Conservatives know the Republican Party is a friend of the Afro American community as it strives to turn Afro Americans from lawlessness and despair by providing them genuine equality of opportunity, and repair the black culture so damaged by 50 years of Democrat propaganda and destructive policies.
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Yeah, if not for the 50 years of "Democrat propaganda and destructive polices" everything would be great.
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The being forced from Africa to the what is now the US as slaves, unequal treatment from the 100+ years after would have been forgotten forgiven if not for the "democrats."

Orthodoxy

The word orthodox, from theGreek
orthodoxos "having the right opinion," from orthos ("right, true, straight") + doxa ("opinion, praise", related to dokein, "thinking"), is typically used to mean adhering to the accepted or traditional and established beliefs.

MLK probably was a good man but hardly good enough for such acclaim. But if you add the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton associating their salaries and livelihood to that name makes such acclaim even more dubious.

There already is a street honoring Rev Prude in Beloit.

http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/...

Bwaaaahahahahahahaha! Thanks DwightKSchrute, for the laugh @ 12.14pm.

Whatever happened to George Washington Carver? He gets no respect anymore!

Couldn't they come up with anyone else? Perhaps someone local? What about Floyd Prude? My understanding was that he was a notable local and it seems that recognizing him might be more real than doing what every other community with a MLK blvd has done in the past 20-30 years. How '80s!

As Chris Rock famously advised, "If a friend calls you on the telephone and says they're lost on Martin Luther King Boulevard and they want to know what they should do, the best response is ‘Run!'"

wow alot of anger an meaness in some of these posts,really does it bother some of you that much,that its being named that?or just worried about the maintenance of it.i guess i just dont care enough to debate it,an as far as the ghetto city remark,thats crap,beloit is far from being a ghetto city,janesville is worse than beloit,they just sweep it under the pavement better than beloit.they dont print half of the crap that goes on in janesville they hide it real good.i know i live here,n they are very racist.

The local race baiters are out in force for the new year. That comes as no surprise.

http://www.wcfcourier.com/news/opinion/c...

I would be that in NVgrf's eyes, any of the 58 million people who didn't vote for Obama in 2008 are racist as well?

The only person unable to reason is one throwing out unfounded assumptions that many bloggers on here would want a Ken Peterson Road. I be you could count one one hand the number who would want that...I'll go even further and say that number is probably on greater than 1 or 2. I suppose these folks would be racist as well if they didn't want a Jeremiah Wright Blvd., or a MC Hammer Road??

NV...., for the record, I've felt for years that MLK was one of the greatest Americans of the 20th century. I know him well, and I'm certain that he would disapprove of your wanton use of the word "racism."

SarahB1......You can not reason with these folks. They openly express their racism and yet are quite unable to recognize its existence. Merely rereading their statements in opposition to the the renaming of the section of Hwy G is a hoot. Most have read little about Dr. King and his great contributions to equality in America. But as is often said...ignorance is bliss.

And maybe it's only a matter of degree. I think we're getting better all the time.

Have to agree with Sarah on this one. How many times have I heard nice liberal Ladies expounding on equality, bragging that they "have Black friends".

I think that sometimes a racist has no idea how the word is defined and, thus, is clueless to being racist.

SarahB1, to say that bloggers here would want a Ken Peterson Street is to characterize them as racists. When someone wrongly attributes racism to others, the question becomes: Where is the racism really? It must be somewhere. Well, in NV......'s case, it must lurk below the surface, it must be his or her own.

Ask yourself: Do you really think any of the bloggers here want a Ken Peterson Street? From Peterson's most recent statements about himself, he refutes and apologizes for his past bad behavior.

What?! How does a dislike for a racist make one a racist himself?

Yes, NVgrf doesn't realized that he or she reveals his or her racism in an unusual way.

I'm sure NVgrf is delusional as always.

I am sure in their hearts many of the bloggers here would prefer Ken Peterson Blvd.

And naming streets after trees, flowers, other states, birds, etc., makes sense?! Yeah, right.

