(BALTIMORE – May 21, 2026) – Let me be direct. Two nights ago, at the Candidates Night hosted by the Edmondson Village, Rognel Heights, and Uplands Community Associations on Walnut Avenue, Delegate Sandy Rosenberg stood before the voters of the 41st Legislative District and essentially told us that a sitting state senator facing a federal indictment was not worth our concern. He didn’t hesitate. He didn’t hedge. He didn’t blink. And that was one of the most disrespectful things I have witnessed at a political forum in decades of covering Baltimore. Delegate Rosenberg, we are not stupid. We understand due process. We understand innocent until proven guilty. Nobody in that room needed a civics lesson from you. What we needed — what we deserved — was honesty. What we got instead was the political establishment protecting itself while expecting the rest of us to smile and go along with it. That is not leadership. That is condescension dressed up in a suit. Here is what Delegate Rosenberg was so unbothered by. Senator Dalya Attar, her brother Joseph “Yossi” Attar, and Baltimore City Police Officer Kalman Finkelstein were federally indicted on charges of conspiracy and extortion, among other counts. According to the indictment, they secretly recorded two people engaged in an intimate affair and used that recording to keep one of the victims quiet so as not to hurt Attar’s election chances. Court documents further allege they discussed showing the video to members of the Jewish community to silence the victims — and threatened the marriage of one victim and the marriage prospects of her children. The conspiracy covers events from January 2020 to July 2022. The Baltimore City police officer involved had his powers suspended in 2022 and has since been placed on unpaid suspension. This is not a parking ticket. This is not bad paperwork. This is a 20-page federal indictment involving hidden cameras, blackmail, and the weaponization of someone’s most intimate moments to protect a political career. Read the full WMAR-2 report here: https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-city/baltimore-city-state-senator-dalya-attar-indicted-on-federal-charges-of-extortion-and-conspiracy Read the federal court docket directly here: United States v. Attar, Case No. 1:25-cr-00324 (D. Maryland) — https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71820859/united-states-v-attar/ And yet Delegate Rosenberg looked at the voters of this district and decided our concerns didn’t even register. That is egregious. It is insulting. And it should not be forgotten come Election Day. Then last night, at a second forum held at Bnos Yisroel School on Park Heights Avenue, the contrast only sharpened. The 41st District is having a real conversation — and some of its current representatives are still not being straight with the people. And then there is Pimlico. When Delegate Rosenberg spoke about the redevelopment of Pimlico, he did so with enthusiasm — as though it were a gift to this community. What he conspicuously left out is what community advocates have been saying loudly: that Black residents and Black businesses stand to be largely locked out of the economic benefits of the new Pimlico. In a majority-Black city. In a majority Black district.…