WASHINGTON — President Bush today signed a bill renaming part of Route 20A near Ralph Wilson Stadium after Tim Russert.
The bill, which Congress passed overwhelmingly, renames the section of the highway between Abbott Road and California Road “Timothy J. Russert Highway.”
Russert, the late Washington bureau chief for NBC News, was a Buffalo native who frequently ended “Meet the Press” with the words “Go Bills!”
“Tim Russert was in every way, Mr. Buffalo,” Schumer said. “With his trademark ‘Go Bills’ sign-off, Tim Russert showed his pride for the city that made him who he was. He always cared about Buffalo, and when I spoke with him just a few weeks ago he said he would do everything he could to keep the Bills in Buffalo.”
The renamed highway won’t be the last tribute to Russert if a group of his local admirers gets its way. More than 400 people have signed an online petition calling for Buffalo-Niagara International Airport to be renamed “Tim Russert Buffalo International Airport.”
The petition is available online at www.petitiononline.com/bniaruss/petition.html.
Well, it’s official. Looking forward to future Sunday morning drives down Timothy J. Russert Highway.
July 23, 2008 at 4:44 pm
classy