Legislators clear plan to rename Marin tunnel for Robin Williams

[Brother Buzz]

Legislators clear plan to rename Marin tunnel for Robin Williams

The rainbow-adorned portal into and out of Marin will soon bear a new name: the Robin Williams Tunnel.

The state Senate on Thursday approved the resolution introduced by Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, to change the name of the Waldo Tunnel. The state Assembly took the same action in April. Because it is a resolution, the change doesn't need a signature from Gov. Jerry Brown.

"I'm very happy," said Julie Wainwright, the Tiburon Peninsula resident who started the Change.org petition to rename the tunnel in honor of Williams. "It really speaks to the power of him."

Levine has noted that Williams' career began in San Francisco and that he grew up and lived in Marin, so naming the Highway 101 tunnel after him "connects those two lives," and that in his role as "Mork" on the TV program "Mork and Mindy," Williams often wore rainbow-colored suspenders. Painted rainbows adorn the southern portals of the Waldo Tunnel.

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[shenmue]

1. ...

[NV Whino]

2. Yay!

I mean Waldo? Where the fuck is Waldo, anyway?

[Brother Buzz]

3. Where's Waldo?

He bolted from the state when he lost his bid for Governor of California in 1853 and returned to Missouri.

[NV Whino]

5. My god, what time of day was that with no traffic?

For that matter, what year?

[Brother Buzz]

6. 2:00 PM...

and it's blowing 22 knots under the bridge pushing in that afternoon fog (the 222 rule of thumb for us sailors). I bet the northbound traffic was bumper to bumper.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. What a lovely way to honor his memory!