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Which is better, Kurt Warner Way SW or Kurt Warner Pass NE?
Feb. 17, 2010 10:01 am
Move over Chuck Swore, P.T. Larson has his own idea for commemorating native-son Kurt Warner.
Swore, the at-large council member, has the City Council set this evening to name an unnamed “driveway” alongside Kingston Stadium, which connects Eighth Avenue SW to Veterans Memorial Drive SW, Kurt Warner Way SW.
Larson, a perennial unsuccessful City Hall candidate who ran for mayor last year, wants the A Avenue NE viaduct that crosses railroad tracks downtown between Interstate 380 and the U.S. Cellular Center to be named Kurt Warner Pass NE.
Additionally, two radio stations in the city recently had suggested renaming a street near Regis Middle School -- which was Regis High School when Warner attended -- for Warner.
Swore has had a previous victory in naming a street for a famous local athlete. Zach Johnson Drive NE, a short piece of street that serves as an entryway to the Elmcrest Country Club, now commemorates Johnson, the native son who won the 2007 Masters Golf Tournament.