With his offensive statements and embarrassing actions-- and now his refusal to apologize to Korean-Americans for dumb and insensitive remarks --William Donald Schaefer has managed to achieve what his popular predecessor, Louis Lazarus Goldstein, could not achieve in 40 years of elections -- drawing attention to his electoral opponents. Marylanders elected Goldstein, president of the Maryland Senate, their comptroller in 1958 and they never stopped. He served until his death in 1998. Never was a tax collector so well thought of! Louie went through 10 elections, and I don't know anyone who can recall a single opponent in any of those quiet primaries or generals without looking it up. (Louie might even have been unchallenged in some.) Now, Schaefer has given Maryland voters a reason to pay attention to the comptroller's primary, and the main beneficiaries are Peter Franchot and Janet Owens.

Good goin', Don Donaldo!