By now, many Dallas residents are probably tired of hearing about the effort to rename Industrial Boulevard after César Chávez.

Even the legendary farmworker advocate would be embarrassed listening to the debate over which major street in downtown Dallas should be named after him. He was known as a modest man, whose primary concern was others, not himself.

On the couple of occasions that I met him when he visited Dallas in the 1980s, I was struck by his self-effacing manner. He was already a household name; no entourage or sycophants surrounded him.

And he exuded a calmness and serenity that was reassuring. It was the demeanor of a man who had peace of mind.

Well, this struggle over Industrial is nowhere near peaceful. Nor is it near resolution.

Now that the city's Plan Commission has voted not to change the name of Industrial Boulevard to Riverfront, it's unclear what the Dallas City Council's next move will be, except that 12 votes will be needed to overturn the Plan Commission's decision.

In the meantime, there has been no lack of suggestions as to which street to name after Mr. Chávez. Even my fellow columnist, Steve Blow, had the interesting idea of naming the southern end of Central Expressway after Mr. Chávez.

Others have floated Live Oak, Pearl and Young streets as alternatives. These, in fact, were the ones discussed this week when a group of Hispanics met with Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert to try to get his support for some kind of resolution.

The meeting was facilitated by Dallas lawyer Adelfa Callejo, a strong supporter of Mr. Leppert when he ran for mayor.

She said that Mr. Leppert has not shown enough leadership on the issue and that city officials should honor the votes of the 10,000 people in the May telephone and Internet survey who supported the Chávez name.

"They ought to go with the will of the people," she said. "It's un-American not to do so. If the mayor were to support the name César Chávez, it would show he appreciates the diversity of the city."

Dallas lawyer Martín Garza, past president of the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, said he believes the mayor now understands just how passionately many Latinos feel about this issue.

"I got the sense that he was listening and that he's open to options," Mr. Garza said. He also acknowledged that there's not one voice that speaks for all Latinos on this issue.

Some are willing to negotiate and compromise; others, like Alberto Ruiz, said they don't want to be pushed all around the city, looking for another street.

"The mayor kept saying, 'You have to be flexible and be open-minded,' but we haven't seen the same from him," said Mr. Ruiz, chairman of the César Chávez Task Force. "We're moving forward with our push for Industrial."

He said the task force has received more than 1,000 letters of support to rename Industrial for Mr. Chávez. They will present the letters when the City Council takes up the issue of renaming Industrial in November.