Anonymous wrote:Hmmm, I’m not sure that Jody would have been OK with Nancy.
''If the woman's within the authority of her husband, I don't see a problem,'' Dr. Jody Hice of the Bethlehem First Baptist church in Barrow County said of women in positions of political power.
http://onlineathens.com/stories/021504/new_20040215071.shtml#.WmF2kf9OmhA
Anonymous wrote:I saw that earlier today in WTOP and can't believe this is the ridiculous nonsense Congressional Republicans are wasting their time and our money on. Hice is a moron and let's not even get started on the useless idiot that is Grover Norquist.
Anonymous wrote:I grew up here, and always loved Gravelly Point. National airport will always be National.
It's fascinating how the party of fiscal conservatism finds such creative ways to waste taxpayer dollars.
Anonymous wrote:“Just say no!”
Anonymous wrote:Anything sounds better than "Gravely Point" and "Roaches Run".
Attach it to a funding bill and be done with it.
House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would rename Gravelly Point Park after former first lady Nancy Reagan, roiling local residents who are still upset about the renaming of Washington National Airport for Ronald Reagan 20 years ago.
The bill passed the House Natural Resources Committee along party lines over the objections of Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), who accused Republicans of forcing the name change despite a complete lack of local support or input.
“I have great respect for Nancy Reagan .?.?. ,” Beyer said. “But this bill is the equivalent of someone coming in and changing the furniture in your house without asking you. First, you would have liked them to ask you, and even if you do like the furniture, you probably would have wanted input since it’s your house.”
Gravelly Point is adjacent to the airport. Renaming it the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park would honor the couple at the gateway to the nation’s capital, said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.).