Comments on: Rename W. D. Childers Plaza now

By: bheartlib

bheartlib — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:58:20 +0000

WD is a perfect example of what Pensacola was, is, and always will be. The land of the ‘good old boy’ politics. This whole sordid mess of a story should be documented somewhere. WD was a good- hearted man long ago. He was corrupted. Willie Junior was a good-hearted man long ago. WD corrupted him. Junior drank anti-freeze under a house to avoid a prison sentence. And WD’s main plan for an appeal is to say that his accuser is not available for confrontation. There is a movie in there somewhere. I believe that the street should remain as it is. We all need to be reminded of the power of POWER. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. As Jimi Hendrics said…”When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:45:32 +0000

No anon, no skeletons

Many cities wait until after the person passes away before they decide to name something. That is the safe way.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:43:42 +0000

too bad, 3 years, if it bothered anybody BESIDES THE CITIZENS, the name would have been removed.

Maybe the leaders are waiting for Fred’s approval

By: Derek Cosson

Derek Cosson — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:22:07 +0000

That is the north side of the Civic Centre. There is only one signs for “W. D. Childers Plaza” and it is located on the south side of the Civic Centre, at Alcaniz Street, directly north of St. Michael’s Cemetery.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:23:57 +0000

I drove by it today and both of the signs I saw have GREGORY STREET.

Looks like they just changed the signs without having to vote.

By: anonyamous

anonyamous — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:54:13 +0000

PS:
If we were to resurrect all the hidden dark secrets and skeletons of every person that a street is named after in Pensacola beginning with the Spanish explorers to and including MLK every street would have to be re-named.

By: anonyamous

anonyamous — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:52:29 +0000

One hundred years from now, fifty, twenty five years from now very few will be interested or care that the Childers street was named after a politician who was exposed for having his hands in the cookie jar. Hell, very few care or even think about it today, aside from yourself who have made it a major agenda of your blog.

Have you considered that it might be better to leave the name as is so it will be reminder forever of the Childers name and how power can corrupt?

Instead or renaming the street and trying to forget what happened, perhaps just the opposite should be done. Erect a historical maker on the street giving a synopsis of why the street was name and who it was named after along with a synopsis of that person’s downfall and loss of face by allowing the temptation of greed to overcome his better judgment. Then every person elected to office and every person who is eating at the public trough can occasionally read the words inscribe to remind them of the wrath of the public if they stray regardless of how popular they were.