With ‘Last Supper,’ artist went too far
Upon opening my paper this morning, I was disgusted and shocked by Mike Luckovich’s cartoon (Opinion, April 1). His depiction of my Lord Jesus and His disciples in a discussion about the religious freedom bill is sacrilegious, not funny, and over the top in disrespect. I understand Mr. Luckovich’s political leanings, but this latest cartoon is beyond the pale and not funny.
PATRICIA P. MILAM, ATLANTA
Thanks to cartoonist of ‘Last Supper’
I’m a deeply devoted Christian, and I want to thank you for keeping Mike Luckovich on staff. His Last Supper cartoon was exactly on point, and printing it during Holy Week made it even better.
SUSAN HAUSER, ATLANTA
Don’t send guilty educators to prison
Regarding the outcome of the APS cheating scandal (“11 guilty verdicts,” News, April 2), we are a callous society. Yes, the educators found guilty of changing test scores hurt others by rationalizing their actions. They told themselves that somehow what they were doing wasn’t so bad, or that the test system is so screwed up, it didn’t deserve their respect. They should lose their jobs and suffer the shame — all bad enough — as well as engage in some form of restitution. They don’t deserve to have their lives taken from them by sending them to prison. Do we not know how to forgive or let people learn from their mistakes? Either the prosecutors in this case have never rationalized any wrongdoing, or they are hypocrites.
DARBY CHRISTOPHER, DUNWOODY
Hotel room tax will cost Ga. business
Under the cover of a late-night session, House Bill 170 was passed with a last-minute switcheroo, adding a $5 per room per night tax to hotel stays statewide (“Transportation bill gets billion-dollar boost,” News, April 2). From the perspective of the York House Inn, the oldest inn in Georgia, this massive tax increase now places our effective tax rate at 15.7 percent. If legislators think funding infrastructure in this manner is helpful, they are among the walking dead. Travelers vote with their dollars and will go elsewhere. Legislators are also wrong if they believe tax dollars will just keep rolling in with rosy increased occupancy percentages. Any use of an occupancy tax other than to promote tourism is absurd. The trickle effect of taxes of this kind will be felt by every business that serves the traveling public in Georgia.
STAN PENTON, RABUN GAP
