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Dallas Nixes 2 Proposals to Name Road for Chavez

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AP, November 10, 2008

An effort to rename one of two Dallas streets for Cesar Chavez failed Monday, but the city plans to find another road to name after the late labor and civil rights activist.

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The City Council voted 12-3 to rename the street Riverfront Boulevard, and voted unanimously against renaming Ross Avenue, activists’ second choice.

“I think it’s just disappointing, but we’ll overcome this obstacle and we’ll work and find an appropriate location for Cesar Chavez street or a building,” said Cesar Chavez Task Force leader Alberto Ruiz.

“We’re just determined to have it in downtown Dallas,” he said.

Mayor Tom Leppert, who has said the survey wasn’t binding, said he’ll direct a committee to determine an appropriate street to honor Cesar Chavez within 90 days.

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Hunt [Council member Angela Hunt] also said the history of Ross Avenue, one of Dallas’ oldest streets, should be maintained. She said only one of the 75 Ross Avenue residents she talked to favored changing the name.

She said she wants to find another way to honor Chavez, like possibly naming a downtown’s farmer’s market for him.

[Editor’s Note: Earlier developments in this story can be read here.]

Original article

(Posted on November 12, 2008)

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1 — Frank wrote at 6:30 PM on November 12:

Perhaps Mr. Ruiz should ask Mexico to name a street for the Latin hero.

2 — sbuffalonative wrote at 7:11 PM on November 12:


“She said she wants to find another way to honor Chavez, like possibly naming a downtown’s farmer’s market for him.”

Great idea. Everyone will simply refer to it for what is is; the farmers’ market.

This also shows how few hispanic heroes hispanics have. All they can do is recycle Chavez everywhere they go.

3 — Skip wrote at 1:29 AM on November 13:

“We’re just determined to have it in downtown Dallas,” he said.

In all of my travels around the world and the U.S. (I’m an American) all of the MLK this or that street, area, avenue and such are always downtown, and are ALWAYS the worst places in ANY town or city one might wish to visit. In ANY town or city there is ALWAYS a MLK something or other.

4 — SG wrote at 8:59 AM on November 13:

““I think it’s just disappointing, but we’ll overcome this obstacle and we’ll work and find an appropriate location for Cesar Chavez street or a building,” said Cesar Chavez Task Force leader Alberto Ruiz.”

Read as: I am useless and have nothing in my life, so I set up this worthless task force to usurp money from Whitey. At least I don’t have to get a real job.

5 — Sardonicus wrote at 10:21 AM on November 13:

I don’t mind them naming something after Cesar Chavez, but what I mind is how the controlled media has forgotten that Mr. Chavez opposed illegal immigration as a threat to the livelihood of his union farm workers.

6 — Anonymous wrote at 2:30 PM on November 13:

What does Cesar Chaves have to do with Dallas anyway?

7 — Strider wrote at 10:12 PM on November 14:

Someone wondered What does Cesar Chaves have to do with Dallas anyway?

Nothing really, other than his brown skin & Spanish name. The Mexicans are in the process of ruining the western part of town in the same way blacks long ago ruined the southern part. The two groups are fighting each other tooth and nail for political spoils and taxpayer loot (most of the latter supplied, of course, by Ross Perot and the few other remaining whites). It’s a slightly smaller version of LaLaLand.


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