Ga. medical board needs our scrutiny
Thanks for your recent investigation of the Georgia Composite Medical Board’s licensing practice (“Georgia OKs rejected docs,” News, Oct. 5). If even half of it is true, it sounds like they need a serious review of their methods. For decades, bad physicians have been able to leave one state and continue poor behavior in another. Hopefully, you will continue to report on their response. In addition, physicians can be forced to “voluntarily” resign from one Georgia hospital medical staff, but then begin working in another hospital a few miles away. Cases like this may not even reach the Georgia medical board for review.
FRANK RASLER, ATLANTA
Same-sex marriage bans will disappear
Regarding “More marriage bans fall” (News, Oct. 7), it’s just a matter of time until the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of same-sex marriage. As with other inequality cases — desegregation in 1954, interracial marriage in 1967, and the 2003 legislation that dealt with same-sex relations — what was then “radical thinking” took time and some missteps before the court ruled. Same-sex marriage will be just the same.
By choosing not to hear the seven petitions put before it last week, I believe the Supreme Court is merely waiting it out until there is more ground support. It would be very forward-thinking for our great state of Georgia to be on the right side of history with this very important equality issue.
PAGE MIDDLETON OLSON, DUNWOODY
Cobb chair loose with Braves truth
Great AJC article on Cobb Commission Chairman Tim Lee ("Email to lawyer: Lee says you're on deal," News, Oct. 5) and his rather loose interpretation of the truth, which seems to be an epidemic among our local pols. What's classic is that he was exposed by the very law firm that he had an illegal relationship with from the beginning.
The only ethical person I can see in this whole mess is the county attorney, who probably withstood a lot of pressure from the chairman, the Chamber, the Braves and who knows who else to look the other way and stood her ground and did the right thing. Next time, Tim, remember to not put things in writing or in phone calls. Only face-to-face in secret locations! That’s just basic covert operations stuff. Watch “Goodfellows,” and you’ll see what I mean.
ALEX MCNEIL, BROOKHAVEN
