Key Support Lacking for a Reagan Blvd.
An influential House Republican spoke out Thursday against renaming one of Washington’s main streets in honor of former President Reagan, calling the proposal “ridiculous.”
Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-Texas) had introduced a bill July 28 “to redesignate the street in the District of Columbia known as 16th Street Northwest as Ronald Reagan Boulevard.” The street runs from the northern tip of the city to the White House.
But Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), chairman of the House committee that oversees district affairs, promised Thursday to kill the measure.
“I think the proposal is ridiculous,” Davis told WTOP radio. “We’ll put it in the appropriate file.”
Davis said he would also object to the measure being attached to another bill.
“We’ve named the Ronald Reagan airport, we have the Ronald Reagan Building downtown -- but I think if Mr. Bonilla wants to name anything else, he ought to look to his own district in San Antonio,” Davis said.
Washington Mayor Anthony Williams agreed with Davis.
Bonilla could not be reached for comment.
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