Bravo on the Nov. 9 editorial “Million-Dollar Questions.” Newcomers to this area should be aware that in Baltimore,Mort Klein’s name ismud, and has been for decades, since his ballot-stuffing coup ousted Baltimorean Jim Schiller from the role of ZOA president. Once he assumed that office, Klein then sidestepped the ZOA bylaws’ term limits for that position, setting himself up as national president for life. There, he cultivated an almost cult-like following, highlighted by intolerance of dissent fromhis policies (or as the JT editorial put it, “Klein and the ZOA are one and the same”). That cult-like dominating influence explains his excessive compensation as “the highest-paid Jewish professional in North America.”
Saul Edelman
Reisterstown
