Mayor vetoes move to rename street honoring Manafort father
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut mayor has nixed the renaming of a street honoring the father of Paul Manafort.
New Britain Republican Erin Stewart on Monday vetoed the proposal, accusing local Democrats of trying to "score cheap political points" and attempting to "invent or rewrite history."
The city council's majority leader, Carlo Carlozzi, tells the Hartford Courant that Democrats will try to override Stewart's veto next month. He says there's concern the street name "brings embarrassment to the city."
Democrats hope to rename it after an African-American 19th century educator and diplomat.
Stewart recently changed the name from Paul Manafort Drive to Paul Manafort Sr.