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Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport to be renamed after ex-Nevada Sen. Harry Reid
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 02/18/2021 | AP

Posted on 02/20/2021 11:28:58 AM PST by Signalman

LAS VEGAS – A county board voted unanimously Tuesday to rename busy McCarran International Airport after former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.

The all-Democratic Clark County Commission approved a measure directing the county’s airport staff to file a change with the Federal Aviation Administration renaming the facility Harry Reid International Airport.

The county commission oversees the airport and is the final authority on a name change.

There have been long-standing calls to rename the airport. Its current namesake, Patrick McCarran, served as one of Nevada’s two U.S. senators from 1933 until his death in 1954. He was known for his contributions to aviation along with his anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic views.

Reid, a Democrat and the former Senate majority leader, retired in 2016 after serving 30 years. The proposal was put forward by Commissioner Tick Segerblom, a former chair of the state Democratic Party who announced last week he is again running for the chairmanship.

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KEYWORDS: clarkcounty; harryreid; lasvegas; mccarran; mccarranairport; nevada; patrickmccarran; reid; ticksegerblom
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1 posted on 02/20/2021 11:28:58 AM PST by Signalman
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Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport to be renamed after ex-Nevada Sen. Harry Reid

Because of the Crooked Runways?

2 posted on 02/20/2021 11:30:39 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Signalman

Oh, H3II no!


3 posted on 02/20/2021 11:31:01 AM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: Signalman

Treadmill International


4 posted on 02/20/2021 11:31:18 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan. )
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To: Signalman

Maybe O’Hare in Chicago should change its name to Al Capone International


5 posted on 02/20/2021 11:31:29 AM PST by organicchemist (Without the second amendment, the first amendment is just talk)
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To: Signalman

to be faithful to it’s namesake, the airport needs to have a recurring black eye inflicted by it’s wife when she drinks.


6 posted on 02/20/2021 11:31:35 AM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: Signalman

Corruption Field.


7 posted on 02/20/2021 11:32:12 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Signalman; BenLurkin

Hell no!


8 posted on 02/20/2021 11:32:27 AM PST by KC_Lion
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To: Signalman

One-Eyed Jerk International Airport
9 posted on 02/20/2021 11:32:29 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: Signalman

As if we needed MORE reason to not go to Vegas.

Geez.


10 posted on 02/20/2021 11:32:31 AM PST by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: Signalman

beneath the name on the welcome sign should be it’s new slogan: “thanks for all the judges. Signed Donald Trump”


11 posted on 02/20/2021 11:33:18 AM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: Signalman

A mob-serving airport named after a mobster.

I have no problem with that.


12 posted on 02/20/2021 11:34:12 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The FBI used to go after communists. Now it is run by communists. The American Stasi.)
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To: Signalman

Senator Pat Geary International Airport?


13 posted on 02/20/2021 11:34:45 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Signalman

Solidarity among Corruptocrats.


14 posted on 02/20/2021 11:36:35 AM PST by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)
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To: Signalman

Why not Wayne Newton? Stupid question!


15 posted on 02/20/2021 11:40:59 AM PST by SES1066 (I love my Country, but I fear too much Government!)
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To: Signalman

There has to be a corrupt land transaction linked to this. Follow the $


16 posted on 02/20/2021 11:42:29 AM PST by patriot torch (Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
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To: EasySt

Reid spent his entire career in Nevada and National politics. He likely started his political career worth four or five figures. He left politics worth eight figures. How does he do that?


17 posted on 02/20/2021 11:42:42 AM PST by Stevenfo
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Maybe they can lie about their arrivals and departures and lost baggage then just say “well, it worked didn’t it?”.


18 posted on 02/20/2021 11:43:32 AM PST by Aria (- )
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It will become POS International.


19 posted on 02/20/2021 11:43:50 AM PST by Spok (All free men are equal only in their freedom; everything else is up to them.)
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To: Signalman
I set foot in Vegas once...about 40 years ago.I must say that the countryside there is quite impressive and the drive from Vegas to Death Valley was *very* impressive.

But as for the city itself all I can say is if the United States were to be given a giant enema they'd stick the nozzle in through Las Vegas.

They could name the airport Jesus Is Lord" International and I still wouldn't go there.

Of course others may differ.

20 posted on 02/20/2021 11:44:08 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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