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Leading Off (6/24/09)

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1. Okay, try to follow along. Now the plan is to turn Young Street into César Chávez Street. Then Canton Street becomes Young Street. I don’t understand why we’re still messing around with this. I am, of course, a huge racist for pointing this out, but César Chávez didn’t have anything to do with Dallas.

2. I give you the quote. You guess who said it. Here it is: “I got my inspiration from Frankenstein. The doctor creates the monster and drives him to desperation. These people have driven me crazy. I don’t know the difference between right and wrong. Now I’m going to let them control the outcome of all the other innocents.” Was that a) Zac Crain, b) Councilwoman Carolyn Davis, or c) a guy who shot a woman in the face at a park?

3. The sale of Highland Park Village is the Wall Street Journal‘s “Deal of the Week.” The story fails to mention the current plan to rename the shopping center César Chávez Village.

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