There are two seemingly popular traditions in politics that DCist likes to make fun of: politicians from Texas trying to decide how things here in the District should be, and naming everything in a 5 mile radius after President Ronald Reagan. The two traditions recently came together in a proposal from Congressman Henry Bonilla, House Representative from the 23rd District of Texas. Bonilla’s grand idea, which was put forth on July 28? Renaming 16th Street NW “Ronald Reagan Boulevard.” Cited from the bill:

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

The street in the District of Columbia known as 16th Street Northwest shall be known and designated as `Ronald Reagan Boulevard’.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States or the District of Columbia to the street referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to `Ronald Reagan Boulevard’.

The bill has since been referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and frankly, we can’t really imagine it’ll go anywhere. But still, the thought of renaming a major thoroughfare in D.C.’s grid already has our heads in a tizzy. DCist is kinda tired of answering questions like “Why is there no J Street?” and “Where is this state’s street?” and, seriously, we really just can’t handle any questions about “Where did 16th Street go?” or “Why is Reagan the only president with a D.C. street named after him?” Please, think of our sanity.

Image from Rep. Bonilla’s site