Comment: 'Welcome to Maryland, Mr. Etch A Sketch"

Readers took their opinions to Baltimore County Patch sites this week, flocking most to stories about Republican presidential hopeful , the in Catonsville and .

"Welcome to Maryland, Mr. Etch-A-Sketch. Probably will be his last visit." -- Paul Amirault

"It's a great day to be a Republican!" -- DL

"Wish we had gotten a Wegmans rather than a Save-A-Lot." -- Jody Gruby

"I went to high school with one of these guys, and while he wasn't a straight A student, he seemed like a guy who was relatively nice and smart. He certainly didn't have a reputation as a thug or criminal. It's really a shame that people choose to resolve their disputes through unnecessary violence, because now these guys will forever be stuck with the label of criminals even if they make sincere attempts to turn their lives around. Yes, they deserve jail time, but their arrests bring me no happiness. All I see is lost potential from those who chose to be destructive instead of constructive. I know that at least one of these guys had that potential." -- JBC

"My family has lived in Catonsville for almost 58 years. I was raised here. Spring Grove has ALWAYS been part of this community one way or another. We are very fortunate to have a lot of history at Spring Grove. Why isn't the historical society stepping in and stopping any further talks of construction and destruction of these beautiful historical buildings? Instead of cleaning the slate, why not incorporate those buildings into some of the ideas that are being presented and preserve our heritage? I would rather see that happening than modernizing that land. Why are we so quick to erase our history for something that we are unsure of in today's economy? I think it is time for our local government to embrace what the citizens want instead of what makes money in the pockets of the developers. Perhaps if the county government would renovate and rejuvenate the property with leases, our property taxes would go down. —Debbie Hebbeler

About this column: A collection of insightful, funny, even occasionally outrageous comments from Patch readers.