Posted on 01/18/2018 12:13:16 PM PST by leaymane
A House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would rename Gravelly Point Park after former first lady Nancy Reagan, roiling local residents who are still upset about the renaming of Washington National Airport for Ronald Reagan 20 years ago.
The bill passed the House Natural Resources Committee along party lines over the objections of Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), who accused Republicans of forcing the name change despite a complete lack of local support or input.
“I have great respect for Nancy Reagan . . . ,” Beyer said. “But this bill is the equivalent of someone coming in and changing the furniture in your house without asking you. First, you would have liked them to ask you, and even if you do like the furniture, you probably would have wanted input since it’s your house.”
Grover Norquist, the conservative anti-tax crusader behind the proposed change as well as the airport name change two decades ago, called Beyer’s opposition “partisan and tacky.”
John Dorrance, 28, practices paragliding on the ground at Gravelly Point in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 8, 2016. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) Despite more than 120 landmarks, schools, roads, boulevards, post offices and one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after Reagan, there is always room for more, according to Norquist.
Wednesday’s debate revived the heated 1989 fight over renaming the airport, which remains fresh enough in the minds of many local Democrats that they insist on calling it by its original moniker, “National Airport.”
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Sounds good.
POTUS needs to rename the Wilson Bridge due to his Wilson’s racism. Really rub it in the Dims face.
You randy bird, you.
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