I don't know, maybe he would count too. Plus, I should have said Tiger Wood Drive in stead of avenue in my previous post.

Wotan?

Naming roads after living people is probably a bad idea. What if we had named a road Tiger Woods Ave a few years ago? So, we need a historical figure that has never done anything wrong in their life to name roads after. Only one person comes to mind.

Let's rename Center Street to "Pope Street".....because the Pope never visited Janesville either. Maybe if they name streets after people still alive, those people will be drawn to visit the city. Why name a road after a dead person that has no ties to Rock County and has no chance of visiting......you know because they are DEAD.

And Sarah, did you think to take a moment to check the links I provided? What you refer to as my "research" is deliberately from respectable and reliable sources, i.e.:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Paterson Univerity
Search.Com Reference

Well Sarah, your "information" about the Bush' might be germane to the discussin...IF there was a cult of personality devoted to them, or IF a roadway was to be named for them, or IF they were in any way connected to this.

Sorry to disappoint you, but none of the above happens to be the case.

We don't hesitate to excorciate Wahington, Jefferson, or any of the other Founding Fathers who may have had flaws, even tho' those flaws were perfectly acceptable during their lifetimes, but say a word about King? Oh lord, no...not that!

ANY historical figure should be evaluated in their totality, not immortalized without any question whatsoever. Had King not been assassinated, would he still be the hero-figure he is today, or would he be seen as something of a joke, much as Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton?

It may be hard for you to understand, and harder yet for you to accept that people can question things you hold dear without being "haters".

SG: Please don't get me started on Baby Bush's links to that kilo of cocaine awaiting his plane's arrival in Florida. Or how about Papa Bush's link to Iowa's missing news carrier Johnny Gosch and the underground child sex ring that the Nebraska Legislature investigated? I've got proof of both links that is as credible as your "research".

SG: From your posting, I gather that Mr. King would have made great presidential material. You make him sound like Papa Bush or Baby Bush.

How about renaming Milton Ave. after one of my favorite TV shows - SEINFELD Ave. Better yet - The name of our new ice arena could be - Mr. Steak Center. The Eagles once played at Alpine Valley - Our mall could be The Eagles Janesville mall. Mercy Hospital could be named after Nunn(or just Nun)Bush shoes because we all wear shoes. I like logic!

FRom Wikipedia:

The Black Conservative movement is very critical of the Democratic Party for spreading leftism amongst the black population to such an extent that Afro Americans today lack self respect, family values and constantly live in the mentality of victimhood. The Black Conservative Movement vows to emancipate such tendencies from the Afro American population and make them more self reliant and financially independent. Black Conservatives know the Republican Party is a friend of the Afro American community as it strives to turn Afro Americans from lawlessness and despair by providing them genuine equality of opportunity, and repair the black culture so damaged by 50 years of Democrat propaganda and destructive policies.

His FBI files are locked up untill 2027, if I remember correctly. I hope to be be around when they become available through FOIA.

The SCEF...

http://www.aavw.org/protest/king_backlas...

Now, before all you anti-White racists go on the attack, howsabout you come up with some facts to dispute ANY of what I've posted?

Sure, if I question the partei line, I must be a klansman!

"Argument by association. A popular McCarthyist tactic, and one often used against King during his life. I suppose, forty years on, some people still need a hobby."

When you're short on facts, go for the smear. A popular Marxist tactic, often used on anyone who dares question Kings so-called "legacy".

You are right, tho', there is no direct eveidence to show King was a communist. The fact is tho', some fo the groups King was associated with were financed by Moscow, directly or indirectly. Also, Rustin, who was a confirmed CPUSA member, was King's personal secretary and highly influential on him.

Fred Shuttlesworth

http://www.aavw.org/protest/king_backlas...

