Fleischmann feeding an ‘edifice complex’
Chuck Fleischmann, our “show up for a photo-op” legislator, has co-sponsored a bill to change the name of Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., to Trump Airport.
Once again, he seeks to boost Trump’s vanity and feed his selfnamed edifice complex.
But, John Foster Dulles was a secretary of state of importance in the 20th century. I personally do not approve of his support of interventions in other countries, and a CIA-supported coup in Guatemala, but he was also instrumental in drafting the charter of the United Nations. He promoted American strength and international influence at the height of the Cold War.
Fleischmann would remove the name of a politician of importance and instead add the gaudy, gilded Trump logo, the emblem of an indicted charlatan who has never served anything but himself.
I have wondered why Fleischmann is so spinelessly, mindlessly enamored of Trump. I have come to the conclusion that Fleischmann likes Trump because Trump is the one man in the world who can make Chuck Fleischmann look smart.
Katheryn A. Thompson
making Chattanooga and Accra official Sister Cities. Accra, Ghana’s capital, will be our first African Sister City, and members of the Sister City Association of Chattanooga (SCA) are excited to make this our eighth partnership.
Most of the credit for this is due to the efforts of Kanika Wellington-Jones and Bea Kennebrew, who have made multiple trips to Accra and developed relationships with a number of people there. They have initiated an art exchange, promoted several business projects, hosted a Ghanaian cooking class for Chattanoogans, facilitated crosscultural zoom meetings, and connected with several Accra artisans to sell their wares here.
We are most grateful to Kanika and Bea for bringing Accra to our attention and for their tenacity in promoting the Sister City possibility to our city government. Moreover, we appreciate Mayor Kelly’s and his staff’s support in this endeavor.
Other projects are in the works, and the hope is to promote friendships and create greater understanding between residents of our two municipalities.