Okay, I had already thought of my post title for this story before I read it in the article, so I’m going to use it anyway.
"Singer Willie Nelson’s name is off the road again.
"A state legislator had proposed naming a 49-mile stretch of Texas Highway 130 being built around Austin in Nelson’s honor.
"But two Republican senators, Steve Odgen of Bryan and Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio, said they didn’t want Nelson’s name on the road that crosses their districts, citing the musician’s fondness for drinking and smoking, and active campaigning for Democratic candidates."
Call me cynical, but I doubt Willie Nelson’s personal habits would have mattered enough to State Senators Ogden and Wentworth to go to the trouble of blocking the proposal if Nelson had had a record of "active campaigning" for Republican candidates. Of course, it’s also true that State Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos (D-Austin) might not have introduced the bill in the first place if it weren’t for that "active campaigning" for Democratic candidates.
Like I said, call me cynical.
The keyword is ‘smoking’. Smoking what?
Well, Willie is well known for smoking pot (and advocating its legalization).
That’s probably at the bottom of the Texas politicians objections.
Hmmmmm. Wonder if they would would also object to a stretch of road being named after Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) who was reputed to have had a life-long habit smoking ‘reefers’, as they said in the earlier years of the 20th century.
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