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