Democrat thwarts Nevada’s ‘Mount Reagan’ project

Published December 10, 2013 5:00am ET



Former President Ronald Reagan won’t have a mountain top near Las Vegas named for him after all, now that a Nevada House Democrat has killed the project with a legislative move.

Instead of heading to a federal agency for final approval, the project that won the OK from an official Nevada body earlier this year is kaput thanks to Rep. Dina Titus’ surprise proposal to name the same peak after Maude Frazier. Frazier’s claim to fame? The Democrat was the first female lieutenant governor of Nevada.

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