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  • Judge blocks naming San Antonio street for Cesar Chavez

    05/23/2011 5:40:41 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 14 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 23, 2011 | Jim Forsyth
    SAN ANTONIO — A judge on Monday blocked the city of San Antonio from renaming a street after the late labor activist Cesar Chavez. The temporary restraining order from State District Judge Antonia Arteaga came just days after the City Council voted along ethnic lines to approve the name change. The proposal to rename Durango Street, one of the city's main streets, has divided a city where 61 percent of residents are Hispanic. "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...