Should The New Mississippi River Bridge Be Named After Stan Musial?
A KMOX petition campaign is gaining steam and prominent Missouri State Senators are backing the idea with legislation.
In the days since Stan Musial passed away Saturday night, tributes have poured in from around St. Louis, the baseball world and beyond. Everyone, it seems, has a Stan Musial story to tell. He may already have a statue outside Busch Stadium, but something even bigger could be on the way. KMOX Radio has started a petition campaign urging the Governors of Missouri and Illiniois to name new bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Musial's honor. KMOX reports the bridge will be finished next year. Late Tuesday afternoon, State Senators John Lamping (R-Ladue) and Eric Schmidt (R-Glendale) confirmed that they had filed legislation on the issue. Lawmakers in both Missouri and Illinois must agree on the official name of th bridge. Visitation for …
CreveCoeurDad
9:37 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Better than naming it after yet another politician. But Banks has zero connection to St. Louis. Are there any downstate Illinois Cub fans who aren't originally from Chicago? So Musial and Musial alone. more ›