Hey There Georgie BoyOh, that crazy city by the bay. Or as Howard Epstein, chair of the San Francisco Republican Party said, “It’s typical San Francisco crazies.” So what are those nutty citizens of San Francisco doing?

They plan to put a proposition on the ballot in November to honor George W. Bush as he leaves office. But this is San Francisco we are discussing… the city that passed (with 58% of the vote) a proposition to impeach Bush and Cheney. So you don’t think they would name an office building or a library after GWB, do you? No, they are proposing to rename a sewage treatment plant after him. The Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco has been collecting signatures to get their proposal on the ballot and they have passed the number of signatures they need by more than 1,500.

“This is the way the democratic process is supposed to work, even though it’s a silly idea in some people’s eyes,” organizer Brian McConnell was quoted as saying. “Fifty years from now in a civics class, students will learn about the Lincoln Memorial, that other presidents are on Mount Rushmore – and George W. Bush got a sewage plant.” The biggest opposition McConnell foresees is that people in the Democratic stronghold might oppose naming anything after, what many historians consider, the worst president in history.

Meanwhile, the officials at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission note that the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant is an award-winning facility that keeps the ocean clean. “If you are looking for a place to make a negative statement about the Bush administration’s impact on the environment, this would be the last place to do it,” agency spokesman Tony Winnicker said.