Fort Worth Removes Cesar Chavez Signs

0:00It's March 31st. Dallas News Today starts now. AI-powered and ready. I'm Cory with the story. Fort Worth City Council just voted unanimously to yank the honorary street signs for Cesar Chavez along Northeast 28th Street. Back in 2020, they named the stretch from North Maine to Beach Street after him for his farm workers activism. But a New York Times probe dropped bombshell details on Chavez grooming and assaulting girls tied to the movement for years. The signs came down March 19th, even before Tuesday's vote, sparking some heat. The Lorisworth's honorary designation on the same road from North Maine to Jacksboro Highway stays intact since her record is co-founder of the United. Farm workers remain solid. Council members like Chris Nettles and Elizabeth Beck called out the rest removal. They argued it skips the process. Anything needing a vote to add should need one to undo and opens the door to solo decisions without community input. This hits broader. Chavez's name graces schools like his primary in Fort Worth's Diamond Hill, Dallas Boulevard's Parks Nationwide.

1:06Texas is ditching Cesar Chavez day as an optional holiday, swapping it for Veterans Day by 2027 and the local committee dropped his. Name for just Cesar Puede. As these legacies get scrubbed, cities like Fort Worth show how fresh facts reshape public honors keeping trust front and center in who we celebrate.