As many of you probably heard, President Obama just named Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee for the Supreme Court to fill the seat of Justice Scalia. It's still to be determined if the Republicans in the Senate will hold hearings to confirm him. However, Long Islanders long ago decided that he would be a great justice. That's why we have a town named after him, plus two of the most major streets in Nassau County: Merrick Road (CR 27) and Merrick Avenue (CR 4).
New York also has a Clinton county ;)
Quote from: mariethefoxy on March 19, 2016, 01:20:14 AM
New York also has a Clinton county ;)
Not mention Clinton Road (Nassau CR 1) in Garden City. The catch is that they're named after a different Clinton. (Although when I was a little kid, I thought that Clinton Road was named after Bill Clinton.)
Quote from: mariethefoxy on March 19, 2016, 01:20:14 AM
New York also has a Clinton county ;)
Which is in the Burlington, Vermont media market.
There's only one incorporated city with the name Sanders: Sanders, Kentucky (surprisingly not named for the Colonel). There's also Sanders County, Montana.
This is "off topic." :ded:
Getting back on topic, Texas also honors the new SCOTUS nominee: https://goo.gl/maps/4dC5Y9WBhdk (https://goo.gl/maps/4dC5Y9WBhdk) :biggrin: