One of this year's more interesting dramas for the city of Dallas has been the proposed renaming of Industrial Boulevard. I first posted on this topic back in May with The re-naming of Industrial Boulevard in Dallas. I then followed up when the current controversy arose in June with But really... they had good intentions: Re-naming Dallas' Industrial Boulevard. Well this week, the City Plan Commission finally voted on a proposal to rename Industrial Boulevard as Riverfront Boulevard. And the proposal was defeated by a vote of 11-3! Media reports mention that a survey on renaming Industrial for Chavez played a role in the vote. This follows an overwhelmingly negative response by business owners to a proposal that would have renamed Ross Avenue for Cesar Chavez. So now what? Is the...
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