I'm fine with getting rid of the name Balbo, due to all the fascist connotations, whether they are deserved (he was Mussolini's air force marshall) or not (he was horrified by Mussolini's tilt towards Hitler, and was 'exhiled' because of this), so long as it finally ends all the bickering about it. The only option though should be 7th Street, the former name of Balbo Drive. Do it and more on; pretty sure the city council has much bigger problems to worry about than a WW2 era street name.
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