“A charter amendment on the ballot in the election this week has folks in this small north Texas community [White Settlement] up in arms. The mayor and City Council, expressing concerns about racism implied by the city’s name, decided to ask voters to change it to West Settlement. The measure is on the ballot Tuesday as one of eight charter changes. ‘There’s nothing racist about this town,’ Norris Chambers, 88, told The Washington Times on Friday, ‘but that’s what some feel the name means — and that’s where this movement came from.’ Chambers runs White Settlement’s museum, which includes artifacts and information about the city of about 15,000. He predicts voters will turn down the proposed name change by a margin of at least 3-to-1.” (11/06/05)