Extract:
"Fred L. Shuttlesworth, corresponding secretary of SCLC in 1957, was in 1963 the President and a former Vice-President of SCEF. Shuttlesworth was responsible for the formation of the Montgomery Improvement Association, through which King and other civil rights activists became involved in civil rights work. Several other individuals affiliated with SCEF as organizational leaders were alleged under oath to have been members of the Communist Party and to have accepted P~Party discipline or can be shown to have had ties to known Communist Party front organizations. Internal documents of SCEF reveal that Martin Luther King was in close contact with some of these leaders of SCEF."

Wow, who let the Klan in? Woo woo woo woo.
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"Maybe King wasn't a communist, or a homosexual, or a subversive, maybe he just enjoyed their company. But I doubt it."
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Argument by association. A popular McCarthyist tactic, and one often used against King during his life. I suppose, forty years on, some people still need a hobby.
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies...

Fair Play For Cuba committee...

http://www.search.com/reference/Fair_Pla...

And Bayard Rustin...

http://ww3.wpunj.edu/icip/newpol/issue23...

A reference for the Highlander Folk School...

http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/hfschool.h...

Some interesting notes on MICHAEL Kings political leanings are below. Oh-you didn't know that MICHAEL was his real name?

Actually, it was his fathers' as well. The "Martin Luther" part was adopted around 1935 by his father to help him build his congregation.

On Labor Day, 1957, King attended a special meeting at an institution called the "Highlander Folk School" in Monteagle, Tennessee. The Highlander Folk School was a Communist front founded by Myles Horton, CPUSA organizer for Tennessee, and Don West, CPUSA organizer for North Carolina. The leaders of this meeting were Horton and West, along with Abner Berry and James Dumbrowski, self-proclaimed members of the CPUSA. On the agenda was a plan to tour the Southern states to foment demonstrations and civil disobedience.

From 1955 to 1960, King's associate, advisor, and personal secretary was Bayard Rustin. In 1936 Rustin joined the Young Communist League at New York City College. Convicted of draft-dodging, he went to prison for two years in 1944. On January 23, 1953 the Los Angeles Times reported his conviction and sentencing to jail for 60 days for lewd vagrancy and homosexual perversion. Rustin attended the 16th Convention of the Communist Party, USA in February, 1957. One month later, he and King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The president of the SCLC was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The vice-president of the SCLC was the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who was also the president of an identified Communist front known as the Southern Conference Educational Fund, an organization whose field director, a Mr. Carl Braden, was simultaneously a national sponsor of the "Fair Play for Cuba" Committee. Oddly, Lee Harvey Oswald worked for the "Fair Play for Cuba" committee in New Orleans. The program director of the SCLC was another Highlander Folk School graduate, Andrew Young, in more recent years Jimmy Carter's ambassador to the UN and mayor of Atlanta.

After returning from a trip to Moscow in 1958, Rustin organized the first of King's marches on Washington. The official paper of the Communist Party, "The Worker", openly declared the march to be a Communist project. Rustin was fired from his job as King's secretary in 1961, but shortly after was called by King to help lead the much larger march on Washington which took place on August 28, 1963."

Maybe King wasn't a communist, or a homosexual, or a subversive, maybe he just enjoyed their company. But I doubt it.

Point is, while he MAY have done some good, he gets all the credit that rightly SHOULD go to the thousands of hardworking Blacks who worked for a better life for themselves and their families. They bore the burden, King lived off their dreams.

Ok SG, now you have gone and done it for sure. You have presented some truthful information on this man. Holy cow man, there was a poster a couple of of posts earlier than you who was "almost stunned" by some of the posts by people who did not swoon over the annoucement of the name addition to Prarie Avenue.

I think your post might induce seizures, conniptions, loss of bladder control and other health issues into some who might read your post.

MooShoo......interesting how your character flaws make you feel better for name calling on the internet. This is just a simple way to voice opinions, not personal attacks.

I'm not sure which statement or question makes me a contender for the "village idiot".....please enlighten me.

King...sure, we need to celebrate diversity some more! Diversity-that's a religion, right?!
You can always tell when you hit ghetto in any city...there's MLK Boulevard.

