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[Jim Allen]

I've trying to get my Congressman to get behind a proposal to change the name of our Capitol to Whackyland, instead of honoring some old guy nobody alive today ever knew.

Actually, a more practical approach would be to sell naming rights to various cities and counties, like they do for stadiums.  The governments could raise a fortune.  What would it be worth for San Diego to be hereafter known as  "Sea World?"  

73 de W6OGC Jim Allen

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> On Mar 29, 2015, at 7:30 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun,3/29/2015 12:36 PM, Clayton Brantley via TenTec wrote:
>> I think it's time to kick ole Hertz where it hurts and return to kc and mc.  My radiodoesn't really care, but the freqs we use should be know for something other thansome guy we never knew.
> 
> That's a shameful attitude -- our world is built on the shoulders of those who came before us. It is more than fitting that we honor at least some of those giants. Better to buy a book (or surf the internet) and learn about these giants. Wikipedia is a great place to start.
> 
> Something equally dumb happened in Chicago a decade or so ago. A neighborhood school was named for George Gershwin, one of the greatest composers of the century. Thanks to music education being short-changed by inadequate budgets, the students (and many of the parents) didn't know who he was, so they lobbied to name the school after an African American that they did know. Ironic, since Gershwin's work drew a lot on the African American musical tradition.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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