THE COURIER-JOURNAL • THE FORUM • SUNDAY. APRIL 29.2001

READERS' FORUM

Praise for A1 Cross mands in exchange for millions self-promotion. We just don't another of his demands. McConnell has long enough of dollars of contributions like it. For example, Jefferson McConnell demands that sum- hadhisway through bully tac Thank goodness for report raised by Ku.i. This is a recipe County Fiscal Court adopted mer-study foreign travel by tics and intimidation. We citi ers like A1 Cross. How else for bad ethics. It's common an ordinance a fewyears ago McConnell scholars take place zensof Kentuclty andthe USA would average citizens like sense that mixing academics, that prohibited the naming of in China and nowhere else— all have the right to know myselfever know what is real pattisan politics and business county parks and works in In response, McConnell has what is going on in a state uni lygoing on in Washington? mon^ is v ;iy likely to produce honor of people still living— accused Judis of bad journal versity program. There may be It seems as though Sen. a rotten-tasting stew. But that demand wasn't ism. Let the readers decide for absolutely no improprieties in Mitch McConnell's scorn to The most obvious of McCon-'. enough for McConnell. There themselves, I say. volved here, in which case we ward Cross should have been neil's demands was that the , are more. Ifs pretty clear that Eveiyone gives in to money, will ail be wiser for knowing directed more toward The university hone the academic ' he also demands that the uni some of my friends have been the McConnell Center for Po New Republic, since it first re center, supported laigely byhis versity keep the names of his telling me. It's the way of the litical Leadership enjoys a ported 's Chinese fund-raising, for himself, hence, contributors a secret. And, on worid. Perhaps so. But I'm sure clean bill of health. But, clean involvements. thu McConnell Center. It's his top of that, it's pretty clear thatwehave a right to expect or otherwise, we citizens and As a University ofLouisville money, sc •/hy shouldn't he that McConnell demands sig much higher ethical behavior tajoMyers deserve to know. alumnus, I find it disappoint milk the university's good repu nificant authority over the I'm glad to see The C-J from our universities. If not standing up for what is right! I ing that the university allows tation for career-enhancing McConnell'sCenter's program from them, then from ^om? such a secretive entity as the publicity, he must have figured. and its activities. would ^ addthat it is going McConnell Center. If not for It sounds -jretty tacky, to say Now, New Republic senior TOM LOUDERBACK to take a lot of explaining and ' reporters'like Cross, we might theleast, but the unhrersity ai^'- ..editorJohn Judis has written a ;; Louisville 40205 convincing for me to believe be singing "My Old Beijing parently reasoned that the pos" . provocative article that sug that Elaine Chao "inadvertent ly" omitted disclosure of her Home" Saturday instead of sibility of embarrassment was gests McConnell is in all like i- Bravo, C-J "My Old KeptucltyHome." worth McC'trnell'smonqr. • hood funneling contributions service as director of a com ;; Ironically, there are some t from political- supporters of Bfavo to' The Courier-Jour pany with close ties to the Chi JOHN C. GARRETT MFN (most favored nation) nal for its editorial position nese government. • Louisville 40205 significant indicationsthat the citizens of do not status for China to the McCon vis-'a-vis the Chao-McConnell MATTDAILEY approve rf such shameless nell Center in exchange for controversy. Sen. 'Mitch Louisville 40241 Attack 'deplorable' Regarding your April 25 edi torial, 'Time to come clean," I