60,000+ sign petition to rename Ronald Reagan Airport

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60,000+ sign petition to rename Ronald Reagan Airport
Fecha de publicación: 
8 September 2015
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The petition, started by Credo Action, was created in reaction to criticism following President Obama's decision to rename Alaska's Mount McKinley to Denali, according to their website.

The petition urges people to, "Tell Speaker Boehner: Rename Ronald Reagan airport back to Washington National Airport."

The following was stated in the petition:

"...Republicans in Congress themselves pushed through legislation renaming an airport already named after America’s first president, George Washington. And unlike President Obama’s decision, which honors the local people and culture surrounding that landmark, the renaming of Washington National airport was met with resistance from local Virginia residents and leaders. It was also strongly opposed by airport workers themselves, given President Reagan’s role in breaking the air traffic controllers’ union and mass firing 11,000 workers. Renaming the airport also resulted in significant costs that were left to local government in Virginia to cover.

Given Speaker Boehner’s current outrage and disappointment at President Obama’s decision to rename Mount McKinley, it’s time to give him the opportunity to make up for his own past mistakes. Sign the petition and tell John Boehner he needs to be consistent when it comes to naming America’s landmarks."

Credo Actions' goal is to have 75,000 signatures. So far, they have 64,662 signatures.

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