Some residents of a Texas town just west of Austin are hoping to gain enough support to force a ballot proposition to change the town's name.
Dripping Springs, in Texas hill country outside of the state capital, is a town of about 3,000 people. But a self-described "coalition of residents and business owners in the area" want to change the town's name to honor its founder, Dr. Joseph Pound, who settled in the area in the 1850s. And what is the name they want to use to honor the town founder? Pound Town.
The Austin American-Statesman asked Daniel McCarthy if he was being serious or trying to be "tongue-in-cheek," and McCarthy told the newspaper that he's "serious about history."
"We're hoping to honor the memory of Dr. Joseph Pound every day of the year by renaming the city," he said.
A GoFundMe page has been established "to fund a fun campaign that may or may not result in a ballot initiative, and at the very least we'll donate a good portion of the proceeds to Friends of the Pound House for upkeep and education at the historic homestead."
They also have a Facebook page and a web site with some decidedly tongue-in-cheek merchandise, like a baby onesie that reads "Made in Pound Town," and a woman's tank bearing the words, "I took my man to Pound Town and all I got was this cute top."
