Schwarzenegger vetoes bill to ban 'Redskins' as name for teams
JIM WASSERMAN, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
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(09-21) 17:36 PDT SACRAMENTO (AP) --
The Redskins of Chowchilla Union High School will be able to keep their name, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have prohibited Chowchilla and four other high schools from using the name considered by some American Indians to be racial slur.
In a message accompanying his veto, Schwarzenegger said local school districts should make their own choices and that the bill "takes more focus away from getting kids to learn at the highest levels."
Donna White, superintendent of Chowchilla Union High School District in Madera County, said school officials were "extremely excited. It will allow the community and the school to keep something they hold in the highest esteem."
"We've got 80 years of support and tradition and it paid off," said Bill Ingram, band director at Tulare Union High School in Tulare County. "We have definitely sent the e-mails and faxes over the last few months."
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