Posted on 09/04/2017 9:23:47 AM PDT by Zakeet
More than 70,000 people have signed a petition to rename a Texas highway after Houston Texans star J.J. Watt due to his efforts in raising millions for Hurricane Harvey victims.
The petition, which was created on Change.org Friday, calls on Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to rename State Highway 99 the J.J. Watt Parkway.
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"JJ Watt has been an exemplary humanitarian and Houstonian," the petition states. "He has given to our great city more than we could ever have asked for! As a token of our appreciation not only should (State Highway) 99 bear his number but also his name!"
The star defensive end has raised more than $18 million for Harvey victims since creating the fundraiser last weekend. In a tweet Sunday, Watt showed what his group was distributing to the people of Houston.
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An exceptionally good idea ...
Watt Highway?
How about we rename the one that was named after Sen. Lloyd Bentsen Highway in 1995?
You want to take the Watt where?!!
Bravo! And years from now, a child will ask a parent, “Who was JJ Watt?” and will be told, “He was a great man who helped others and a great football player.”
I lived on Watt Avenue in the Bronx as a child. A block away from Ampere Avenue and another block from Radio way.
Always an Abbott and Costello joke in my life then.
Who’s on first?
What freeway should I take to the airport?
Watt.
I SAID, “What freeway should I take to the airport?”
WATT!!
What? Why not name it after a privileged black entertainer? /s
Anywhere near Bagel street or the Susquehanna Hat company?
It costs money to do that kind of stuff. I’m sure Watt would prefer the $$$ go to help others.
Yeah but he’s white, playing a black mans game, and depriving a more deserving poor man a good job
So he must be a racist
I was going to ask “Who is that?” until I saw the first sentence.
Doesn’t seem appropriate to me. Give it a Texas name — like Longhorn Drive.
Curtis Flood, the baseball player, was born in Houston. They could rename the Bentsen Highway the Flood Highway.
I-10 is nicknamed the Katy Freeway but really IT becomes a river when it floods.
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