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ificandream

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3. I think the media should use the old name.

Reply to PSPS (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 3, 2025, 01:05 PM

Jul 3

Even though they put up the sign with the name on it, the original formal name of the facility is what they should be using. What they're using now is basically a nickname.

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