What started out as a joke, is soon to become a reality as soon as Governor Jack Dalrymple signs the measure into law, making the Barack Obama Memorial Landfill the 17th largest waste disposal site in the United States.
“We wanted to do something to honor the president,” says Republican State Senator Doug Perlman, who was the lead sponsor of the bill. “And I think a pile of garbage is a fitting tribute to Obama’s presidency.
“We originally planned on naming it after a nearby mountain. But then someone jokingly suggested we name it after Obama. I never thought an idea like that would actually pass. But I was pleasantly surprised.”
The president is hardly popular in North Dakota. The most recent poll in December 2013 found that Obama has a 35% approval rating in the state, although that figure may have fallen further in the year since. Yet even considering the political climate, seasoned observers are surprised that two Democratic lawmakers voted for the bill’s passage.
And there you have it, a legacy worthy of Obama’s presidency, this one backed by even the Democrats in North Dakota.
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