Welcome centers are well worth their cost
Regarding “Welcome center tough to ax” (News, May 29), why is valuable space being wasted on this story?
There are so many real problems and stories that need to be covered.
Our family travels frequently and we use many welcome centers throughout Georgia (and other states).
There are many clean restrooms, snack machines, maps and information, and picnic tables that we frequently use.
When my children and grandchildren drive from New York, the welcome centers provide a safe and lovely place to walk the dog and for the children to play.
I have never stopped at a welcome center that wasn’t full of visitors.
We get information that we use on our trips. The people who work in the centers provide good information about areas that we may know nothing about.
When some states closed their centers, traveling became much more difficult. We were thrilled when they opened again.
Sharon Blackwood, Duluth
Transportation is not Atlanta’s real problem
The Atlanta Regional Commission and Georgia Department of Transportation claim that improved transportation will bring new business to Atlanta.
Research shows that businesses relocate to areas that provide a low crime rate, great schools for their families and employee families.
Neither of these conditions exist in Atlanta.
Crime rates are extremely high. The school system is trying to recover from a major embarrassment related to cheating.
Businesses are relocating to surrounding counties where schools and safety are paramount and transportation issues are secondary.
Don Rehwaldt, Tyrone
Don’t be shocked at Facebook’s practices
Regarding “Facebook had no right to use our names” (Readers write, Opinion, May 29), I thought it was interesting that a letter writer was upset over how Facebook treated her email, and that notifying her that everyone she knew wanted to friend her was not what she expected.
This reminded me of a saying that I heard, that if you’re not paying for a service, you aren’t the customer — you’re the product.
Ed Morse, Alpharetta
Obama’s presidency has done great harm
President Barack Obama was certainly right when he promised to bring us “hope and change.”
Our change has been more taxes, more debt, more welfare, more regulation, more government, more wasteful spending, more deceptiveness and more corruption.
My hope is that he doesn’t change our nation any more.
Gene Wade, Loganville
