Shits and Giggles: Proposition to Rename a Sewage Treatment Plant After George W. Bush Qualifies for the Ballot (2008)

An innocuous sounding group called the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco garnered nationwide press coverage for Proposition R, a 2008 ballot initiative to rename the Oceanside Water Treatment Plant after George W. Bush. The official voters' guide arguments, both for and against Prop. R, seemed primarily written to trade insults at 43, to wit:

Argument for: Just as France presented the Statue of Liberty as its gift to the nation, the citizens of San Francisco may now bestow their own special gift to the country by renaming our award-winning wastewater treatment plant in honor of outgoing President George W. Bush.

Argument Against: Maybe it would be more appropriate to name the local bankruptcy court or a consumer credit counseling center after Bush? Besides, if we name the local sewage plant after Bush, then what's left to name after Jesse Helms?

The measure ultimately failed.