A California group and the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco wants to switch the name of the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. The group submitted the proposal this week. Although sewers are essential to any functional city, most people don't want to think about sewers, much less what's in them. Proponents figure that since a sewage treatment plant is designed to clean up messes, and Bush has left sucha big mess, it only makes since. Another resident put it nicely on the local news: "I think sewers are representative of George Bush's thinking." The head of the group said, "We think that it's important to remember our leaders in the right historical context."
Proponents might have it all wrong. As disgusting as they are, sewage treatment plants provide enormous benefits. They prevent all the waste the city accumulates from going into the bay. The city would be an environmental disaster without sewers.
Will the measure pass? It will cost $50,000 to change the name. The Public Utilities Commission said the city has bigger issues to deal with. California Republicans plan to fight the proposal. A former spokesman for the Republicans said proposals like these are why people think San Francisco is whaky (they don't think; it is). If there enough level-headed people here, the measure won't pass. But former mayor Willie Brown supports it. He might garner some support the bill.
Defaming the current president by placing his name on a sewage facility is immature and disrespectful. The group that's collecting the 7,000 signatures needed to put the proposal on the ballot in November say they already have 10,000. It's just one way that San Francisco is breaking away from the country. Farewell, SF. Hello, SD.
Kevin
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I agree; to disgrace your president is juvenile and counter productive. Instead of making fun of Bush, perhaps people should be educating themselves on America's dire issues.
Ditto. Even if the $50,000 were privately donated (which doesn't seem to be the intent) it would still be an immature gesture no matter where in the country it comes from. George Bush has been a disgrace as a president, but we now need to move forward and begin rebuilding in the right way.
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