After a President serves his term in office, a few years or even decades later, public areas or buildings are named after them to endure their legacies. Certainly George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln have many. So does F.D.R., John F. Kennedy and now even Ronald Reagan (libraries and airports and such). Well even though George Bush has a few months in office left, that doesn't mean that citizens can't express their gratitude in petitioning name changes of public sites. The Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco was formed to specifically for that purpose. So what do they want to honor our 43rd President?
From The SFist:
Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility. It seems the group would like to rename the SF Zoo adjacent facility to the "George W Bush Sewage Plant."
Genius.
The local grassroots movement, helmed by "Wayne Pickering," is proposing an ordinance initiative for the November 2008 San Francisco ballot in order to get the poop/pee/vomit plant's title changed. Why? To honor our current leader of the free world with an "appropriate and enduring legacy, for no other president in modern American history has accomplished so much in such a short time.
We think this is an excellent idea.
Would you like to help out with this effort? Help collect signatures? Host meetings or social gatherings? Then, join the effort by visiting Presidentialmemorial.org. So far, there are only six members, which we find inexcusable. Together we can make a difference and setup a constant reminder of what was, arguably, the worst administration in the history of our glorious country. God bless America and God bless the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco.
Yes, everyone should join in and help support this glorious effort. There are much more than six members the last time I checked, but that should not stop anyone from signing up with this brilliant movement of citizen action. Now and even after George has departed, once this country is put back on the right path we should continue to sponsor projects of similar esteem to make sure that generations of America come to know what this President symbolizes for our great nation.
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