Jerry Falwell Parkway??

Jerry Falwell Parkway??#89356

By bigsmooth - June 7th, 2007, 8:23 am

- June 7th, 2007, 8:23 am #89356

senator steve newman will introduce a bill to the virginia general assembly to name a portion of 460 after dr. falwell. very appropriate IMO. from the news advance.

http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Sate ... 0175&path=

#89363

By jcmanson - June 7th, 2007, 9:11 am

- June 7th, 2007, 9:11 am #89363

That seems very fitting. Nice to see Steve putting in his word on a man that was very influential to him.

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#89377

By ATrain - June 7th, 2007, 10:14 am

- June 7th, 2007, 10:14 am #89377

Can't wait to see the letters to the editor complaining about this one. Personally, I hope it goes through no problem though.

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#89436

By Cider Jim - June 7th, 2007, 2:07 pm

- June 7th, 2007, 2:07 pm #89436

As much as the townspeople hate our LU monogram, it will be interesting to see what they say about the "Jerry Falwell Parkway." Remember the discussion the town had a few years ago my renaming one of the streets "M.L. King"?

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#89439

By El Scorcho - June 7th, 2007, 2:21 pm

- June 7th, 2007, 2:21 pm #89439

Cider Jim wrote:As much as the townspeople hate our LU monogram, it will be interesting to see what they say about the "Jerry Falwell Parkway." Remember the discussion the town had a few years ago my renaming one of the streets "M.L. King"?

I think a lot of that discussion was because of the street they picked to rename, not because of who they wanted to name it after. Memorial Avenue already had a name, and a good one at that.

Highway 460 is just a generic government designation, so it should be less controversial. It won't be though. No, this time it will be all about who they want to name it after.

#89440

By LUconn - June 7th, 2007, 2:41 pm

- June 7th, 2007, 2:41 pm #89440

Don't forget about the argument after the MLK Blvd designation finally went through. The signs weren't big enough. So they had to put up bigger signs. I'd imagine they would demand smaller signs if this goes through.

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#89443

By El Scorcho - June 7th, 2007, 3:08 pm

- June 7th, 2007, 3:08 pm #89443

LUconn wrote:Don't forget about the argument after the MLK Blvd designation finally went through. The signs weren't big enough. So they had to put up bigger signs. I'd imagine they would demand smaller signs if this goes through.

Oh I didn't forget, though I'd like to. That was the most unbelievable bunch of...stuff. Sometimes people in this town can really frustrated me.

#89490

By jimflamesfan - June 7th, 2007, 10:50 pm

- June 7th, 2007, 10:50 pm #89490

I remember that, too. I think the small signs cost something like $250 a piece...and then the people wanted bigger. But at least L-burg got the money back by selling the smaller signs to businesses or something like that.

#89504

By mrmacphisto - June 8th, 2007, 12:27 am

- June 8th, 2007, 12:27 am #89504

There must be quite a few businesses named Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.