LADD, IL. (ECWd) –

During a Village of Ladd, Illinois trustee meeting on August 10, 2021, Village Mayor Frank Cattani, Trustee Nelson and others were in a discussion on whether or not to support changing the name of “Negro Creek” to “Adams Creek.”

During this discussion, Mayor Cattani reminisced about the old days when they used to call it (used the racial slur) “N-word Creek” and he used word more than once.

Listen to the discussion here (or download it here):

There was additional discussion on what happens if they vote in support of the name change, such as:

• Are we going to change the name of the White Mountains in New Hampshire?
• Let’s not change history…let’s learn from it…
• Are we going to change decease resident Don Negro’s name too?
• People will still call it that…
• This is like our heritage being torn down…erasing our history…for the sake of being politically correct…
• Black kids can use the word, but white people can’t…

When asked for a vote to support the name change, Trustee Nelson voted “absolutely not.”

The measure passed by a majority vote, and will be forwarded to the appropriate organization who can change its name.