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I live on Piedmont Avenue and drive down Lahoma/La Homa instead of Pueblo Avenue when I need to get on Soscol Avenue. One street sign shows a space between La and Homa. One does not. Both signs have been up for many years. Which one is correct?
La Homa is OK!
La Homa is OK!
Jeff Folks, city of Napa street field supervisor, attributes the discrepancy to former sign technicians “probably not paying attention to what they were doing.” Folks added that the mistake would soon be rectified.
The Lahoma vs. La Homa question is not the only one in Napa. Folks noted that he’d heard from a resident upset over the fact that DeWitt Avenue formerly had both a capital D and a capital E until finally the E was demoted and the street sign changed.
The Lahoma vs. La Homa question is not the only one in Napa. Folks noted that he’d heard from a resident upset over the fact that DeWitt Avenue formerly had both a capital D and a capital E until finally the E was demoted and the street sign changed.
Being language-centric, I consulted my handy-dandy English-Spanish dictionary — which surprisingly I have used quite a bit at my job here — to find out what “la homa” or “lahoma” meant. I came up empty-handed. I erroneously assumed it was a Spanish word. It’s not. A Web search indicates the word “Lahoma” (no space between) is of Native American origin. Two likely possible definitions of the word are “red man” or “the people.” Lahoma was also used as a shortening of Oklahoma.
Okey dokey?
Okey dokey?
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walktothepark wrote on Jun 11, 2009 12:20 AM:
bv wrote on Jun 11, 2009 10:14 AM:
tramky wrote on Jun 11, 2009 8:47 PM:
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The Post Office approves all street names at the detail level. "
winewoman wrote on Jun 14, 2009 1:52 PM:
Are you serious? Is there not a quality control function in this process? No? There should be. This is unacceptable - particularly from a government (albeit local govt) department. Why are we so willing to accept incompetence in our government. (it's a statement, not a question). Hey, Jeff Folks, what have you done to correct the issue so that it doesn't happen again in the future? "