" "Texas Lawmaker Withdraws Bill for Willie Nelson"

[GreenPartyVoter]

"A state legislator had proposed naming a stretch of Texas Highway 130, part of the Central Texas Turnpike Project, in honor of the Texas country music singer. But two senators objected, saying they didn't want the sections of the road that run through their districts named after Nelson.

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In a letter to Barrientos dated April 13, Joel Katz, a lawyer for Nelson, said the singer was honored by Barrientos' initiative. "However, Willie simply does not feel that the naming of a toll road in his honor comports with his world view on either a personal or an artistic level."

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20050506/D89TM24O0.html

[Horse with no Name]

1. You tell em Willie.

Way to go.

[CO Liberal]

2. Since It's a Toll Road, They'll Probably Name It After Tom DeLay

:-)

[Zenlitened]

5. I'd rather see them name a prison after DeLay.

Or at least a prison cell.

[CO Liberal]

7. I Have a Nameplate Outside My Cubicle

DeLay can have a nameplate outside his cell.

[tanyev]

3. The Zogby poll I got yesterday had a question about this.

I of course checked that I strongly agreed with naming the highway after Willie Nelson. I wonder when the Zogby results will be available?

[mopinko]

4. this has to be seen as a step over the line for a lot of redstaters

if things have gone so far that you have to start hatin on willie to be in this club, i think a lot of people will say :wtf: and quit.

[leftofthedial]

6. Tom Delay Memorial Tollroad

$4, but a quarter mile past the tollbooth it turns into 100 miles of gravel road.