By Ron Alexander Ph.D.

We have resided in Richland, Washington since February 2017. As we traveled within the Tri-Cities area, a road sign named “Lee Blvd” caught our attention. We followed the road westward from the Columbia River, with an endpoint, seriously, on Cottonwood drive. It has as many as twenty intersections.

This road extends approximately 1.9 miles, with medical agencies, educational institutions, small businesses, restaurants, and private family homes situated near or on its route.

An article in the Tri-City Herald, by Cameron Probert on 17 June 2020, indicated the turn from accepting the status quo since the designated road sign (the period of World War II) and its accompanying marker (2011) existed.

The online petition initiated by Mr. Tyler Hogg should receive unanimous approval. Sometimes, getting any governing body to offer change and charge forward means two steps ahead and one step backward.

You can find an example of how interest groups confronted the rights of travelers and the general public when arguing not to change a road sign to Dr. Martin L. King Jr. in San Diego, California.

Another example, in New Orleans, Louisiana, details how to change multiple roads, and memorial content since these signs give clues about one’s location and other information regarding rules and services.

A more restrictive example regarding regressive demonstrations to continue emotionally titered habit formation stands in the California Legislator and Assembly Bill No. 2444. No one can sell or display any Confederate symbols carrying the “Stars and Bars” in connection with the state’s commerce laws.

On 25 October 2019, former Secretary of Defense and Marine Corps General James N. Mattis greeted Veterans. The latter had served in Southeast Asia during the United States defense of the Republic of Vietnam. While Mattis continued to autograph his book, “Call Sign Chaos,” I proffered the idea, rather loudly, to change the road’s name to Mattis Blvd. 

In this case, the movement to secure our union and have a focused democracy must have a relationship on constitutional provisions, revoking actions during the 1940s and in 2011. Then, Richland can find evidence of transition, diversity, and skill in forming better objectives for community responsibilities.

One more substantial attempt to inform the public and other entities, such as local and state government services, regarding the removal or renaming of said materials continued in SEC. 370(b) of Public Law 116-283 authorized in the 116th Congress. 

It states that “… all names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the “Confederacy”) or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all assets of the Department of Defense.” The Naming Commission will determine the facts before renaming or removing these materials.

The time for orienting ourselves to oppressive and offensive strategies by traitorous leadership has arrived. Democratic measures must restrict further attempts to propagandize others, especially the youth in our schools and learning sites, done by those who may have the best of “intentions.”

The “Lee Blvd” road marker needs eviction. His and the large number of persons who hold complex reasons to ensure past injustices exceed out of time, thus allowing a statute to expunge, specifically, evils that prohibit commerce and equity between neighbors.

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