(Baltimore Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam / January 13, 2010)

When I heard that former Governor Ehrlich turned up at the “Tea Party” protest in Annapolis last week, I was surprised and a bit intrigued: he was going to be Jonah in the Lion’s Den, a big-spending governor who lost re-election in a face-to-face confrontation with opponents of big spending.

Needless to say, I was disappointed to learn that he had no intention of defending his big-spender record but, instead, had apparently decided to try to trick the Tea Party protesters into ignoring his fiscally irresponsible record.

While I may disagree with the Tea Partiers on many issues, I believe they deserve to have their views heard and that they deserve to hear the truth and not be exploited by him for his political ambitions.

That’s why I wrote him this letter, asking him to apologize to the Tea Party protesters. An Open Letter to Bob Ehrlich