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To: ExTxMarine
Murkowski is trying to get credit for doing something, that has already been done, by the people.

Bingo!

OTOH, here in Arizona, Napolitano wanted to impress the unwashed masses and score a pile of PC points by changing the name of Squaw Peak outside of Phoenix to Piestewa Peak after an NA woman killed in Iraq. This is probably what is driving Murkowski. Recently, I've noticed that a lot of Arizonans are going back to calling it Squaw Peak again. To us older Arizonans, it will always be Squaw Peak. It's part of our history.

35 posted on 02/06/2015 7:51:09 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Look! Snowflakes! We're all gonna die!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Years ago I went into WWII service from Phoenix. I had one semester of engineering studies in college which included a surveying course. We did our outdoor surveying classes on acreage that was owned by the college prof. The acreage was bounded by Squaw Peak. I remember a very beautiful and magnificent land feature. I do not see good reason to rename the area after all these years.


71 posted on 02/06/2015 10:36:31 AM PST by noinfringers2
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To: FlingWingFlyer
This is probably what is driving Murkowski.

This is not a new issue. Alaska has tried for decades to get the name changed. The Alaska Legislature voted in 1975 to change the name of the mountain.

72 posted on 02/06/2015 10:54:24 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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