Posted: 9/5/2007 5:40:12 PM EDT
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Why do they keep changing our street names? They shoud leave Interstate avenue alone. Did I give sooooo much to the Mult.Co. taxes that we have nothing better to do? $17,000 to Tri-met alone for changing signs. Every business on the street must change their business cards/menus/yellow pages BTW: I liked the name Portland Blvd(now Rosa Parks Way) Don't get me started about Union Ave.... |
they should change grand to malcom x ave |
. Only in f*in portland. Do these people even know how to tie their own shoes?
When did they change Portland Blvd????? Wow...I miss everything... I still find myself saying Union Ave., and it's been what, almost 20 years? I've never understood how changing the name of a street turned into the best way to honor someone. I would think the money would be better spent teaching kids who and what these people did. I mean really, can the average Portlander even tell you who Caesar Chavez was? Probably not....... |
About 6 months ago. I grit my teeth every time I take the Rosa Parks exit.... Interstate Ave got its name because it was the route from Vancouver to Downtown Portland before I-5. The name of the road has historical significance. ETA: My money used to bastardize my home town. Lets change the name of Pittock Mansion to Chavez Manor. |
He would be so proud how universally fucked up every street named MLK BLVD is. |
That is the best suggestion I've heard in YEARS!!! |
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from the Portland City Council: "You are all a bunch of right-winged conservative bastards and we are presently tracking down your ISPs. You all will be charged $1000 for expressing your views. The money raised will be spent on renaming I-80 North to "Che Guevara Expressway", and I-5 to "Here we come and you can't stop us Prominade". Any further comments, or expressions from any of you, and we will tax you another $1000....because we are in power, and you are not!" |
No kidding! Rosa parks what? Union ave is still Union ave when I go across town... Chavez did nothing in this town as far as I know. Why don't we name it Phil knight ave, now he might be worth it. |
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Here is a fun fact: Portland was almost named New Boston. Asa Lovejoy and Francis Pettygrove fought over the names "Portland and New Boston". The founding fathers settled it over a cion toss. I learned this from my 10 yr olds school play 2yrs ago at Ainsworth Ellementary. |
They ought to just get it over with and take the name of every white guy off everything in town, and rename if for some non-white person. That's all this stuff really boils down to. They've been telling us for decades that race shouldn't matter, but everytime I turn around somebody is laying out the race card. It's all a bunch of hooey to me...
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