We should acknowledge that Martin King was, at best, a deeply flawed individual. As long as no objective information about him is allowed to be published absent the cries of "racism", there can be no real, meaningful assessment of his place in history.

King was guilty of many things that, in a White man, would never have been overlooked. An example of the "logic" used to defend him:

"Martin Luther King, Jr. authorship issues:
In the 1980s, questions were raised regarding the authorship of King's dissertation, other papers, and his speeches. Concerns about his doctoral dissertation at Boston University led to a formal inquiry by university officials, which concluded that approximately a third of it had been plagiarized from a paper written by an earlier graduate student, but it was decided not to revoke his degree, since the paper still "makes an intelligent contribution to scholarship." While some have criticized King for his plagiarism, Keith Miller has argued that the practice falls within the tradition of "African-American folk preaching", and should not necessarily be labeled plagiarism. However, as Theodore Pappas points out in his book Plagiarism and the Culture War, King in fact took a class on scholarly standards and plagiarism at Boston University."

That is just one of many examples of King's less-than-honest approach to life. Anyone with an open mind can find information about King without too much trouble. Thing is, he has been mysticized and deified to the point where even raising a question about him is tantamount wearing a white sheet to a cross-lighting.

lussonee - as you know, we all multi-task. Ms. Johnson doesn't need to focus on any one issue - she has many irons in the fire and manages them all quite well. This project is simply another feather in her hat.

I'm almost stunned by some of the comments from some people that I have read posts from before that seemed educated and open minded,Yet, when it comes to a topic like this they seem closed minded and filled with negativity. First off, the article clearly states that its not tax payer money - So deal with it. Secondly, any group can privately fund and bring before the board a person's name they feel should be honored in a positive way (stretch of highway, park, bridge) Do you think the Bellrichard bridge is any different than when it was named the Crosby/Willard bridge.. Or Memorial Bridge is any different now that its the Veterans Memorial Bridge? I think the placement of the MLK, jr highway is perfect. Directly between to cities that could use a little diversification. As far as having MLK day off of school, the kids would learn far more about him leading up to the day off than they ever will on his day this year. Besides, its a national holiday.

I say we call it JFK Highway, at least he visited Janesville

Ms. Johnson needs to focus her energy on preventing people from killing each other,not on projects that have no social impact. I would assume that she will be present at the media event at blackhawk tech. to tell the community how this is going to benefit race relations in rock county. Can you say white elephant!

I dont dispute MLKs significance, but what exactly is the point of this? I could understand it if he traveled that road at some point in history. Just to pick a road and say "hey this can be the MLK highway" is kind of pointless. Why not use that money on other things. heck, they could have taken that money and bought some educational material for area children to learn more about MLK and help them understand his motivations and goals.

Call'em as I see'em Dub. You can't fix dumb, and etownguy's comments were beyond repair.

It has been and will be Prairie Av. Is this about diversity or MLK jr. I don't see the possibility of white and black people walking down the road hand in hand in celebration of this monumental accomplishment. Spend the money on programs that will have a more tangible impact than a couple of signs along a stretch of road that people will stop paying attention to. P.S. She is running for re-election!

SarahB1, LOL. Don't be sassy. I can run a mile in three hours and I hang upside-down like a bat for five minutes a day.

I give Ann Marie Johnson and the County Board credit for designating the roadway on behalf of DAT. I hope it inspires some of you to action. If you feel there is a national, state or local person deserving of such honor, raise the funds for a sign and see if the County Board will follow through.
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etownguy, your comments have proven beyond a resonable doubt that you are the village idiot. Next time read the story before you make doltworthy comments.

I hate all those sign maintenance crews slowing down traffic all the time. Grrrr

Good idea, GFan. In keeping with that theme, how about dedicating Hwy "BB" to that other "King" fellow and give him the key to the highway.

What tax dollars are involved? DAT is a non-profit that raised the funds for these signs.

How would naming it after JFK or Lincoln be more representative of DIVERSITY than MLK?

Gosh, gazettefan, I would have never guessed you were that old! Maybe, I-43, but never I-90.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt.

