People in the sub have aggressively defended Santelises (city schools CEO) and the city council in the past week.

It's the strangest thing. It's like a reflex to criticism. People think it's "anti city" to point out that these ppl suck at their jobs and Baltimore deserves better. They said "if you don't pay 400k, no one will want to be schools CEO", despite people in the same that pointing out city schools is like the 5th biggest school district in the state and top 5 performers like Howard, Carroll, and Harford pay their school superintendents half of what Santelises makes.

You're simple not allowed to criticize city leadership. And that's part of the culture that holds Baltimore back.