Posted on 02/08/2014 5:59:05 AM PST by Libloather
Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) on Thursday introduced legislation naming a 4,000-foot peak in his home state "Mount Reagan" after former President Reagan.
Heck's bill was introduced on Reagan's birthday, and supports an effort by the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project (RRLP) to name the peak after the former president.
"He left America stronger, freer, and safer than the day he became President," Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform and chairman of the RRLP, said last year. "Adding his name to the short list of great American presidents who have mountains named after them is an honor richly deserved."
Heck's bill is the latest chapter in the lengthy effort to name a peak in Nevada after Reagan. Last year, a volunteer group called the Mount Reagan Project filed an application with Nevada state authorities to rename one of the peaks of Frenchman Mountain after Reagan.
But in October, Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) introduced a bill to name the same peak after Maude Frazier, who was the first woman lieutenant governor of the state. The Titus bill would name the peak "Maude Frazier Mountain."
In the eyes of a national board tasked with approving names for geographical features, the introduction of Titus's bill in Congress gave it precedent over the efforts of the Mount Reagan Project in the state of Nevada.
Heck's bill, H.R. 4017, would name a different peak on Frenchman Mountain after Reagan — essentially reserving that peak for Reagan to avoid having someone else in Congress claim it. This new peak is 3,952 feet high, 100 feet less than the peak claimed in the Titus bill.
"I'm extremely happy we were able to find a compromise," said Chuck Muth, president of the Mount Reagan Project. "Congresswoman Titus can have her mountain, and we can have ours. I can't thank Rep. Heck enough for helping our effort to make this honor for President Reagan a reality in Nevada."
Just like the Titus bill, the Heck bill was referred to the House Natural Resources Committee.
ANYTHING TO ANNOY THE LIBS! Make it a tourist trap!
I hope Reid can see it from his kitchen window.
It’s a nice composition, but lacks detail. Almost mannequin-ish.
They should rename the Grand Tetons after Bill Clinton.
Death valley..should be renamed.after Harry Reid!
I have to wonder how old Harry feels about the possibility of there being a Mt Reagan in his home state.
They should name every sewage plant and dump in the country after prominent LIBs/DIMs.
A 4000 foot peak???? More than 75% of the states valley floors are higher than that. The city of reno is higher than that.
No one calls it Frenchman.
And it's just a hill on the east side. The real mountains are north (Sheep Range) and west (Spring Mts).
There is a great RWR statue in Fredricksburg TX, too. About 9-feet tall and decked out in cowboy gear.
I got a picture of me-self “shaking hands” with The Gipper.
Put Ronnie on the Rock!
Mount Rushmore.
I lived on Sunrise when stationed @ Nellis back in the 80s (Reagan Years), went back there about ten years ago and the once nice neighborhood had turned into a total ghetto.
There is a new statue being made of Reagan riding his horse. It will be placed at the Presidential Library. I had the chance to see it being made in the artists studio. Really cool. Don’t think it will be finished for a couple of months.
It's rather shocking if you remember the old Vegas.
Definitely shocking, when we live there our apartment was on the last street on the left before heading over Sunset to Lake Mead, the view was gorgeous, neighborhood not too bad.
Couldn’t find the street initially in 2001 - they had built another dozen or more streets up the mountain, all ghetto, cars on blocks, etc. Sad.
Sunrise Mountain may be puny compared with, say, Mt. Charleston, but when you first see it driving up from the south, you realize that you have arrived in Las Vegas.
Reagan and Sin City?
No way
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