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Can I petition to have a street renamed "Lame City Council Way?"
Oh that's right, all we do now is classify people based on their ethnicity. Trying to figure if Chavez advocated that when he was in Portland.
Oh, that's right, he never set foot in Portland.
Well, as long as the supporters problems are all solved now and they feel warm and squishy everything's fixed.
This whole thing is just misguided liberal guilt at its worst.
Or: "The Timbers Army Punched My Grandmother in the Face" Lane.
Not that the outcome from this council was ever the least bit in doubt.
I propose that we rename Leonard's street after my nutsack.
What?! Why not? Are you prejudiced against my nutsack?! I'd hate to have to tell the male voting constuency before the next election that you are an anti-sack-ite! Bigotry! Bigotry, I say!
Bzzt, wrong.
'does anyone recall who or what Weidler was?'
ATTENTION HISTORY ILLITERATES - Chavez was not (as in NOT) an advocate for ethnic minorities.
Chavez was never in Portland.
The issue at hand is this: Does the current city council represent the will of the majority of people that elected them?
ANSWER ME!
In fact -- rename the street Mentally Incompetent Three-Fingered Larry Blvd. Makes as much sense as anything else.
http://books.google.com/books?id=bG4UAAAAY…
Chavez Boulevard my ass! What is this, LA? "Cesar Chavez Avenue", if you must. Or, better yet- "Via Cesar Chavez".
"Via Cesar Chavez". Yeah, I can live with that.
I'm personally a fan of the numbered street system. It's certainly helpful to make my way around town. But I'm way MORE of a fan of official actions taken by our City leaders to promote diversity and tolerance. This renaming shows how much Portland values human rights. This renaming is a great step forward in making Portland a more inclusive and culturally competent City.
Congrats, City Council, on making a difficult decision for what is right (and not necessarily what will get you re-elected).
Guilt is such an unproductive emotion.
I've agreed before and I'll agree again. They should've named something that has at least SOME KIND of resonance with Chavez - like a school, a park, a shelter. Things he was involved in.
FAIL.
For me, it's not about the Breedlove thing. Its all about a city being able to pull the job away from an official when they fail to represent the constituents. I voted for Sam, but not so he could put up a bridge to the Couve or piss away money on a stadium during the worst of economic times. Recall Sam Adams.
The Cesar Chavez Memorial Velodrome would be so much cooler than a fucking STREET.
How come elected officials and their constituents can't see the forest for the trees?
STREETS ARE DEAD. Bicycle lanes are in, you dumb shits.
Whatever. One more good reason to fire Adams ass, (and a goodly number of ticked-off Portlanders who see through this BS and will be more likely to find a petition to sign to shake up the little cabaal down there.)
Hugs and Kisses, EADIAF
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Named after a bridge bringing two parts of town together?
NO!
Named after a park where people from all walks of life come together?
NO!
Named after a noisy street where the most interaction people get is though opposing car windows; all the while directly affecting the owners of 655 different tax lots?
WOO HOO! We have a winner!
I find streets are dead where people do not walk on them. That's most streets, including 39th, where the only people walking are on Hawthorne.
Honestly, do you really think Chavez would want a street where there were no people walking to be named after him?
I grew up in a Latin country where people walked, didn't have phones, ate at 10 o' clock at night, danced, played soccer, made music, and had a lot of sex, before AIDS came in and wiped out more people per capita of any country outside of Africa.
So 39th seems kind of dead, to me, by comparison.