Florida city votes to strip Confederate names from street signs

[struggle4progress]

CBS/AP
August 31, 2017, 5:54 PM

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- A Florida city commission voted Wednesday to strip the names of Robert E. Lee and two other Confederate generals from the suburb's streets, the latest in a recent spate of skirmishes over whether those who led the Southern army should still be honored 152 years after the Civil War ended.

The Hollywood City Commission voted 5 to 1 to remove the names of Lee, Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Bell Hood from residential streets that hopscotch through the Fort Lauderdale suburb. More than 200 supporters and opponents of the change packed the commission chamber and the adjoining lobby, with most of the approximately 100 speakers generally spirited but polite.

Mayor Josh Levy, who voted for the change, said he hoped it would bring the community together by showing a "spirit of companionship" that recognizes that many black residents were offended by these names ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hollywood-florida-city-votes-to-strip-confederate-names-from-street-signs/

[mitch96]

1. I live in Hollywood Fla

Nice town and It seemed the commission did the right thing.. Especially with Forrest.. who later helped found the KKK...
The one commissioner who opposed the vote said she said her opposition was b/c the people who
LIVE ON THOSE STREETS could not vote on the matter.. WTF?? why the hell not.. Could not find the answer.. She stated that they should be allowed to vote on the new street names..
I'm curious are there any other street names for traitors?? Like Benedict Arnold way?? Tories bvld?
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[thucythucy]

2. The Tokyo Rose Highway? nt