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Florida town reverses renaming of street for King
On the basis of a petition from 100 black residents, the city council of Zephyrhills, Florida voted to change Sixth Avenue to Martin Luther King Avenue. The decision was protested by people who live on the newly named avenue, which runs through a residential area in the mostly white city of 11,000. They said they had not been consulted, that they didn’t want to change their addresses, and that streets named for Martin Luther King go downhill economically. As a result of the protests, the city council reversed its earlier decision, and Martin Luther King Avenue is becoming Sixth Avenue again. Posted by Lawrence Auster at May 10, 2004 11:08 AM | Send Comments
What’s the deal with the “Iraqi oil pipeline”? Is it true that there is a pipe that goes from Iraq to Haifa and we are trying to “take” Iraqi oil? I heard that “insurgents” keep bombing the pipeline because they do not want us to “steal” Iraqi oil. Does anyone know anything about this? Posted by: John Q. Public on May 10, 2004 12:26 PMThere’s an Oakland major thoroughfare that many years ago was renamed “Martin Luther King” and it is one of the high drug and crime-ridden streets in that city. I drive down that street often, because of convenience, not because it is safe. Interesting that black residents don’t want their Florida town named after MLK. Perhaps there is hope for those communities after all. Actually, there is a famous street upon approaching San Francisco formerly called “Army Street” and youm can imagine how badly that city wanted it changed to “Caesar Chavez”. Many of us still call it “Army Street”. Posted by: David Levin on May 10, 2004 12:52 PMGood for them doing the right thing and changing it back; alas, having not merely left it alone in the first place, now the black grievance industry in that area can claim “racism” behind the decision, and can use it to rally people behind their banner… Posted by: Will S. on May 10, 2004 1:55 PMThese street rechristenings are usually a local matter, but at least one MLK “Blvd” (it’s always a “boulevard”!) ruins the childhood memories of people around the world: the former Illinois Avenue in Atlantic City, which survives as a Monopoly property. I wonder why “civil rights activists” haven’t pressured Hasbro/Parker Brothers to change it. Maybe they have. Minnesota, of all places, was the last state to name a street after King. (Maybe this was in unspoken deference to native Roy Wilkins, a more respectable black leader.) Last year in a fit of embarrassment they so renamed the road that wraps around the front of the State Capitol— Constitution Avenue. King has now superseded the constitution! Local bus drivers are required to announce major streets and turns, and one young black female driver likes to call out “This is the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior, Boulevard!”— the actual name. (I think the sign says “REV DR M L KING JR BLVD”.) It crosses John Ireland Blvd., named for the bishop who built the giant Cathedral which stares down the hill at the Capitol. Note that “Bishop” is not in the name of that street. There’s a delicious irony in Mr. Levin’s story of Army St. in San Francisco. César Chávez rounded up Mexican illegals and had them sent home— something the U. S. Army hasn’t done recently! Would Mr. Reg Caesar (I cannot, unfortunately, get my computer to make the “a” and “e” appear back to back) tell me more about what Cesar Chavez did re: rounding up illegals and sending them back to Mexico? I’ve never heard of such a thing. I thought he was a Communist or very close to one, pushing the whole “class warfare” thing. Posted by: David Levin on May 11, 2004 2:17 AMJust as a note on this issue the street is being renamed, or rather un-renamed but the signs will still say Dr. Martin Luther King BLVD. Oh and you can make an ć by holding the ATL key down while you type 0230. Posted by: RedFred on May 12, 2004 2:34 PMTo learn about Chávez’s roundup of wetbacks, read Steve Sailer’s article here: To type ligatures (e.g., Cćsar), accents (e.g., César), and the all the rest, go here if your operating system is a Royal Pane: If your OS is of a Fruity nature, you’re in luck, as this chart is much easier to memorize: |