Effort to weaken Baltimore County IG shows why area residents distrust local government

Earlier this month, the Johns Hopkins 21st Cities Initiative released a survey of 1,352 Baltimore and Baltimore County residents to gauge their thoughts about a broad range of issues from policing to transportation to the condition of their neighborhoods (seven out of eight expressing satisfaction with theirs, by the way). There was, however, one topic about which a sizeable majority was clearly unhappy, and we would urge Baltimore County Council President Julian E. Jones Jr. to pay close attention to this.