We need to support ASO, its musicians
I am disheartened that the musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra have been locked out for the second time in two years. Atlanta aspires to be a world-class city, but this can never happen if we do not support our artistic institutions. It is outrageous that this city feels it can spend millions building two new sports stadiums — while the ones we have are barely 20 years old — yet our symphony gets little financial support. The arts stimulate economic growth, attracting business and tourism to cities with rich cultural scenes. It’s time to step up and support our wonderful Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
MARY FRANCELL, ALPHARETTA
With Atlanta about to lose one of its greatest assets, those of us who love the symphony could help by turning our refund money from canceled concerts back to the orchestra musicians. We should stand behind these marvelous musicians and show our support. Please do not let the ASO management keep your money. Let it work to help the ASO musicians know we love them.
ROZ MASSEL, ATLANTA
Business as usual: legal tax avoidance
Regarding “Firms make profits, but pay no taxes” (Business, Sept. 28), it’s likely your intrepid writers have never owned or operated a business. If they had, minimizing income tax would have been a priority. Finding fault with corporations making a profit is a liberal mantra, forgetting that Congress writes the laws, and the IRS attempts to enforce them. And if the laws permit an opportunity to pay less tax, business owners would be fools not to take advantage. Individuals who are not happy with the corporate tax structure should open and operate a business. My guess would be those same individuals would try their best to avoid paying income taxes.
JACK FRANKLIN, CONYERS
Let’s ID the actual censors of history
Columnist Leonard Pitts, seemingly in a perpetual fog of delusion (“A tale of 2 countries, and an assault on U.S. history,” Opinion, Sept. 28), uses the word “history” and then compares the U.S. with Nazi Germany. What history is he referring to? While Pitts is offended by a “conservative” school board wanting to teach students some of the concepts that made the founding of the U.S. an enormous success, I doubt that he is upset by the leftist-controlled education establishment teaching that we have a constitutional right to vote when we do not. Or teaching that the U.S. is a democracy when it is not. Or teaching that the constitution erects a “wall of separation between church and state” when there is no such wording in that document. If censoring history is cowardly, then the education establishment has been cowardly for some time. And what are you if you fabricate or revise history as many on the left do?
LEN CAYCE, LAWRENCEVILLE
