Austin city report on Confederate monuments suggests renaming city

[Swordsmyth]

A new report from Austin, Texas’s Equity Office about existing Confederate monuments suggested changing the city's name.
The report identified several neighborhoods and 10 streets named in honor of the Confederacy or William Barton, a slave owner dubbed the “Daniel Boone of Texas," that could be changed, The Austin American-Statesman reported Friday.
Austin’s namesake, Stephen F. Austin — also referred to as the "father of Texas" — opposed efforts by Mexico to abolish slavery in the Tejas province, saying freed slaves would become “vagabonds, a nuisance and a menace,” the newspaper noted.
Renaming the state’s capital would most likely require a citywide election because the name has been denoted in the city charter.

More at: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...gests-renaming

I think Steve Austin would appreciate no longer being associated with that city.

[oyarde]

Dirty hippy, high cost snowflake run city anyway , nobody cares.

[VIDEODROME]

Can they just come up with another famous person named Austin?

[RonZeplin]

They should rename the city Emric, in honor of their most famous resident - Alexander Emric Jones.

[loveshiscountry]

They should rename the city Emric, in honor of their most famous resident - Alexander Emric Jones.

Jonestown. Has a nice ring to it.

[oyarde]

Jonestown. Has a nice ring to it.

Yeah , I would go with that .