David Weldon: “I rise in support of naming the airport after Ronald Reagan. I was a medical student in the late 1970s and early 1980s…”

“I rise in support of naming the airport after Ronald Reagan. I was a medical student in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and I remember 20 percent inflation rates, I remember no job creation, I remember my wife and I wondering what kind of future we were going to have. Then I remember Ronald Reagan getting elected and things really beginning to turn around, and I also remember the defense bill that he wanted to pursue which ultimately led to the end of the Cold War, and every step of the way there was opposition, opposition, how his policies were wrong. He created prosperity in this country, and in my opinion, he is one of the greatest Presidents that this country has ever seen. It is fitting and proper for us to name this airport after him, and considering all of the opposition he got during his career, it is not surprising to me at all that this simple act is indeed opposed as well. It is because the people who oppose it will never recognize the fact that his policies were good for this country and the people loved him, and we are living today in the prosperity and the benefits still, created by Ronald Reagan.”