Yesterday a Texas judge blocked the city of San Antonio from renaming a street after Cesar Chavez

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http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/24/texas-cesar-chavez-street/


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“It is very important that we protect the integrity of our history, and that includes objecting to changing street names,” said Bill Oliver, who represents the San Antonio Conservation Society, which sued to oppose the name change.

But Jaime Martinez, a longtime San Antonio labor leader and a former associate of Chavez, who died in 1993, disagreed.

“We’ve been waiting for fifteen years to get the renaming of a street, a major street, for Cesar Chavez,” Martinez said. “There are over 200 streets in the last 10 years that had their names changed, and there was no problem.”

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Councilman Reed Williams, a white Republican from San Antonio’s posh North Side, made the most controversial statement in opposition to the change:


“This action feels different to me,” he said. “It feels like a political majority is pushing its will, and it doesn’t have to.” <...>

“The political majority should concern us all, particularly for a group of folks that have been in the minority that are moving to a majority. We must be sure that everyone that does that understands the absolute responsibility that comes with being in the majority.”
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last wk. the neo cons were in a tizzy when the Navy wanted to name a ship after Chavez

there is a pic of city maintenance men with the sign

[targetpractice]

1. In other words...

“The political majority should concern us all, particularly for a group of folks that have been in the minority that are moving to a majority. We must be sure that everyone that does that understands the absolute responsibility that comes with being in the majority.”

Means... "Don't get too uppity."

[WolverineDG]

7. The person quoted is NOT the judge

although the unbiased "think progress" makes it sound like it was.

dg

[targetpractice]

8. Wow. I appreciate the clarification. n/t

[Scuba]

2. How did he disagree if he died in 1993?

Please respond to this Punctuation Police query within 24 hours or your colon may be semi'd.

[EFerrari]

3. Argh!

The mistake I hate is the use of apostrophe's to show plural's. IT'S EVERYWHERE. I see it on twitter all the time from JOURNALIST'S! They're winning! lol

[kick-ass-bob]

4. I thought it was a very old case

:spray:

[Fleshdancer]

5. After all the TX history classes I had to take growing up....

I never heard of Durango being anything important to our history. After looking it up, I found that the word Durango originates from the Basque word "Urango" meaning "water town". Well, ok. Texas is a very hot state with droughts and wildfires, but San Antonio has canals so the current name is cute for anyone who knows what Durango means. In terms of history and heritage however, Cesar Chavez is far more fitting.

[WolverineDG]

6. Once again, it was only a temporary restraining order

Judges sign those like clockwork. All it means is that nothing can happen until there is a full hearing on the matter, which IIRC is set for sometime in early June.

More information available here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1166417&mesg_id=1166478

:eyes:

dg

[kentauros]

11. I'm glad you're on top of the clarification process, Wolverine,

because this story has "gone viral" on DU. I swear I see it reposted every single day since it broke! And every time, it has the same thing going on, that it's the judge making that quote :eyes:

[WolverineDG]

13. Funny how Faux news gets bashed repeatedly for doing the same thing

yet when it's a "liberal" outlet, it's okay. :eyes:

dg

[Seedersandleechers]

9. I live on Cesar Chavez Blvd in KCMO

Very hispanic part of the area. Great food and great people.

[provis99]

10. yet the republicans want to name everything after Reagan.

[UTUSN]

12. Aren't wingnuts supposed to support local control (states' rights carried down to this level)? n/t