Arlington nixes street sign toppers, apparently hates Cesar Chavez, too

Chris Kidd, says:

Its the same argurment that held water in Dallas and rightfully so: It costs money to rename a street. Unlike other civilized outposts in this country, we seem to have a problem with wrapping our heads around giving a sign topper-type honorary naming, while keeping the established name of said street. Im curious if this is a state law holding this up or more sheer idiocracy in Texas city/county government?

Jason Rice, says:

Man - this again.

Ok, Chris,

A. What part of California are you from that everything here is so blasted inferior to and how much of a collection do we need take up to return you?

B. If a street has a name already, why add/change it?

I feel this issue is hilarious. The streets had names when people moved there, right? I live on a street named for a waste disposal device of the agrarian era. It sounds quaint as a word, but there it is in reality. So this issue is freakin' stand-up comic material as far as I am concerned but you'd think it could cure cancer the gnashing and thrashing it causes!

Chris Kidd, says:

Actually Jason, im from here, but ive traveled alot of other places around this fine country, though ive never been to CA ;)

Im from the school of thought that you should keep a street, school, park, ect.. named from whomever it was dedicated or orginally named after(i.e. preserve history). I was one of the folks who made a huge stink when the City Of DallA$$ decided to rename Oakland Avenue to Malcom X, the same with changing Ross to Cesar Chavez which was rightfully shot down. In other parts of the great country, they do something along the lines of keeping the city street name, but give it a "honorary" title (i.e. like the pic above). My questioning is this: is this something that is a local city/county regulation or is this something that is on the state level??

Jason Rice, says:

::i've never been to CA ;)

Ah, c'mon. Fess up. You've decorated your living room as Ventura Blvd.

I always think of the Austin "First Street / Chavez" solution. It calmed down the agitators but getting directions through downtown is just crap. Some places the locals call CC and others are First and you just have to "know" - brilliant, but politically loved.

And if Bob want's a street named "Bob", Bob ought to foot the bill - not insist Fred, who doesn't care but has an extra $20 this month, should pony up.

Travis Bush, says:

Meet you at the corner of Cho and Rice!

Travis Bush, says:

No doubt that is a really bad part of Alrington.