Oops, it was satire. You got me. I got pretty worked up, too.
Again, its hard to tell this satire. I could believe this in a heartbeat... But I live near Atlanta which renamed Hartsfield to “Hartsfield-Jackson” after Maynard Jackson.
Fortunately, to me, its just ATL.
The federal government relinquished control of Dulles and National Airports in 1987, when President Reagan signed a bill creating the independent Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. However, Congress has continued to intervene in the management of the airports. On February 6, 1998, President Bill Clinton signed legislation changing the airport's name from Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, to honor the former president on his 87th birthday. The legislation, passed by a Republican-controlled Congress, was drafted against the wishes of MWAA officials and business and political leaders in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.[3][4] Opposition also came from Congressional Democrats and air traffic controllers, who viewed Reagan negatively after he fired en masse more than 11,000 ATCs who participated in the 1981 air traffic controllers strike.[3] The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority initially resisted renaming the Metro station serving the airport, citing a policy (adopted in 1987) that states that groups seeking to rename a station were required to pay the cost of replacing signage. Also, the federal legislation renaming the airport specifically provided that no expenditures were required by that law. Arlington County, which would have been responsible for funding the name change, declined. Congress responded by threatening the system with budget cuts. Metro ultimately renamed the station at its own expense.
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Satire, I know. But if Reagan were to comment, it would probably be “Meh.”
How petty can they get?
Typical liberal, when you can’t be greedy and grab other people’s money, be petty and try to write those who accomplished greatness out of history.
Their next step will be to remove the name of Jesus from the Bible and replace his name with “Mack Daddy the Zebra”.
Good one!
If they ever do seriously consider renaming it, I have no doubt “Marion Barry Airport” will be right at the top of the list.
Nice job. I’m certain there are people in D.C. who really would like to change the name to something more politically correct. “Ché Guevara Field” for example. If we’re truly about to become a Third World country, then why not?