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Posted on 06/19/2010 7:24:27 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
New Road To Bear President Obama's Name Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:46:24 AM
A new road being built through Orlando is being named after President Barack Obama.
Reported by Dave D’Marko
ORLANDO -- Is it too soon to name a road after President Barack Obama? A new road being built through Orlando will have his name.
Roads in Orlando honor some of our greatest presidents, from Washington to Jefferson and now Obama.
On Friday, Orlando leaders made President Barack Obama Parkway the first road under construction in the nation named after our 44th president, and surely one of the few in history to be named after a sitting president in his first term.
"I think it’s great if people want to support their presidential candidate, but I think it's a little soon," said Orlando resident Karey Graham.
"You don't have to be dead to be honored," said Charles Sledge from Orlando. “We need to honor people while they are living."
City leaders actually voted on the name shortly after the groundbreaking election, when they decided they wanted to break ground on a north-south connection from Conroy Road to Old Winter Garden Road.
While some might find the name controversial, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said the benefits of the road are undeniable.
"Building these reliever roads is important for people being able to get to work or home and being able to save 10 minutes they can spend with their families. In this particular area John Young (Parkway), Kirkman (Road), I-4 always have congestion," Dyer said.
With the lack of north-south roads, people turn to these residential neighborhoods, sometimes causing even more problems. Two hundred jobs will be created to build the first $10.5 million phase of the road, which will connect with Metrowest Boulevard.
As for the timetable on the rest of the construction, and what will spring up around the new road, it's still about as uncertain as the legacy the Obama Administration will leave behind.
However, Commissioner Samuel Ings, who came up with the name for the road, knows what he'd like to see.
"One of my dreams would be when we get ready to cut the ribbon that our president, presidential limo and seal would be the first to travel along Presidential Barack Obama Parkway," Ings said.
So far Obama hasn't been contacted.
It runs from Hope to Hell.
Nope, that's reserved for the Bill Clinton Parkway.
A new “Road to Bear”? Where is Bear? Or is something we must endure?
Just following precedent set by wonderful role models like Napoleon, Sen. “Sheets” Byrd and Gov. Brendon Byrne of NJ, who presided over the construction of “Brendon Byrne Arena.”
Let me guess...Migrants from NY, NJ and other NE Liberal States? Am I close?
From Washington to Jefferson? That totals three Presidents.
. . . and now Obama.
OK, that's a total disconnect. Obama is our worst President - not one of our greatest.
They’ve already named an elephant after him. Some of us thought “Odumbo” would have been an appropriate name for the elephant. May I humbly suggest that they also change the name of the road to Odumbo Road. And they should make it a toll road.
Ah, Memorial Drive. They should rename it ‘Forgetful Drive’.
And in the other direction - shouldn’t that be CAISSON Cove??
They should rename Pensacola beach after the kenyan
The AC/DC song “Highway to Hell” keeps running through my mind for some reason...
I thought they already had a Hershey Highway.
Anything is possible.
For those unaware of Orlando’s demographics, the new road runs though heavily Black and Hispanic areas. The northern terminus is near Pine Hills, which is often referred to as “Crime Hills.”
And here I thought that was a statue of Odo from DS9.
Route zero?
how about “SKINNY KENYAN USURPER BASTARD ALLEY”....
Is it going to be a toll road?
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