Decision causes controversy
Ronald W. Reagan building to keep name
(By Leslie Bray Evans, The Stokes News) - Whether or not to change the name of a county building has created a maelstrom of controversy in the past couple of weeks. The issue surfaced at a county commissioners’ pre-board planning session on Tuesday, December 2.
At that planning session, the Stokes County Board of Commissioners voted to make a change in how a building in the Government Center complex is referred to. As the news spread, the decision sparked a firestorm of controversy throughout the county.
According to Stokes County Manager Bryan Steen, the decision made was that the Ronald Wilson Reagan Building would no longer be referred to by that name in correspondence. Instead it would be called simply the Administration Building. Steen says he and his staff were merely doing “as the board of commissioners instructed us.” The name of Ronald Reagan would not be taken off the building, but for all intents and purposes it would become ineffective.
(By Leslie Bray Evans, The Stokes News) - Whether or not to change the name of a county building has created a maelstrom of controversy in the past couple of weeks. The issue surfaced at a county commissioners’ pre-board planning session on Tuesday, December 2.
At that planning session, the Stokes County Board of Commissioners voted to make a change in how a building in the Government Center complex is referred to. As the news spread, the decision sparked a firestorm of controversy throughout the county.
According to Stokes County Manager Bryan Steen, the decision made was that the Ronald Wilson Reagan Building would no longer be referred to by that name in correspondence. Instead it would be called simply the Administration Building. Steen says he and his staff were merely doing “as the board of commissioners instructed us.” The name of Ronald Reagan would not be taken off the building, but for all intents and purposes it would become ineffective.
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2 Comments:
Gay men are not generally fans of Ronald Reagan. Neither are RINOs, even though they all profess to be his political progeny. Everyone who is surprised at this, raise your hand. And then hang your head in shame for being so naive.
Ron Carroll has always been adept at creating phony authority on which to base whatever little scam he happens to be pulling. In this case, he has invented a lack of "tradition" for commissioners naming buildings after people. Why would anyone care if such a tradition existed (or didn't as Ronnie-boy seems to be claiming)?
Reagan was a great President who did great things for this country. Regardless of his political affiliation, honoring him (or his memory) by naming a building for him falls well within a long-standing tradition throughout the country, Little Ronnie Carrol's objections notwithstanding.
Carroll claims to be a Republican. If he is, then it is in name only, in the not-so-proud tradition of Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, and Lincoln Chaffee. It's interesting how a RINO always embraces the party during the campaign season, but stabs the faithful in the back at the first opportunity.
On a tangential note, what the hell is a "pre-board planning session?" That's the kind of back room crap the school board has pulled for years. Of course, since the board of commissioners is now made up of three refugees from from the school system, that shouldn't be surprising either.
Dear Stokes County residents, if you vote for pinheads, as shocking as it might seem, you get stupidity.
Whatever your opinion of Reagan might be, it is a stretch to credit the 40th president with accomplishing much of anything inside the borders of Stokes County. What did Reagan do for the people of Stokes that we should honor him by naming our govermnet building after him? How about the Sarah Collins memorial building. That woman did a lot more for the people of Stokes County than Reagan ever did. A great President Ronnie might have been (depending on one's definition of greatness), however I'd be shocked if Reagan had any knowledge of our great county, or if he really gave a damn about it.
Giving that building such a silly name to start with goes back to diehard, eye-poking, "nana-nana- booboo" partisanship that both Steve and I detest. So I'm in agreement with Steve.... Elect pinheads and this is one of the things you get: poorly named government buildings.
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