A new issue has been introduced in North Georgia with the effort to add the name of long term coach Vince Dooley to the University of Georgia football stadium, now known as "Sanford Stadium" for an early president of the school. The new name would be "Sanford-Dooley" stadium.
A similar space hogging name has been pinned on the Atlanta Airport. It is now "Hartsville-Jackson International Airport." You cannot put that on one line of any form I have ever seen.
I think the whole idea of naming buildings, bridges and stadiums for individuals out to be abandoned. Just call it the Georgia Stadium and build a memorial site where statues of those to be honored can be placed. Same for the Atlanta Airport. Again you can honor any number of people with statues, busts or portraits.
It will make it much easier for those who work or utilize the facilities, save ink and honor even more people than the present system.
But then again, that is the sensible thing to do, and when has government ever done that?
Posted by frankgillispie
at 9:56 AM EST