U.S. newspaper publishes letter suggesting renaming Columbus after Alaskan governor


An interesting (and most likely facetious) reader letter that was published on Sunday in the “Letter to the Editor” column of The Anchorage Daily News suggests changing the name of Ohio’s capital city.
You can check out the entire thing here, or read it below:
I find it interesting that the congressional delegates from Ohio are appalled that we would want to change the name of our great mountain back to Denali, its original name. I would suggest that Trump issue one more executive order changing the name of the capital city of Ohio from Columbus to the capital city of Hammond. I don’t question that McKinley may have been a great president, but most of us older Alaskans consider Jay Hammond to be one of our greatest governors. Having set foot on the mountain, it will always be Denali. Let’s see how appalled the delegates would be then.
— Dan Laughlin, Anchorage
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Weird flex, but OK.
Laughlin is referring to the fact that some Ohio lawmakers were upset at the Obama administration changing the name of Mount Denali from its original title, Mount McKinley (who was a former US president hailing from Ohio).
In reality, though, it’s most likely the letter is satire, implying state landmarks being named after politicians with little to no tie to the state in question is a bit absurd. Or who knows, maybe Dan is actually serious.
Either way, it’s not likely Columbus will become Hammond, Ohio anytime soon.
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