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San Franciscans Vote To Rename Sewage Plant after George W. Bush
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by Jon Azpiri | November 3, 2008 at 12:09 pm
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Citizens of San Francisco will be asked to vote on Proposition R, which would rename a San Francisco sewage treatment plant after outgoing President George W. Bush.
If the bill passes, the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant will be named the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
In a city where only 9 percent of voters are registered Republicans, organizers of the tongue-in-cheek idea had little trouble gathering 12,000 signatures to put Proposition R on the ballot.
"People were lining up to sign it," said Brian McConnell, a phone systems designer who hatched the idea last year in a Mission District bar with friends. "One way to look at a sewage plant is in terms of its contents — what we got stuck with — the Iraq war, a $10 trillion debt and a huge mess that needs to be cleaned up."
Of course, the statement would come at a price. It is estimated that changing the plant's name will cost up to $50,000 in new signage and other ancillary costs.
Some have also pointed out that naming a sewage plant after Bush may actually be too good for the outgoing president.
"The potential irony here is that this is a modern facility that protects the ocean and the environment every day," Winnicker said, "and I'm not sure that's the right legacy for President Bush."
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at 16:24 on November 3rd, 2008
A moderately amusing joke, I assume. But is it really worth the taxpayers' time and money to put it into action? Are they allowed to do that? I mean, I assume they are. But will black vans be rolling up into town and carting people off? *Wink*