Let the public decide what to do with public land around Camden Yards | READER COMMENTARY

There is now an agreement to extend the Orioles current lease for a second time so they can negotiate a long-term lease, which would include development rights (“State, Orioles tentatively agree to extend Camden Yards lease while also moving forward on long-term deal,” Dec. 14). It is a temporary deal that allows time for further negotiations and approval from state agencies as well as the legislature.

Many citizens of the state do not want any deal to give public lands to the team’s billionaire owner. Perhaps the citizens should have more power on this issue. Let’s put the final deal on the ballot as a statewide referendum. It’s public land. Let the public decide.

— Dudley  Thompson, Girdletree