The McKinley conundrum: Last month, President-elect Donald Trump said that Mount Denali in Alaska needs to be once again renamed Mount McKinley in honor of our 25th president, even though multiple conservative and liberal lawmakers in Alaska have repeatedly rejected this idea. Multiple Ohio lawmakers in the past, such as Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Rob Portman also fought against the renaming of Mount McKinley in 2015, as a means of protecting the heritage of our native son, William McKinley, who was born in Niles and spent much of his life in Canton.
Instead of once against renaming Mount McKinley in disregard for the multiple voices in opposition to this in Alaska, shouldn’t the people of Ohio instead consider renaming one of our peaks and summits in this state as Mount McKinley…..