FALCONS STADIUM
Don’t rebuild Dome,
move team to Doraville
How about locating a Falcons stadium at the site of the old General Motors plant in Doraville? That site seems like an ideal location, with access to two major interstate highways, ample surface streets already in place, and proximity to MARTA. This move would also add significant tax revenue to Doraville and DeKalb County.
This seems like the ideal location to me.
STEPHEN M. FILREIS, ATLANTA
SECOND AMENDMENT
Buyback programs
get guns off streets
I was moved by President Obama’s recent call for Congress to act on gun deaths. I am hopeful that our nation’s lawmakers will take action. In the meantime, we can make our communities safer.
The city of College Park recently sponsored a gun buyback program, which netted 172 guns. Citizens brought their firearms to an auditorium in exchange for $100 to $150, depending on the type of weapon. Participants were empowered through the action of responsibly removing forever a deadly weapon from their home and community. For a small investment, a gun buyback program can enhance safety.
Please contact your city’s leaders and ask them to support a gun buyback event in your town.
DON MCADAM, SANDY SPRINGS
WEATHER TRENDS
Climate issues call for
market-based solutions
President Obama has highlighted the urgency of climate issues facing our nation and the world. We can follow his lead, seizing this as an opportunity — or we can deny the problem. These are our choices. I prefer the former.
President Obama has referred to the possibility of Executive Orders to address climate risks. Rather than moving forward with a maze of regulations, why not take a more market-oriented approach? Placing a price on carbon-based fuels would spur innovation in new technologies, placing those industries squarely in the center of American commerce, not foreign. It would encourage investments in new, lower-emission options, and help to heal our planet while building our economy for the next century.
These fees could even be returned to citizens as a dividend or other tax cut — and who doesn’t like that?
B. SCOTT SADLER, ATLANTA
ETHICS
Public should demand
stronger lobbying law
Regarding “Lobbyist gifts fell 35% last month” (News, Feb. 18), it is encouraging to read that lobbyist gifts to influence our state’s elected officials declined from last year’s levels. However, think of how much more impact a real anti-lobbying law without loopholes could have made.
This session, our Legislature has an opportunity to re-draft lobbying laws with real meaning. One can only hope lawmakers have the foresight and courage to do so. Perhaps, with public encouragement, they will!
MICHAEL L. SHAW, STONE MOUNTAIN
