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1. if they can't name a highway after Willie Nelson, they have no business naming one after ANY right winger

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 02:57 PM

12 hrs ago

In 2005, Democratic Texas Senator Gonzalo Barrientos introduced a bill to name 49 miles (79 km) of the Travis County section of State Highway 130 after Nelson, and at one point 23 of the 31 state senators were co-sponsors of the bill.[225] The legislation was dropped after two Republican senators, Florence Shapiro and Wentworth, objected, citing Nelson's lack of connection to the highway, his fund raisers for Democrats, his drinking, and his marijuana advocacy

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if they can't name a highway after Willie Nelson, they have no business naming one after ANY right winger DBoon 12 hrs ago #1