Is there a procedure to "un" name things??

[SoCalDem]

When Kerry is inaugurated, I expect to see reagan's and poppy's papers released and gone over with a fine toothed comb.. No doubt , lots of it has been "sanitized" during the past few years, but nonetheless, there has to be lots of "odd" things in them..

Perhaps when the truth of St. Ronnie's reign is outed, we might need to start "un-naming" things..

I think it's INSANE to be naming stuff until their papers are vetted completely..and their term in office evaluated..

A public figure should stand the test of time.. 25 years AFTER their death is what Reagan himself signed into law in 86....and I would add to that, not until all their papers have been checked for broken laws and shifty deals...

[Journeyman]

1. Oh, yeah, there's precedence for it. . .

Back when John Kennedy was murdered, there was a major push to rename everything after him. It went on for a short time, then the inevitable backlash and regrets intruded and some of the places and buildings reverted to their original, more historic names. As I remember it, most of the renaming move was just talk -- not everyplace suggested as Mt. Kennedy or Kennedy Office Building actually had the name changed. And I'm sure what we see happening now for Reagan will end with much the same results: a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing -- tales told by idiots.

[JI7]

2. not really

the reagan people are really pushing for it. they have done so for years.

kennedy was killed and it must have been a shock and it would have been a natural reaction for people to want to name things after him or some other things to remember him or honor him. but as you say it quickly passed.

the reagan thing is an organized effort by certain people which went on before he died. and reagan died after living a very long life and his death wasn't a surprise.

[CO Liberal]

15. Cape Canaveral Was Re-Named Cape Kennedy Right After JFK Died

It reverted to its original name a few years ago. But the space center there is still called the Kennedy Space Center.

[Art_from_Ark]

3. Well, the Russians saw the folly of naming everything after

Lenin and Stalin, so maybe there is hope for us.

[Kokonoe]

4. the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project

is to place a ``significant'' memorial in every state and to name something after him in all 3,067 counties in the country

[I thought so.]

5. Of course.

RR airport had a name before. Nothing named for Reagan was "its that highway over there" or "that red brick school on 1st ave". These things had names before and can always be reclaimed from the nonsense.

As for the papers,embarrassment should do it.

[phylny]

6. It sure did have a name -

it was already named for President WASHINGTON.

I remember when members of congress were threatening to withhold funding from Metro in D.C. because Metro didn't want to pay to change the name from "Washington National Airport" to "Reagan National Airport" on the train line.

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[newyawker99]

22. Hi phylny!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[area51]

8. Let's un-name Hou.'s major airport.

It'd be nice to un-name Houston's major airport back to what it was originally: Houston Intercontinental Airport, not the outrageous name of Bush (I) Intercontinental.

[Blue Wally]

16. Only one that I regret

In the rush to honor JFK, they changed the name of Idlewild Airport in New York to Kennedy Airport. I felt that dishonored Colonel Idlewild. It is OK to change say 12th Street to Kennedy Parkway, but not OK to take one man's name off something to put another man's name on it.

[No Mandate Here.]

7. Wasn't Cape Canaveral named Cape Kennedy for a while,

and then 'un-named'? I don't remember the timing or the exact details.

[Null Pointer]

9. Enron Field

Was renamed... I'm not sure what it is now though.

[Blue Wally]

13. Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, I think

[Branjor]

10. This is slightly off the subject..

Of naming things after presidents, but a pet peeve of mine for years now has been naming things after corporations. For instance, the Garden State Arts Center here in NJ has been renamed the PNC Bank Arts Center. I hate it.

[CO Liberal]

17. You Can Thank Christie Clod Witless For That

When she was governor, they sold the naming rights for a lot of stuff. The one that gets me is when the re-named the Brendan Byrne Arena after Continental Airlines.

After all, if it weren't for Brendan Byrne, the Meadowlands Sports Complex would still be a swamp/garbage dump.

[chelsea0011]

11. It's called spending $$$$millions of taxpayer money$$$$$$

to rewrite and reprint everything.

[Stuckinthebush]

12. This makes me think of what is happening here in Birmingham

For years, Richard Scrushy of HealthSouth gave enough money to certain people/projects that he could demand that his name go everywhere. The funny thing is that now he is a probable felon looking at multiple years in a Federal penitentiary, the Richard Scrushy Vestavia Hills Library, the Richard Scrushy Parkway, and the Richard Scrushy School of Public Health all seem rather silly. I think renaming will begin after the trial.

As for Reagan, I anticipate that something else will be named for him because the GOP owns the three branches of government. I, for one, would like to see Reagan airport become National airport once again.

[LTR]

14. Posted this in another thread

There is a law, signed by a previous president, that forbids any monuments or statues honoring individual within D.C. until 25 years following the individual's death.

Guess who signed it? Yup, Ronald Reagan.

[CO Liberal]

18. If That's The Case.....

...Reagan's name should be taken off the airport immediately.

[LTR]

19. Just wondering...

...Is National Airport in D.C. proper, or in the suburbs?

[CO Liberal]

20. It's Right Across the River in VA

So it's definitely within that 25-mile limit.

Besides, I never agreed with the renaming on an airport for a guy who fired the air traffic controllers and threw our airline system into chaos.

[LTR]

21. At least it's outside of D.C.

Explains that loophole.

And I wonder what air traffic controllers think when they go to work there every day?