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Trustees debate renaming Lushinger Lane while the namesake remains on the board
Summary
Trustees discussed whether to change a previously approved street name, Lushinger Lane, because the person it honors is currently a sitting trustee; opinions differed about cost, precedent and appropriateness and no motion was made.
Trustee (speaker 7) asked the board to reconsider a previously approved street name (Lushinger Lane) because the honoree is a current sitting trustee. The trustee said, "I just don't think we should have a street named after a sitting trustee."
Other trustees said the original vote was unanimous when the honoree was retiring and that renaming now could be expensive and time-consuming, requiring attorney work and possibly additional filings. One trustee noted that the naming honored prior service and "doesn't take away the work he did" but also acknowledged the optics of naming a public street after an active official. Several trustees said they would leave the name as previously approved rather than pursue the cost of changing it; no formal motion to change the name was introduced.
The discussion recorded mixed opinions and deferred any formal action to avoid immediate legal or administrative expense.
