Time to Deliver on a Promise

Do you remember where you were on February 8, 2011? I was sitting in the stands at Lambeau Field with my wife, taking in the Return to Titletown celebration with 50,000 other fans. We waited in the cold, just for a chance to see the Lombardi Trophy walked onto the field and up on stage, the culmination of a tremendous season and a thank you to the fans by the Packers organization. One of the lasting moments I took away from that day was when Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt stood in front of the masses at Lambeau, holding up a street sign which said “McCarthy’s Way” and promised to honor the coach with a street permanently renamed in honor of the Super Bowl win he had delivered. Flash forward to the present, four months later. No street has been renamed for McCarthy. In fact, the issue has been passed from one committee to another in the Green Bay government. Issues such as whether it is too costly to an inconvenience to local residents to not knowing what street to honor the coach with...