another state honoring a president

by Marshall D. Veres
(Springfield,VA)

We have the state of Washington - the same name as our first president.

A senator in another state is submitting a name change to honor our President Obama. The state in question is Alabama.

The new name will be "Allahbama". My friend from Dothan, Alabama said, "We already call it Allaboma (with her southern accent).