Proposal would rename Mount Diablo to Mount Ronald Reagan
Still upset over the devilish connotations of Mount Diablo, an Oakley man has yet again petitioned a federal agency to rename Contra Costa's signature peak. This time he wants to rename the 3,849-foot-high mountain after the 40th president of the United States — Ronald Wilson Reagan.
He'll lose again, I'm not worried, but I find this guy really irritating. Last time he tried this was about 5 years ago and I blogged about it. Below is a quote from the previous news story:
"Words have power, and when you start mentioning words that come from the dark side, evil thrives," Mijares told the Contra Costa Times. "When I take boys camping on the mountain, I don't even like to say its name. I have to explain what the name means. Why should we have a main feature of our community that celebrates the devil?"
Art Mijares, who shudders just saying the word "diablo" and thinks the devil is a living person.I don't know how long they keep these stories archived, but here's Channel 7's story in which they interview Art in his driveway LINK
7 comments:
I'm not worried, because for most people, it would still be Mount Diablo.
After it's still Candlestick Park, not 3COM or Monster or what is it this year, right ?
I could think of better alternatives - though I'm not opposed to Reagan.
Diablo? Well, I personally use it as incentive to defeat it. I'm a Christian and every time I get to the top, I chalk one up for Christ.
And... yeah the mountain has given me my share of pain and falls. Metaphor?
But I just beat it again today...
I've prayed a lot over the Bay Area (God knows we need it) from up there.
Let it be. Not to mention, "Mount Ronald Reagan Scott's Bike Blog" will never do :)
This is confusing. I always though Regan WAS a kind of Satan. So, renaming it mount Regan wouldn't solve the problem. I wonder if this guy would be thrilled to have it named Mt. Obama or Clinton. Or MLK.
I'm fine with it like it is.
I agree with Art--we need to rename Mt. (Shudder) Diablo. How about Mt. Zappa.-pumpkincycle
The devil IS real, please don't mistake that. However, Mijares would never "shudder" and the word "diablo", he simply knows the power of words.
There's even a Facebook group:
"People AGAINST Re-naming Mt. Diablo to Mt. Reagan!!"
Currently it has 48393 members.
Good thing you're not in Ohio. They (Cincinnati) were naming stuff for Ronny before he was even dead.
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