Hold all accountable for injured toddler
The recent incident where a child was injured during a “no-knock” drug warrant raid should be thoroughly investigated (“Probe of botched raid grows,” Metro, June 4). If there were criminal or civil wrongs, the parties should be held accountable.
I question the motivation and amount of attention given to this incident by state Rep. Vincent Fort and his cohorts. The child’s family has been paraded in front of cameras at press conferences and other events. Strange how Fort and his crowd were not seen or heard after the recent murder of a nine-month-old in Dekalb County. Did he start a reward fund or hold a news conference or prayer vigil at the child’s home? Has he done so for any recent murder in metro Atlanta?
I suggest Ford and his crowd reexamine their priorities. They need to start questioning the criminal behavior of other members of the community.
GEORGE C. PETTRONE, SNELLVILLE
Why sell Atlanta’s Civic Center?
Regarding “Civic Center’s sale advances” (Metro, June 3), every city usually has an entertainment center like our Civic Center. Why would we even consider selling it? It’s centrally located, very easy to reach and has a huge parking lot. The Fox Theater and Phillips Arena can handle just so much. As for City Council members and the public not being given adequate notice of this proposed sale, remember the Braves. We know who dropped the ball on that deal.
R.L. TURNER, ATLANTA
Vets’ health care needs monitoring
I can’t help but see a parallel between fixes for the Veterans Administration and the No Child Left Behind solution to educational problems. In both cases, the solution is to mandate a standard, collect new numbers and declare the problem fixed. Then, some time later, we discover that those in charge of reporting new numbers have produced the statistics necessary to either save their jobs or secure bonuses. Could we please have some well-thought-out laws and careful monitoring instead of repeated hysteria?
LOIS CURRY, DECATUR
Outsourcing hurt our manufacturing
Interesting commentaries (“Many goods still made here,” Opinion, June 4) regarding the recovery of domestic manufacturing in Georgia and beyond, led by Wal-Mart’s commitment to invest $250 billion in the next 10 years in U.S.-produced goods. While this is welcome news, we should remember Wal-Mart, ably assisted by others, destroyed the U.S. manufacturing industry by outsourcing.
IAN SHAW, CUMMING
