Naming Texas Airport for Rep. Leland Opposed
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From Associated Press
HOUSTON — City Council members are receiving calls from residents upset by a proposal to rename Houston Intercontinental Airport after Rep. Mickey Leland, who died in a plane crash last month in Ethiopia.
But Councilman Rodney Ellis, a Leland friend, said that he would press the idea, which he hopes the council will consider next week, even though most of the 50 calls his office received opposed the name change.
Some council members said they felt torn between their desire to honor the congressman and to adhere to constituents’ wishes.
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