Uh, choice #3 has been done to death. It's commonly known as fundraising.

Georgia has done this and the result is ridiculous (eg named intersections). Also a nightmare for visitors and mapmakers.

Plus, the obscenity rule would forbid an atheist charity from naming a road since Christians are known to vandalize any kind of atheist display. Probably true for Muslim things too.

Someone had the idea to force politicians to wear the names of their sponsors on their suits like NASCAR drivers. Let's get it done!

I vote for the Shit for Brains TM downtown tunnel. Because anyone will see no-one will pay $5 to drive underground in a dumbass tunnel, when they can take I-5.

No! N-O. The idea of having to refer to Boeing, or Microsoft, or Pepsi, Comcast, whatever the hell, when talking about getting directions to some place is absolutely repulsive. This is typical of Republicans. Why do we have to sell everything to corporations? All of our rights, all of our government, and now even the streets we walk on. I swear, it's like capitalism is our religion and the corporations are our gods. Our lives revolve around them. Everything is for them. We only exist to serve them. Disgusting.

I like the idea of draping these clowns in ridiculous logos. If they want to be little whores for corporations, let them dress like it.

I'd been hoping they'd name it after Boss Gregoire. Success or failure, it will be her most lasting, tangible legacy on the city of Seattle.

Selling our politicians is a great idea! We could advertise them on Backpage.com. We just have to hope Liam Neeson doesn't show up.

Wow, I just finished "Snow Crash" two days ago. What the fuck FUTURE, why can't you deliver the cool shit like Rat Things and hypodermic rape preventive dentatas instead of this bullshit?

Well, there goes my plan of renaming the Mount Baker Tunnel the 'Glory Hole'.

Prerunner is the non 4x4 model that looks like a real f4x4.

Poser truck.

@8 - You haven't been paying attention have you?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/20…

http://midwifetotheworld.blogspot.com/20…

How about the calendar? "The Year of the Depends Adult Undergarment"? Ok, not my idea. (David Foster Wallace)

My friend in high school had a fascination with the Major Deegan Expressway. He claimed it gave people a false sense of importance...yeah, I'm driving on the Major Deegan Expressway...no big...do it all the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=699IZwT0D…

I suggest y'all look eastward to Chicago before you sign any contracts. We've got a hundred year lease on parking meters we can't get out of (yay highest parking rates in the USA), and tolls on the Skyway are $4 and set to rise - not that the money's going to go to Chicago. Hint: the lawyers writing these contracts are not very interested in the civic good, nor are the businesses who are offering you a shitty deal because you're cash starved. It's the equivalent of a fucking payday loan. You'll be very sorry once you start down this road - us, we're looking to sell Midway airport. That should shore up our budget for another couple of months. Then, we'll just whore out Aldermen.

While its shameful to sell the rights to name streets, we kinda already do this, you just need to pay for the construction of the road. You build it, you name it.

Having worked for Wave Broadband (Cable Company), occasionally we would we handle installs on Sesame Street, Peace & Quiet Lane, Cheesehead Ave, etc. Of course you never saw something like Toyota Street because nobody would place their business miles out in the middle of nowhere Port Orchard.

Logos on politicians not good enough. Naming Rights! Senator Microsoft.

If you pay to build the bridge or whatever, you should get naming rights. But selling the name of an already-existing structure just because you can is idiocy.

@4 for the Bill Gates Paul Allen Memorial We-Did-Not-Pay-For-It-You-Did Tunnel win.