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04/24/2007: "Council To Take Up Renaming Of Battleship Island"

The County Council will discuss the proposal to change the name of Battleship island back to Morse Island. Councilman Kevin Ranker has expressed strong reservations about changing the name, primarily due to the costs associated with changing charts, publications, maps and the like, that would be necessitated by a name change.

Councilman Alan Lichter, while uncertain as to the history of the name, said he is in favor of the change; and suggested that local Tribes be contacted to determine what the original name might have been, but it was pointed out that the question before the Council is not do they have suggestions, but only do they support the request by a citizen to change the name .

The Council cannot change the name, only the federal government can do that, but the U.S. Board on Geographic Names is asking for a review and recommendation from the Council, which it is expected will be made today (Tuesday, 4-24-07) at the regular scheduled Council meeting.