Florida couple urge road named Obama

Red Orbit / United Press International ^ | December 27, 2008

[2ndDivisionVet]

Hollywood, Fla., may join Opa-locka, Fla., St. Louis and Masaka, Uganda, in naming streets after President-elect Barack Obama.

Thomas and Theresa Smith, activists in Hollywood's predominantly black Washington Park neighborhood, say they've gotten a positive response from city leaders to their request to rename Pembroke Road, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Saturday.

He's the first black president of our country; the first! Thomas said.

Hollywood has streets named after presidents, but because Pembroke Road is a state road, the renaming ceremony, if it happens, is a way off, say city officials, who need approval from the Florida Legislature.

Opa-locka last week became the first city in Florida to honor Obama, naming a road President Barack Obama Avenue. The Obama name also is to appear on streets in St. Louis and in the town of Masaka, Uganda, where Obama has relatives.

[2ndDivisionVet]

This is already out of hand.

[April Lexington]

How about T*rd Street?

[rdl6989]

What a bunch of maroons.

[WSGilcrest]

Is Pembroke Road by chance a dead end?

[Im4realamerica]

I have nothing nice to say about this article and I live 1 hour away( thankfully on the right side of the fence) :)

[clamper1797]

The road to hell maybe

[Batman11]

Imagine what these people will do if this guy actually accomplishes something in his dopey life!

[relictele]

I also propose all cul-de-sacs be named Rahm Emanuel dead ends for his interview style.

[MtnClimber]

Even though Martin Luther King seemed to be a man of peace, the streets named after him were the centers of violent crime. Anything named after Barack O’bomber would need to be associated with reeduication camp mass murders and more crime to keep up with expectations.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Aren’t we supposed to wait until after he’s... [mmmph uurgh - thought police just arrived...]

[webboy45]

Anyone who says “He the first BLACK president” is a racist.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Had an affirmative action Highway Commissioner who only served one term. She was hands down the worst commissioner ever. They named the local DMV after her, so now it's a celebration of failure. So these people want the same for a road just because the color of a man's skin.

[Im4realamerica]

Anyone who says “He the first BLACK president” is a racist.

LOL, especially after several glasses of wine.

[anniegetyourgun]

So, they want a road to be named after a guy whose only qualification is that he’s black?

[SledgeCS]

Soon to be a Trucker Bomb Alley...

[KarinG1]

He's the first black president of our country; the first!

I beg to differ. He is not yet even the president of our country, much less the first black one. If he does become president, he will be the third black one, after Bill Clinton and David Palmer.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. -Martin Luther King Jr.

[Westlander]

[taxesareforever]

He's the first black president of our country; the first! Thomas said. So, is the reason they want a street named for him because the asphalt is black? Or could it be that it is a street that the bus he tosses others under, navigates on?

[El Gato]

Is Pembroke Road by chance a dead end?

Not really, it shows up in 5 different zip codes. It extends about 9-10 miles from Highway 1, a few blocks from the beach, west to Flamingo Road, where it becomes SW 17th Street and then ends another mile or so west at SW 145th Avenue.