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Former City Commissioner Harry McNair, likely approaching the age of maturity, is now presented with a wonderful opportunity to display a similar dignified, classy mindset on December 3.
That evening the Brownsville City Commission will consider restoring the name of a street in historic downtown Brownsville to its designation for the last 150 years, East Fronton Street.
McNair, now well aware that over 75% of the street's property owners want the street's original name restored, can also atone for his remarks published in the Brownsville Herald November 5, 2019, comments that made him look silly and small:
“Fronton means nothing … You’re Hispanic, what does Fronton mean to you?” McNair asked.
Continuing on how there is no official information on why the street was really named “Fronton” and what it actually means, McNair said what has made the street historic are the businesses that have been located in that same street for almost 100 years.
“People told me (Fronton) is a game in Spain, other people said it is short for Frontera and one of the latest ones I’ve heard it’s in English ‘Front-on’ it fronts on something. So, it has no meaning, it has no ties to anything historic. Fronton Street is not historic, what is historic are the companies, the businesses and what occurred on the street. We can relate to that because my forefathers came here and started a business in 1920,” McNair said.
“So, all these newbies, the newcomers, they’re going by ‘I’ve lived here 10 years, 20 years, 15 years and I get all that, change is hard for people to accept.”
How gracious it would be now for McNair to simply recognize the will of the people and humbly accept the restoration of E. Fronton Street!
Harry may not get such an opportunity again.
Everyone gets to that point in life, where you want to leave a legacy, honor your family. That's understandable. Changing the name of a historic street, when almost all the residents are opposed, is not.
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