[Vision2020] Only in San Francisco

[Tom Hansen]

>From TimesOnLine at

http://tinyurl.com/6o497a

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San Francisco to vote on George W Bush sewage works

San Francisco is to hold a vote on whether to rename one of its largest 
sewage treatment facilities after George W. Bush, in what supporters 
describe as “a fitting monument to the President’s work”. 

More than 8,500 signatures have already been gathered in support of the 
plan — 1,300 more than the minimum required to get the proposal on the 
November ballot. The scheme was devised by an official-sounding group 
called the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco. 

“On matters ranging from foreign relations to fiscal and environmental 
stewardship, no other president in American history has accomplished so 
much in such a short time,” says the group on its website. “We believe 
this is an appropriate honour for a truly unique president. If you think 
so too, join this grassroots movement to rename this important and iconic 
landmark in his honour.” 

The official renaming ceremony — the sewage facility is currently named 
the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant — would take place in January, 
when the next President is sworn in. Part of it would include 
a “synchronised flush”, described as a way to send a gift to the renamed 
plant. 

“It’s a very simple yes or no question and there’s no real fiscal impact - 
just the cost of relettering the sign in front of the plant,” Brian 
McConnell, one of the organisers, told the San Francisco Chronicle. 

“This is the way the democratic process is supposed to work, even though 
it’s a silly idea in some people’s eyes.” Howard Epstein, chair of the San 
Francisco Republican Party, has called the measure an abuse of the system 
and the work of “typical San Francisco crazies”. 

Meanwhile, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which owns the 
plant, says it gets the joke but is nevertheless dismayed. It points to 
the awards it has won for keeping the streets and the ocean clean. 

“If you are looking for a place to make a negative statement about the 
Bush administration’s impact on the environment, this would be the last 
place to do it,” said spokesman Tony Winnicker. 

Undeterred, the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco will 
continue gathering signatures from disaffected voters on the streets of 
San Francisco this weekend. 

Campaigners will wear Uncle Sam top hats and suits and carry boom-boxes 
playing patriotic American music. 

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Sign the petition at:

http://presidentialmemorial.wordpress.com/

Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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