larger view

Who would have thought? The liberal city by the Bay is one of the first with a group to announce plans to name a public facility to honor outgoing President Bush.

OK, granted the honor being planned by the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco isn’t exactly what Republicans expected or even wanted.

In fact, some folks are downright annoyed. “It doesn’t dignify a response,” White House spokesman Trey Bohn said. Republicans promise a fight!

The group has collected about 12,000 signatures (only 7,168 are needed) to place an initiative on the November ballot asking San Francisco voters to rename the city’s waste treatment plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

“It’s fair to say that we’re going to be cleaning up a substantial mess over the next decade or more, thanks to Bush,” a group member explained.

Just think of the possibilities for similar public demonstrations of affection. Who among us — city, county, state, nation — is so deserving? What should be renamed?

Post your suggestions.

Bakersfield is expanding its sewage treatment plant? Who deserves this honor? Is there a politician crazy enough to merit his or her name on KMC's Ward 3-B? How about the Kern County Fairgrounds' grandstand? Does a grandstanding politician come to mind?

You get the picture. Now draw your own conclusions.