Thursday, August 1, 2013

What's in a name?

Check out the notice for the Jackson City Council Planning Committee posted below.


Posted by Kingfish at 2:00 PM

13 comments:

Chokwe Lumumba's Prostrate said...

OK, so for one freaking block, Pascagoula Street will change to Detective Eric Smith Drive, then back to Pascagoula Street?

August 1, 2013 at 2:28 PM
Anonymous said...

This will be an expensive exercise.

August 1, 2013 at 2:34 PM
Anonymous said...

The best one is the ordinance changing the procedure for renaming streets and facilities. It's about time to add another name to the airport to isn't it?

August 1, 2013 at 2:39 PM
Anonymous said...

So...how many potholes could we fill by not renaming these streets?

August 1, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Anonymous said...

I can only imagine all the unnecessary hardship these name changes will impose on people and the Post Office (Bless their hearts). This has clusterfoxtrot written all over it.

Seriously, it would be interesting to know just how much in people's time/money a street name change costs. Of course LaRita the Mad Hatter has no clue and probably thinks she's creating j-o-b-s for the Sign Department

August 1, 2013 at 2:57 PM
Anonymous said...

The Stokes Twins are constantly rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

August 1, 2013 at 3:28 PM
SKREET RENAMIN' TIME!!!!! said...

Next week, LaRita and her hats will be proposing the following:

- Change Jiggetts Road (from E. Northside Drive to Fontaine Drive) to Trayvon Martin Memorial Boulevard

- Change Ridgewood Road (From Sheffield Drive to McLain Court) to Jackson Academy Is Racist Lane

- Subdivide Parham Bridges Park into 18 equal sections, naming each for a different style of millinery (Beret Park, Tam Park, Sun Visor Park, etc.)

- Rename every street in the Presidential Hills neighborhood after the only President that matters (Obama Road, Obama Lane, Obama Circle, Barack Boulevard, etc.)

- Rename State Street (from Highway 80 to County Line Road) to Kenneth and LaRita Cooper-Stokes Boulevard of Dreams and Toll Road, with toll booths at every street corner. Proceeds will go to the Stokes Foundation for Creative Self-Enrichment, L. Cooper-Stokes, Treasurer.

August 1, 2013 at 3:50 PM
Burke said...

This is unbelievably stupid. But then, LaRita Stokes is unbelievably stupid.

And if she forges ahead in her stupidity, at least she should add Officer Bruce Jacob.

I feel a little bad about attacking a hopeless female, but only a little. Strong language is sometimes appropriate, as when Martin Luther was visited in his study by Satan and called Satan a "shithead." You could look it up.

August 1, 2013 at 3:58 PM
Anonymous said...

How many of the people are white that she wants to use for naming purposes? Imagine if Q wanted to name every street after whites? LCS would be throwing the "racist" word out.... wouldn't she? So, using that rational.....she's a racist!

August 1, 2013 at 6:15 PM
Anonymous said...

They forgot Barack Obama Blvd. While they are at it just rename the City, New Detroit.

August 2, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Anonymous said...

They forgot Barack Obama Blvd.

That will be a toll road.

August 2, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Anonymous said...

ya mean troll road

August 2, 2013 at 1:04 PM
Darryl Hamilton said...

So, have these been presented during a city council meeting yet?

August 7, 2013 at 7:35 AM

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