October 14, 2005

A City's Silly Sports Obsession

Green Bay isn't listening to me. They're going ahead and turning their city into the Disneyland of football.

Green Bay's Common Council, in September, unanimously approved the renaming of the former Forward Street to Bart Starr Drive. The renaming effort was spearheaded by Sandi Campbell, who along with her daughter, artist C. McLain Campbell, are planning an outdoor monument park in the area.

Will the late Charles Martin get a statue? A lot of Packers fans still smile when he dropped Chicago's Jim McMahon into the turf in 1986. Heck, let's name something after Lee Remmel. He's been around the Packers forever, and he knows more about the team than anyone else alive. While we're at it let's put a statue outside the Green Bay Public Library in honor of the Packalope. He needs some cheering up after having his antlers barred from games.

"Street Named after Starr"