I'm going to change my name to I-90.

The use of our tax payer dollars affects all of us.

How, by who and when was this decided that this is an appropriate use of Rock County citizens tax dollars?

It would interesting to know what the $2400 raised will be used for and how many years it will cover the expense's.

To all the people complaining about this sign... how does it's existence and the dedicating of the highway hurt you? How does it negatively impact you?

how about a Abraham Lincoln memorial highway or Kennedy highway, at least they visited the city and stayed here.

Fortunately, only a few now disagree that Dr. King was one of the greatest Americans of the 20th Century. This is a fitting honor we can offer him.

BigRoadie-This is what happened with the Fort Shooting scum Hasan. Some generals at the hospital where he was training hesitated to come forward with concerns about Hasan's hatred for our involvment in Afghanistan for fear of being labeled Muslim racists.

I am considered a minority in this country but I do not support the left's agenda of separating everyone by race. They separate the Mexican Americans, Italian Americans, African Americans, Polish Americans, and Native Americans. Whats wrong with the view of all being Americans? Why do we have to separate everyone? It's as though "man alone" cannot stand on his own without being grouped in his/her ethnicity. That's wrong.

Some people where I work go through diversity training just to deal with with folks like me even though I was born and rasied in this awesome country. I have nothing in common with someone from Mexico City or Central America. I am an American.

"Many people who practice race baiting often believe in racism, or have an interest in making the group believe that racism is what motivates the actions of others." --From Wikipedia.

Save a sign , feed a person ! Give me a break . Staving ,homeless people can walk by the sign and wish someone in Rock county had a brain !

We are designating more and more roads as memorials to so many people. We have many roadside memorials to people that have died in accidents. Where will it end? Shouldn't we limit the amount of distractions we have while we are trying to drive instead of adding more? If you get too many visual attractions next to the road...people will ignore them all...including the important ones.

etownguy - I agree.

This really makes sense. Wasn't that highway where MLK made a famous speech.....no wait.....he must have stopped there once.....nope......he drove down it once......nope! I'm not racist, but this doesn't make sense. To honor someone with absolutely no ties to Rock County is, in my opinion, jumping on a band wagon. There has to be someone tied to the civil rights movement from the area that deserves to have their name there instead.

This whole thing sounds like a waste of money.....or does Rock County have a surplus of money from the Obama administration they need to get rid of?

The race baiters are out in force on this one. I expected no less.

This discussion seems to have no real direction or meaning. Wait 'til TheJoker(fool-on-the-hill) gets back from vacation - she'll see to it that our discussions are properly managed.

Racism is alive and, unfortunately, thriving in Janesville.

NVgrf, sounds like you don't like rednecks...that's not being very diverse, now is it?!

This effort by County Board member Anna Marie Johnson is a quite an accomplishment - congrats! fyi: "The Diversity Action Team is an organization whose goal is to eliminate racism and all forms of discrimination in Rock County by embracing diversity and multiculturalism, and to foster justice, dignity and respect for everyone".

no prevention, he's saying getting a day off of school is useless.

sounds like user 'prevention' is ironically 'provoking' - LOL

Excuse me, br549... did you just say that King Jr and all he did was useless? You just opened up a can of worms that is fuel for the fire!

This is just what we need! whos next for the hole in the head or the the next useless thing.
Diversity Action Team ARE YOU SERIOUS !!!!!!

Gosh - now we call people racists who never said a word. I believe that is bigotry and stereotyping.

Watch out Janesville - Beloit is "coming at 'ya".

piznat- What tax dollars are you referring to? I thought DAT was a 501(c)3. Maybe I missed something, but the article states "The Diversity Action Team collected $2,460 to pay for installation and maintenance of the signs".

Can't wait for Janesburg's local Klan contingent to jump in on this one. Rednecks get ready.....get set......GO!

Diversity Action Team???? Uh..is this well spent tax dollars?

Thank you, Ms. Johnson and Diversity Action Team!