Virginia state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) has some tongue-in-cheek suggestions for Arlington-appropriate alternatives to the name of Washington’s professional football team.
The Arlington County Board on Tuesday adopted a resolution, by a vote of 3-0-2, calling on the Washington Redskins to change the team’s “objectionable” name.
On his blog today, Petersen — who last year helped to form a “Redskins Pride Caucus” in the Virginia General Assembly — took the opportunity to come up with some fitting team name suggestions.
“I read in the news this week that the Arlington County Board — having run out of actual problems — has decided to enter the world of naming professional sports teams,” Petersen wrote, introducing his list. “So what names fit for Virginia’s most ‘politically correct’ elected body?”
Petersen’s top 10 list is as follows.
- “The Dog Park Warriors”
- “The Million Dollar Bus Stops”
- “The Abandoned Street Cars”
- “The (Over) Regulators”
- “The Tax and Spenders”
- “The Vicious Vegans”
- “Poets in Turtlenecks”
- “The Exploited”
- “White Liberal Angst”
- “The Granola Bars”
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