New Honorary Street Names: Pat Sajak, La Raza Newspaper

By Margaret Lyons in News on May 13, 2008 6:05PM

What do Pat Sajak, original house DJs Hot Mix 5 and Ida B. Wells have in common? They're all getting honorary streets named after them, which makes them part of the first wave of honorees since 2006, when then-Alderman Madeline Haithcock proposed and honorary street be named for Black Panther Fred Hampton. If you recall, that didn't go over so well.

The transportation committee also approved several other honorees yesterday: Louise Panzke, Clem Nowakowski, Carlos Azcoitia, David Dalton, Bishop Charles E. Jones Jr., Edward Bass, Joe and Helen Soukal, La Raza Newspaper, Frank Piatek, Louis J. Nicastro, Bill Williams, Mother Mary Theresa Dudzik, Sharon Henry Ellison, Cesare Maria D'Ortenzi, John Mulligan, Mike and Marleen Fogarty, His Holiness Mar Dinkha, and Daniel Doffyn. [S-T, Pat Sajak's amazing blog]