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Lightfoot has the option of vetoing the name change. But allies say Lightfoot would be better served by letting it go and saving her energy for the more important battles ahead, such as doling out federal relief funds, passing some form of civilian police oversight and crafting a city budget, just to name a few.
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When is Michigan Avenue going to be named after St. George Floyd?
More meaningless virtue-signaling, to placate who exactly? Spend $2.5 million on silly stuff, while Chicago follows Detroit’s path to bankruptcy.
I don’t think it’s meaningless virtue signaling. Renaming every street, landmark and monument is a necessary step to remake Chicago in the name of BIPOC and remove every antiquated vestige of the White majority that used to live here. Constantinople became Istanbul, and the Hagia Sophia was converted from a church to a mosque. If BIPOC can rename Chicago’s most identifiable street after BIPOC, nothing is sacred.
Lets not worry about the 56 shootings over the weekend! Are you kidding?
Chicago is lost