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| Orlando road is now named "President Barack Obama Parkway" |
| 2010-06-22 |
| It's official: An 800-foot stretch of Orlando road is now named "President Barack Obama Parkway." It's my personal opinion that there should be laws against naming things after living politicians. The City Council voted Monday to rename a short section of Mission Road between Cason Cove Drive and Conroy Road in Obama's honor. The Revolutionary Command Council voted to name the airport in Baghdad "Saddam Internatinal Airport," too. It was a unanimous vote, but not without debate. The original proposal would have left off the title "president," because the city's 911 computer system can only handle street names of 18 characters or less (not including "street," "avenue," etc.). Commissioner Daisy Lynum insisted the title should be included. Mayor Buddy Dyer and Commissioner Robert Stuart -- both of whom are Democrats -- disagreed, pointing out that no other streets named for presidents carry the title. "I think we all want to honor the current president, it's just a matter of what to put on the sign," Dyer said. In the end, the title won. Commissioner Sam Ings, who pushed for the renaming, said the street will eventually be longer -- and thus, a more fitting honor -- when the city completes a road-extension project. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 It's my personal opinion that there should be laws against naming things after living politicians. Must . . . not . . . snark! |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-22 23:19 |
| #10 More renaming: Hartsfield, Obama, Jackson, International (HOJI)Airport. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-06-22 19:38 |
| #9 Lemme guess - it leads into a swamp? |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-06-22 15:00 |
| #8 Should have known that road abruptly ends at a cliff. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-06-22 14:13 |
| #7 At our current debt pace it will soon be renamed Skid Row. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-22 14:05 |
| #6 Looks pretty much like a road to nowhere to me. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-06-22 13:12 |
| #5 paid for with stimulus money, so we're the morons paying for this BS. Feel better? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-06-22 09:55 |
| #4 This is what the MORONS in orlando have to spend money on.......it probably cost the city a half million to do this |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-06-22 09:31 |
| #3 I wonder: will liberals drive up and down this street all day in their Priuses, just to feel the tingle in their legs? |
| Posted by: Mike 2010-06-22 09:07 |
| #2 Volhohrad -> Stalingrad -> Volhohrad St. Petersburg -> Leningrad -> St. Petersburg See da pattern? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-06-22 08:56 |
| #1 One can only assume that like Martin Luther King Boulevards nationwide wherein the vernacular becomes MLK Blvd, for expediency this becomes B.O. Boulevard? Snicker. |
| Posted by: Anna Sasin 2010-06-22 08:54 |