I'm a bit surprised NOVA localities haven't changed Confederate names (Winchester: neighborhoods, gated)

[Caladium]

Originally Posted by MrSincere973

The area is not nearly as liberal as the conversative [rural stereotype] make it out to be...The Conversative [rural stereotype] is still the majority in Northern VA!

Why would[rural stereotypes] make themselves out to be liberals? Especially conversative [rural stereotypes]. With all that conversing, you'd think they'd be talking about how great it is to be [rural stereotypes]. Or at least about Nascar.

[Fern435]

Originally Posted by JEB77

Hey, guys - stay on topic! Would he or wouldn't Gerry change the local Confederate names in our area??

My guess is that, given his druthers, he'd change Lee and Stuart HS to Cesar Chavez and Barbara Jordan HS in a heartbeat!

Gerry Connolly's handlers would have him say anything to get him re-elected. I don't get the impression Connolly thinks for himself on any issue. He drifts in whatever direction seems popular at the moment. If removing Confederate names from schools/roads in NoVA became a hot issue, he'd be all over it.

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by VTHokieFan

There's still a Jefferson Davis Highway and a Robert E. Lee Hgh school as someone posted about below. Has anyone attempted to bring this up and change names, or is it really not worth the effort?

There's a Lee-Davis High School in Richmond and their athletic teams' names are the Confederates: the Lee-Davis Confederates which has me equally surprised. Would have thought there'd be a lawsuit or something soon.

I'm not offended at all by slight, unprominant references to the Confederate past like simply naming a school after Lee, but some people are.

They still have the memorial to the Confederate soldier in Old Town.I remember this from when I was a kid.

Still a lot of long settled families in this area they would have a fit if No. Va Confederate heritage was whitewashed.

[FindingZen]

Originally Posted by JEB77

Hey, guys - stay on topic!

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[FindingZen]

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[brooklynborndad]

forget connolly for now

in 2009, FFX voted for McConnell over Creigh Deeds by 51 to 49 percent. Loudon and PWC went much more heavily for McConnell. Only jurisdictions in NoVa that supported Deeds were FFX city, Falls church (?) alex, and arlington.

Was Deeds too a "Pelosi liberal"?

fact is FFX county leans conservative.

[brooklynborndad]

Originally Posted by JEB77

My guess is that, given his druthers, he'd change Lee and Stuart HS to Cesar Chavez and Barbara Jordan HS in a heartbeat!

Barbara Jordan was a DLC member, IIUC, and a moderate

[slim04]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

Still a lot of long settled families in this area they would have a fit if No. Va Confederate heritage was whitewashed.

I don't think so. At least not in the City limits. In the City, at least for white folks, long settled families mean senior citizens that moved into the City in the 1960's.

[Caladium]

Originally Posted by Fern435

If removing Confederate names from schools/roads in NoVA became a hot issue, he'd be all over it.

I'm not regularly a defender for Connolly, but in this case I think most of us would go along with it if someone seriously cared about changing the name of a street (for whatever reason). It's like this: right now our inner "meh" says we have better things to do with out time/money. OTOH, if someone else want to do it, the inner "meh" says "if it means something to you and I don't care and you're willing to do all the work and pay for it--go for it."

So.... talk is cheap, guys. If any of you really care about this and it isn't just about trying to stir up a little excitement on city-data--go ahead! Take the lead, and if you're really willing to do all the work involved you'll probably succeed.

ps. Tone--my apologies for my earlier post. I've noted that it's considered an offensive word and won't use it again.

[michgc]

I assume that Mosby Woods Elementary School is named after John Mosby, a Civil War colonel.