A rose by any other name. (Valley Talk).While few may consider it the top contender on the list of five potential names for a new Valley city, Camelot Camelot (kăm`əlŏt), in Arthurian legend, the seat of King Arthur's court. The origin of the name is unknown. It has been variously located at Cadbury Camp, Somerset; Winchester; Camelford; and Caerleon. is apparently the choice of radio disk jockeys Kevin and Bean  This article or section resembles a .Please help [ improve this article] by removing excessive trivia, irrelevant praise and criticism, lists and collections of links that are of . , co-hosts of a morning show on Los Angeles-based KROQ 106.7 FM. The rock jocks recently had Jeff Brain, president of Valley VOTE, on their show to discuss the names chosen by Brain's group for a potential Nov. 5 ballot initiative. The two told Brain they were officially launching a campaign to get voters to choose Camelot over the other four choices: Mission San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , Mission Valley, Valley City and San Fernando Valley. "We're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are going to get Camelot passed, dude," said Bean. When asked later to explain their preferred choice, Kevin KEVIN Keepers of the Eternal Vigilance of the Islamic Nation (fictional, from White Teeth by Zadie Smith) e-mailed this response to the Business Journal: "No longer do we have to picture the homeless guy at the bus stand on Sepulveda when we mention the San Fernando Valley. Now, it's Camelot, and the homeless man is replaced in our mind with a brave knight in shining armor, homeless, at the bus stand. "Plus, it's funny." |
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