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Holmgren Way going away? Not now
Ashwaubenon board hears request to change street name
By Patti Zarling
pzarling@greenbaypressgazette.com
ASHWAUBENON — Come this weekend, Mike Holmgren might load Seattle Seahawks players on a bus and tour Holmgren Way, to show the "glories, riches and immortality" that can follow a Super Bowl win.
That's the tongue-in-cheek fear of a pair of Appleton radio personalities who asked the Ashwaubenon Village Board on Tuesday to temporarily to change the name of Holmgren Way to something their listeners feel might be more appropriate, say Traitor's Trail.
Len Nelson, a morning announcer for WAPL-FM, made the appeal during the board's comment period. Under board rules, trustees don't comment or take action during that part of the meeting. But they also made no move to take a vote on the request before Saturday, which doesn't surprise Nelson.
"I talked to a couple of administrators, and while they liked the idea they didn't want to get involved," he said earlier in the day. "I guess they didn't want to commit to something as controversial as being a Packers supporter."
The Green Bay Packers face the Seahawks, led by Holmgren, in an NFC divisional playoff game on Saturday at Lambeau Field. Holmgren left the Packers in 1999 to take over in Seattle, where he served for a time as both coach and general manager.
The village began discussing the street-name change in 1997, shortly after Holmgren led the Packers to their first Super Bowl win in 29 years. At the time, the village agreed to change the name of its portion of Gross Street to Holmgren Way, while the city of Green Bay opted to keep the name of its portion of Gross Street unchanged.
Nelson's on-air partner, Rick McNeal, first proposed the change, and listeners took it to heart, Nelson said.
The radio station is running a poll on its Web site asking readers to choose among the names Traitor's Trail, McCarthy Mile, Defector Drive, Benedict Arnold Boulevard, Walrus Face Way, Holmgren Go-A-Way, Ron Wolf Way, Holmgren Way Overrated, Donald Drive, and, Nelson's favorite: If I Can't be GM, I'm Going to Take My Ball and Go Home Highway.
And while that might be a little hard to fit onto a street sign, at least taxpayers won't have to foot the bill for paint.
The owner of a Freedom-based sign company offered to make the signs for free.
"This would be tax neutral," Nelson said.
In light of the board's decision, Nelson warned Packers' fans not to take things into their own hands and deface current signs."We don't want anyone breaking the law," he said.
The list of proposed names and a chance to vote can be found at www.wapl.com, though Nelson said they expected to release the results today.
Ashwaubenon board hears request to change street name
By Patti Zarling
pzarling@greenbaypressgazette.com
ASHWAUBENON — Come this weekend, Mike Holmgren might load Seattle Seahawks players on a bus and tour Holmgren Way, to show the "glories, riches and immortality" that can follow a Super Bowl win.
That's the tongue-in-cheek fear of a pair of Appleton radio personalities who asked the Ashwaubenon Village Board on Tuesday to temporarily to change the name of Holmgren Way to something their listeners feel might be more appropriate, say Traitor's Trail.
Len Nelson, a morning announcer for WAPL-FM, made the appeal during the board's comment period. Under board rules, trustees don't comment or take action during that part of the meeting. But they also made no move to take a vote on the request before Saturday, which doesn't surprise Nelson.
"I talked to a couple of administrators, and while they liked the idea they didn't want to get involved," he said earlier in the day. "I guess they didn't want to commit to something as controversial as being a Packers supporter."
The Green Bay Packers face the Seahawks, led by Holmgren, in an NFC divisional playoff game on Saturday at Lambeau Field. Holmgren left the Packers in 1999 to take over in Seattle, where he served for a time as both coach and general manager.
The village began discussing the street-name change in 1997, shortly after Holmgren led the Packers to their first Super Bowl win in 29 years. At the time, the village agreed to change the name of its portion of Gross Street to Holmgren Way, while the city of Green Bay opted to keep the name of its portion of Gross Street unchanged.
Nelson's on-air partner, Rick McNeal, first proposed the change, and listeners took it to heart, Nelson said.
The radio station is running a poll on its Web site asking readers to choose among the names Traitor's Trail, McCarthy Mile, Defector Drive, Benedict Arnold Boulevard, Walrus Face Way, Holmgren Go-A-Way, Ron Wolf Way, Holmgren Way Overrated, Donald Drive, and, Nelson's favorite: If I Can't be GM, I'm Going to Take My Ball and Go Home Highway.
And while that might be a little hard to fit onto a street sign, at least taxpayers won't have to foot the bill for paint.
The owner of a Freedom-based sign company offered to make the signs for free.
"This would be tax neutral," Nelson said.
In light of the board's decision, Nelson warned Packers' fans not to take things into their own hands and deface current signs."We don't want anyone breaking the law," he said.
The list of proposed names and a chance to vote can be found at www.wapl.com, though Nelson said they expected to release the results today.
it's very funny to joke about but it wouldn't be very classy to do. 
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