Here we go again: Dallas considering renaming Young Street for Cesar Chavez

Pavel Lishin, says:

Why not just build a new road?

alexander troup, says:

Well,... they are getting closer to City Hall,but nowhere close to Little Mexico and Cement City, the real place and history for Hispanic Communities......A/T, Take a straw......and draw...

Peter Stawicki, says:

Ok we will have Cesar Chavez and MLK - Who is going to be the Asian hero named for the Asian population in Dallas? How about the French folks who settled Dallas? The Irish people here? Lets break it down into all the subcatagories of population and give everyone one named street.

Or

How about we stick with naming the streets numbers and letters.

alexander troup, says:

An Asian hero, good point Peter....Joe Wong for Joe's Chinese food...or Mao alley...for french you have Remond drive at Cement City...it is a popular culture we allow those in control by population, and their abiltiy to tell good folklore I gather.....A/T, Name that lane game....

Pavel Lishin, says:

I like the numbers and letters idea.

Let's start with C354R CH4V3Z.

Jesus Valadez, says:

I've been saying to name it after me.

Jason Rice, says:

Burly - this is not about Chavez or a street name.

It is about humiliating helpless city leaders in the name of inclusiveness. It's about building a cohesive voting block from a genuinely dispersed demographic for a few people to leverage into longterm careers.

It's about the race card.

And can we PLEASE stop referring to it as the "Task Force" ?

It's LULAC

Jason Rice, says:

Oh the "preferred name" is Task Force.... bandits never use their real names until they are rich enough that they OWN the town... ya know like Capone.

Jesus Valadez, says:

Even I don't like LULAC

Bill Betzen, says:

Part of Pearl going through Farmers Market is already named after Cesar Chavez. We just need to finish that process and rename all contiguous parts of Pearl going north, along with the two blocks of Moody. There are no records for the source of either of these street names, either Pearl nor Moody. Thus no pioneers name would be lost or moved such as Young who is well documented in Dallas History.

By renaming most of Pearl the heart of the former Little Mexico would be connected with Farmers Market and pass the Cathedral of Guadalupe in the process. Cesar Chavez had a special devotion to our Lady of Gaudalupe.

Pavel Lishin, says:

"Chavez at Commerce" just doesn't have the same ring to it. I'm gonna go ahead and be a racist bigot and protest against this.

Peter Stawicki, says:

Mao's on Main has a nice ring though.

Bill Betzen, says:

Mike, that source for Moody is one the Archivist mentioned but he could find no related documentation. There was also an evangelist during that time in history who was very popular and he thought that was a greater possible source for the name. But again there is no documentation.

alexander troup, says:

Well,.... we have to name one Hispanic street somewhere, one street for Vietnam Vets and then you have Gays and old Hippie heros and finally....Humans who have contributed to this city in so many events....and still.....they will call it Dallas,over by so and so and such and such....A/T, ..NAME THAT LANE GAME...I will and I dare you....

alexander troup, says:

And you should Cho....that is why we accept you...you are honest and have a sense of duty in telling us what you think and...I do respect you....despite what the other party's think or say today..then again....One way streets dont go far, A/T,Name that lane game...

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Chris Kidd, says:

Mine was not intended to be offensive, just an honest and candid observation, so if it offended anyones gentler senses, I apologize.

However, I do stick to my point concerning the street naming idea, I think we should do more an "honorary placing" than changing the name outright. Plus, we have plenty of local deserving latins who deserve a street named after them before Chavez, who did a quick 12-15 mins in town sometime 20 years ago. Im guessing the LULAC gang has forgotten about them and their contributions accordingly.

alexander troup, says:

Well, it has to exist..Pablo...communities old and new are that way....and who made Dallas in the first place, I dont like it..but it has to happen,.....kind of like renaming Fairmont st.. to George Michaels in 2014..

And when the French came to Dallas in the 1850's,they would name streets after their world...like Cantagrel or Germania or Willaim Tell or even Junius....and so on...

Yes it is a drag, but hey arent we a drag if we dont compromise.....besides, the Lettice toco is one of my main meals...and my background is very ......old and real...admit it...who are you angry Amercian's and who are you angry Immigrant's.... A/T, Name that lane game...

Scott Doyle, says:

Part of Pearl going through Farmers Market is already named after Cesar Chavez.

Then why bother with all of this nonsense.

Get jobs.

Tracy Yost, says:

Only if somebody coughs up some $$ for a new neon sign !!

Scott Doyle, says:

Nina, I agree - already <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/aug/01/dallas-should-rename-ross-avenue-cesar-chavez/#c31363">brought that up once</a> in this debacle and it wasn't really addressed.

alexander troup, says:

Nope we have to do the whole state.....But keep the streets that have been named 90 percent it looks like.......give or take.....and I am being modest.....and open minded to agree on this story...has merit and meaning.....A/T, Name that lane game ...one more time....please...

alexander troup, says:

Thanks...Pablo..while I am or was an Authority on Hispanic Communites in Dallas, Some years back....lets realize... that the things we say today could mean something tomorrow, while I may not hold a degree in this thing... I do hold good intention's on what we should discuss and in humors sense as my second best....

Thank's for the comment's...but, realize this...I am being the best I can to be your or anyone's freind...A/T.

Jason Rice, says:

Nina - while there is still a single address that does not somehow honor the late great Cesar Chavez of Arizona, none of us can rest comfortably.

Where there is a Lane or a Boulevard... he should be there. Where there is a Court or Crossing... he should be there.

If there is so much as four pieces of unfused asphalt, some semblance of Cesar Chavez should be erected and maintained at public expense.

Until then we are all just bigots.

Jason Rice, says:

chO - your cries are heard.

Brilliantly, you have solved EVERYTHING.

Henceforth, throughout the land let "tarmac" no longer be used, nor "Road", nor "Trail". All things formerly paved will be Cesar Chavez. And then all methods of transport everywhere will honor this brave Union Organizer from another state.

Pearl Expressway becomes Pearl Cesar Chavez. Likewise, Central Cesar Chavez, George W. Bush Toll-Cesar Chavez and Elm Cesar Chavez will forever memorialize not only this great man's work, but those unwilling to rest until all byways and pikes bear the grand weight of this marvelous political juggernaut.