Officials Want to Rename Street: Jose Rizal Who?
Some residents along Moneta Avenue in Carson are bewildered by the identity of the man whose name soon appear on their mail, drivers license and official identity, it was reported Sunday.
A Carson city councilman wants to honor Jose Rizal, a freedom-fighter executed ion Manila in 1896, by renaming Moneta Avenue. But the Daily Breeze reports that nearly everyone on the street says they have never heard of the Philippine liberation hero.
Moneta Avenue would become Jose Rizal Avenue under a proposal by councilman Elito Santarina, a Filipino-American. Many persons living along Moneta Venie say they have never heard of Rizal and have no desire to change their address, their identification, and identity to honor the hero of another nation.
The proposal threatens to open ugly racial rifts in Carson, a South Bay city where no racial or ethnic group has a majority, the Daily Breeze reported.
“Moneta is a good name,” said Mickey Abraham, who lives in one of the 183 houses along the street.
A Filipino who lives on the street agreed: “It’s not fair for everybody,” Manny Flores told the newspaper. “It doesn’t make sense. Everybody knows we live on Moneta.”
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Officials Want to Rename Street: Jose Rizal Who?
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