Airport name is a non-issue
The title of the article should have been, “Valerie Jackson wants you to use the airport’s full name” (“Airport wants you to use its full name,” News, June 11). Ms. Jackson has her feathers ruffled because not enough people call the airport “Hartsfield-Jackson”? Really? And the Atlanta City Council is spending $500,000 of the people’s tax money to try to get everyone to call it “Hartsfield-Jackson”? Seriously? Can you tell me what the deleterious effects of not enough people calling it “Hartsfield-Jackson” is having on anything? Is it hurting business? You cannot control what people call the airport and it is arrogant and wasteful for you to try. Surely there are more pressing matters before the Atlanta City Council.
KELLEY MCMANAMAN, CHAMBLEE
Rape a crime Grady should report
Again, it takes the AJC to bring to light a dark side of Grady Hospital. Grady is a world-class trauma center that saves lives on almost an hourly basis and is one of the foremost teaching institutions in the country; but it also one of the most ineptly run institutions in the country. From misappropriated funds to hundreds of rape kits going unreported, it is no wonder that some officials want to cut finding the hospital. Hospital officials claim patient privacy, but also admit to having hundreds of signed rape-investigation consent forms that went unreported. If you come to Grady with a gunshot wound, isn’t that cause for immediate police notification? Isn’t a rape a type of wound? What’s the difference? It’s because rape victims are primarily women. I guess if you are a female rape victim you better get shot, too, or your violated body will go unreported.
ALLEN FACEMIRE, NORCROSS
Americans deserve proper healthcare
Senator Johnny Isakson is in roughly Stage Two of Parkinson’s disease. He will likely live out a full and productive life even with Parkinson’s. He will do so because he has access to excellent health care. But what about those Georgians who also are in Stage Two of Parkinson’s but unable to afford the medications and therapy needed. As the years go by, their condition will deteriorate much faster. They will suffer and possibly die from a fall. The fate of our loved ones should not be dependent upon our income. Quality health care is a human right.
DON MCADAM, SANDY SPRINGS
