In Central Texas, Bastrop County withdrew a proposal to rename FM 969 after Charlie Kirk. In North Texas, though, Hood County leaders celebrated theirs on Saturday.
BASTROP COUNTY, Texas — Officials in Central Texas have backtracked on plans to rename a highway after Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist and media personality who was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University last year.
Bastrop County commissioners were going to vote on designating a portion of FM 969 the “Charlie Kirk Corridor,” but a fiery response from locals forced them to withdrawal the proposal, KVUE reported. FM 969 is a stretch of road that runs between Bastrop County and Travis County. Bastrop County officials would not have had authority to change the state road’s name. If the proposal passed, it would have taken state lawmakers in the House and Senate to make that happen.
In Hood County on Saturday, however, commissioners formally dedicated a stretch of North Texas road, just south of Granbury, as “Charlie Kirk Memorial Parkway.” Hood County commissioners voted last month to make the change.
In the proclamation, Hood County Commissioners called Kirk “a steadfast voice for moral clarity and truth in public discourse” and that he leaves “behind a legacy of bold leadership, passionate advocacy, and unwavering commitment to the ideals that define the American spirit.”
WFAA has reached out to the Hood County Democratic Party for comment on the renamed road.