D.C. street shouldn't be renamed for Reagan, Republican says

[Kadie]

Posted on Thu, Aug. 04, 2005


D.C. street shouldn't be renamed for Reagan, Republican says

SOFIA MANNOS

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - An influential House Republican spoke out Thursday against renaming one of Washington's main streets in honor of former President Reagan, calling the proposal "ridiculous."

Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-Texas, introduced a bill July 28 "to redesignate the street in the District of Columbia known as 16th Street Northwest as 'Ronald Reagan Boulevard.'" The street runs from the northern tip of the city to the White House.

But Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., the chairman of the House committee that oversees District affairs, promised Thursday to kill the measure.

"I think the proposal is ridiculous," Davis told WTOP radio. "We'll put it in the appropriate file."

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"We've named the Ronald Reagan airport, we have the Ronald Reagan building downtown, but I think if Mr. Bonilla wants to name anything else, he ought to look to his own district in San Antonio," Davis said

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[Wickerman]

1. Gawd no, and not in San Antonio, either! eom

[driver8]

2. Hey -- I used to live on 16th St. NW!

They should name it after that prick, after all the times I had to stand and wait for the bus while his freakin' motorcade went by. I used to catch the bus right in front of the WhiteHouse heading up 16th St. They used to block the street off when the motorcade was on the move.