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mopinko

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18. lotsa rules about naming after live v dead people.

Reply to BlueJazz (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2014, 09:14 PM

Sep 2014

here in chicago you cant name a school after someone who is alive.
a new school in the hood had a lot of support for naming it after michael jordan, but was prohibited. but it happened that is was about the time that michael's dad was killed, so they named it after him.

maybe they will change the rule now, tho.

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I looked up what various Presidents have named after them. There's Reagan International Airport... [View all] BlueJazz Sep 2014 OP

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lotsa rules about naming after live v dead people. mopinko Sep 2014 #18