Copyright Baltimore Sun
Your editorial beseeching Maryland to open our doors to business was compelling (“Maryland must make itself open for business,” Oct. 21). I read it while visiting my daughter in California, where gasoline was close to $5 a gallon and house prices are astronomical. And yet, that state has an economy larger than Great Britain or India. We visited Yosemite National Park, which was breathtaking. You can drive miles up and down the coast and marvel at long stretches of undeveloped shoreline. The state has prospered by building airplanes, making movies and developing leading-edge, high-technology companies. Young entrepreneurs want to live in California for the lifestyle it offers and the favorable climate. The Chesapeake Bay region has much the same to offer. The state is focusing on education to return us to the perch we once sat upon. The governor is focused on the state becoming a national hub for biotechnology and quantum computing. Drive inland in California, and the rural farming areas look much like Western Maryland and our Eastern Shore. Set aside state politics and consider the economic blueprint the Golden State has to offer. Maryland, too, can be an environment where young people come to realize the American dream. — Eric Greene, Annapolis
