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Article: Riders Rail at Cost of 'Reagan' Metro Stop; With a $400,000 Price Tag for Changes, Airport Is Honor Enough, Visitor Says
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- The Washington Post
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- April 21, 2001
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It was an apolitical crowd on the platform at the National Airport
Metro station yesterday, passengers less concerned about whether
Ronald Reagan's name is on the station signs than the fact it could
cost $400,000 to insert it.
"It seems like a waste of money," said Rich Coffin, a federal
worker from Springfield who was waiting for a Blue Line train as
planes soared above. "We're debating things like that? It seems like
we have better things to do."
But others agreed with the group of about two dozen Republican
congressmen who say it's confusing if the Metro station's name
doesn't match that of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
"Just last weekend, I had relatives visiting from ...