Nonprofits shouldn't be ousted from old hospital site

You can now say a few things about the extensive tract northwest of Annapolis that, from 1911 to 2004, housed the Crownsville Hospital Center, a state psychiatric facility:

There's not a chance that it will remain long in its current condition, with just a few of its grim old buildings used by local nonprofit groups.

A lot of developers, at least when the market improves, would like to cover it with housing.

The county missed its best chance to control the property's development several years ago. That's because it balked at assuming the heavy costs of dealing with crumbling buildings contaminated with...