Back when he was Mayor Cornett’s Chief of Staff, David Holt got the idea to name an alley in Bricktown after The Flaming Lips. It was a fitting tribute. Bricktown and The Flaming Lips are both kind of cool, both over commercialized and both receive too much media coverage by the local media, resulting in under-coverage of other neighborhoods and musicians.
Well, I guess since Oklahoma has some of the worst roads and bridges in the United States, David Holt got the idea to name a bridge that crosses the Red River after President George W. Bush. From a newspaper out of Connecticut:
A bill to name a bridge over Oklahoma's Red River border with Texas after former President George W. Bush is heading to the governor's desk.
The Oklahoma House on Monday gave final approval to the bill that renames the southbound Interstate 44 bridge in Cotton County in southwest Oklahoma after the 43rd U.S. president. The House approved the bill on a 66-25 vote. It previously passed the Senate 40-5.
The measure also directs the Department of Transportation to create signs to be placed on the highway.