The results of a Dallas City Council-sponsored poll to rename Industrial Boulevard were released late Friday and, by an overwhelming margin, voters chose César Chávez Boulevard.
The choice to name the road for the legendary civil-rights activist who agitated on behalf of farm workers but had scant ties to Dallas is certain to stir yet more controversy over the long-disputed Trinity River project.
. . .And in the past week, several council members have downplayed the poll’s importance in the effort to find a new, more glamorous name for Industrial, a road known more for its bars and bail bond shops than the river it winds along.
Bet the council members wouldn’t be second guessing if the choice had been Roger Staubach Boulevard or Owen Wilson Boulevard.