DU this poll re: naming 16th Street in DC to R.Reagan Blvd

[Burma Jones]

They want to rename 16th street NW in DC to Bonzo Boulevard......


http://www.nbc4.com/news/4809947/detail.html

[nickinSTL]

1. 90% no

wow.

[beyurslf]

4. DC is a DEM town :)

[jeanarrett]

2. I did, but who's Ronald Regan?

It's way ahead "no." 90% to 10% yes.

[Burma Jones]

5. Funny, maybe they think he was related to Don Regan....

[formerrepuke]

3. And it's about 90% "no" right now... He already has the airport, anyway.

[EarlG]

6. FUCK THAT

I live on a cross street of 16th in NW DC. No way I'm taking the bus down "Ronald Reagan Boulevard" (gag) to work every day.

:grr:

[arcane1]

12. No shit, EarlG

I live on Bush st in San Francisco, and I cringe whenever I have to give out my address... if it were George Bush st I think I'd have to move :puke:

[EarlG]

14. Sorry to hear that

But yeah, at least it's not George W. Bush Street :)

[arcane1]

18. I have a friend who also loves on that street

and she has a sign in her window that says "I'd rather live on Kerry Street!" :evilgrin:

[donheld]

29. Tell people

you live on Kate Bush Street

[arcane1]

32. MUCH better!

:loveya:

[faithnotgreed]

20. as do i earl

and im right there with you on that noise

[supernova]

24. Used to work at Connecticut and K

It would really mess up the grid pattern to rename it not a number. Especially RR blvd. :puke:

So, I feel for ya, EarlG. :thumbsup:

[Orrex]

7. Bonzo Blvd has a nice ring to it.

"Ronald Reagan Blvd" makes me sick, though.

Don't these idolaters realize that Reagan himself, the nominal god of libertarianism, wouldn't likely want his name on all of these big government spending projects?

[Shakespeare]

8. As a former DC resident, this is one of the stupider things I've seen.

Those streets are numbered FOR A REASON. DC is laid out in a very organized grid pattern (lettered streets run east-west, numbered streets run north-south, and the whole grid is divided into quadrants). Once you understand the way the city is laid out, you'll never get lost there--renaming one of the numbered streets is unbelievably idiotic.

[arcane1]

9. I'm glad they have nothing better or more important to deal with

fuck Reagan anyway. I smile when I think of all the maggots choking on his evil carcass :D

[carnie_sf]

10. Still at 90%

no. Ronald Reagan was a corporate whore.

[evolved Anarchopunk]

11. O jesus lord it's getting crushed, haha n/t

[anarch]

33. it's looking somewhat similar to the 2004 election results. n/t

[Ian David]

13. Done. I propose naming it William Jefferson Clinton Blvd.

Do you support the proposal to change the name of 16th Street NW to Ronald Regan Boulevard?
Choice Votes Percentage of 987 Votes
Yes 90 9%
No 897 91%

http://www.nbc4.com/news/4809947/detail.html

[rodeodance]

15. No 911 91%

Do you support the proposal to change the name of 16th Street NW to Ronald Regan Boulevard?
Choice Votes Percentage of 1001 Votes
Yes 90 9%
No 911 91%
Thank you for taking our survey. Check back later for updated results.

[rodeodance]

17. nominated to keep on top.

[MetaTrope]

16. Chicago has a nice stretch of low-income neighborhood named after Reagan

Can't help laughing every time I'm on that street.

[DistressedAmerican]

19. Why Should A TV Commentator Get His Own Street?

:evilgrin:

[Canuckistanian]

21. Doesn't that washed-out actor have ENOUGH named after him?

Schools, an Airport, a Carrier, when will these nutcases be satisfied?
Pretty soon, the WH will be located at the intersection of Ronald Reagan St. and Ronald Reagan Ave.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

22. done! vote now 981 to 93

:kick:

[stevans_41902]

26. done - i think it should stay the same, not be named after ANY

president esp. not Reagan. I dont see why so many people think that he was such a great president that he deserves to have so many things named after him. of course the repukes will go crazy if this is turned down and blame it on the "unappreciative liberals" but they would never stand to have ANYTHING named after clinton

[Shoeempress]

23. Done

[ellenfl]

25. we have to put up with ronald reagan turnpike here

in florida. makes me wanna puke. i think he is the second worst president of my lifetime. however, i would vote yes for 'bonzo boulevard'.

91% 'no', over 1000 votes.

ellen fl

[donheld]

27. Don't they have some back alley

they can name for the bastard?

[annabanana]

28. What? No "HELL no" option?

Oh HELL no! I'm still mad that they did it to the airport after he fired all those air traffic controllers.

[friesianrider]

30. Done...91% say NO!

The Gipper was a shitty President then, and he's still a shitty President now.

[anarch]

31. I keep telling people...dc is under hostile occupation!

I won't be surprised if they just go ahead and do this as part of some bill or other.

The really funny thing is the careful consideration that is always given to how the residents of dc feel about anything like this...sort of like when metro was threatened with funding cuts if they didn't change all the signs for National Airport (to say "Ronald Reagan National Airport"), or when Congress looked at the dc medical marijuana referendum -- first refusing to pay for counting the votes, and thus stalling for some 10 months the publication of the results (69% in favor!), and then at any rate making sure such an initiative to legalize pot is not allowed.

It's downright hilarious. The "capitol of the Free World", the freakin' crown jewel of democracy, and not only are the residents taxed without voting representation in Congress, even local laws are basically controlled by Congress, with no regard for the will of the people. Whatsoever. Ha. Ha. Ha.

[WI_DEM]

34. There is a landfill that can be named after him

Since he ignored them during his presidency. I'm getting tired of Republicans thinking they can name this, that and anything after him.

[Mutley]

35. Done.

Results as of my vote:
Yes 102 8%
No 1119 92%

How rediculous! Ew! I would move if I lived on that street.

[steve2470]

36. done nt

[joanski0]

37. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

How dare they????? I spent my entire adult life working in DC and travelling up and down 16th Street. Just how dare they????? 92% NO when I voted. Dear God, please please don't let them do this.

[me b zola]

38. done!

Votes Percentage of 1264 Votes

yes...106...8%

No....158...92%

[Burma Jones]

39. An Update: Rep Davis (R) VA called the idea ridiculous

<snip>

Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee with jurisdiction over Bonilla's legislation, called it "ridiculous" and said he would put it in the "appropriate file," according to a report on WTOP-AM Radio's Internet site distributed by Davis's aides.

Davis noted that Congress renamed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and dedicated the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in 1998. "If Congressman Bonilla wants to name anything else, he has to look at his own district in San Antonio," Davis was quoted as saying.
</snip>

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080401514.html

[journalist3072]

40. As a DC resident.....

I say in the infamous words of Whitney Houston "hell to the naw!"

They don't need another thing in this city named for Ronald Reagan. He did nothing for us. Nothing.

How about naming something after President Clinton. After all, he connected to DC residents by walking down Georgia Avenue after he was elected in '92. And when he got the new Presidential limousine shortly before leaving office, he changed the licence plates and put on the "no taxation without representation" ones!