Posted on 02/23/2017 3:22:57 PM PST by PBRCat
Should it be the Barack Obama Expressway or the Barack Obama Tollway?
Democratic state legislators seem to agree that the hometown state senator made good should take his place alongside Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy and others immortalized in Illinois highways.
Two Illinois state representatives have competing plans to rename different Illinois highways after Obama.
On Jan. 26, state Rep. Robert Martwick, D-Chicago, submitted House Joint Resolution 0017 that would designate “the entirety of Interstate 294 of the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways as the “‘President Barack Obama Tollway,’” state legislative records show.
The move to designate all of Interstate 294 after Obama is in “recognition of President Barack Obama’s dedication to public service as an Illinois State Senator, U.S. Senator from Illinois, and President of the United States of America,” the resolution reads.
The same day, state Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, announced he is drafting legislation that would rename the majority of Interstate 55 in Illinois as the “Barack Obama Expressway.”
According to a statement from his office, Ford will propose renaming the stretch of the expressway from the Tri-State Tollway to East St. Louis.
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Let’s wait till he is dead.
Why does bankrupt Illinois want to spend money on a name change? What a waste.
Some road that is not maintained and seldom used and where the weeds grow tall.
They should rename the southside loop in honor of all the murders. He could have his picture on all the buildings for target practice.
Crosstown Obama expressway. It runs N-S at about 4600 west and then turns. A lot of hope.
Is there an I-57?
....Permanent reminder
I suggest I-666.
Perfect. A wreck at every turn.
Wishful thinking !?!? :)
Its been 30 minutes since i read your post about obama speed bump and i just now stopped laughing. Havent laughed that hard since Trumps presser. Thank you
;) Thank you.
Yeah, I it was “The Extraordinary” or something like it that did about a 5-minute piece on it. Too creepy for me; I wouldn’t have driven it just out of that lol.
Of course, I don’t want to drive on no Obama blvd either.
It was once a nice QuikTrip; a great retailer.
More destruction under the Obama pResidency.
The Chicago Skyway: It’s on the South Side, it overlooks a post-industrial wasteland, and if the wind is right the scent of Gary, IN wafts in on the breeze.
Hershey highway?
The only “highway star” this POS ought to be is the desensitizer holder in a urinal in a rest stop bathroom. Even that is too good for him. He belongs in Gitmo.
I-# times he says I in a speech?
No such Interstate exists.
If one did, it would be a loop from I-66, which is very short anyway (runs from DC westward only to I-81).
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