TX: Judge blocks naming San Antonio street for Cesar Chavez

TX: Judge blocks naming San Antonio street for Cesar Chavez...Cesar Chavez is No Hero to Everyone in San Antonio..."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 Antonio Conservation Society, which sued to oppose the name change...a longtime San Antonio labor leader and a former associate of Chavez, who died in 1993, disagreed. "We've been waiting for fifteen years to get the renaming of a street, a major street, for Cesar Chavez

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/23/us-cesarchavez-street-idUSTRE74M6Z920110523

CA Rep.Duncan Hunter slams idea to name Navy ship for Cesar Chavez

CA Rep.Duncan Hunter slams idea to name Navy ship for Cesar Chavez...criticized the Navy's decision to name the last Lewis and Clark-class Navy dry cargo ship after Cesar Chavez, the later labor leader and civil rights activist.. This decision shows the direction the Navy is heading. Naming a ship after Cesar Chavez goes right along with other recent decisions by the Navy that appear to be more about making a political statement than upholding the Navy’s history and tradition.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/17/cong-hunter-slams-idea-name-navy-ship-cesar-chavez/

Tucson, AZ: Southern Arizonans honor Cesar Chavez' legacy..also protested cuts to the ethnic studies

Tucson, AZ: Southern Arizonans honor Cesar Chavez' legacy..also protested cuts to the ethnic studies (Raza Studies) program.

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=14328327