Friday, April 19, 2013

Naming Buildings: At least wait until they are dead....

I hate it when people who are not real hero's or
do "real" good for a community have buildings
named after them......BUT in the above case, I can
see the need for the named building....
With the old downtown post office soon to become city property, and UISD getting ready to build some more schools, possibly a new swimming pool, and the like, it is time to talk about naming buildings.

I really don't care who you decide to name a building after, hopefully they are truly deserving, but please, wait until they are dead.

And just because a person is a political figure, it does deem building naming status upon them.  They must really have accomplished something other than voting for raises or voting for increased budgets for an entity.

What say you?


4 comments:

  1. I heard all that building houses is a lot of hot air. JK Tom love your blogs!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Just look at the swimming pool that Charlie San Miguel is naming after his parents. Is that really appropriate? If I had to choose somebody to name a building after, it would be Lawrence Berry. He is one in a long list of people who have challenged the local system to the fullest.

    He was out there digging through files to weed out corruption. He was there in front of J.C. Martin and city council challenging their actions. He is the example we should emulate. His was real public service, not the pencil-pushing deeds of our pampered elected officials.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Don't forget the Hector Liendo overpass. Cindy named it after her father who had just been arrested for DWI. Only in Laredo!

    ReplyDelete
  4. How about a local week long event celebrating a dead president. We should not forget that this dead leader frequently visited Laredo, stayed at La Posada Hotel, dined at the Tack Room and went across to the notorious "red light district" to visit the ladies.

    Name a building HELL, name an entire week after someone impotent.!..

    ReplyDelete