Living legacy: Council members suggest allowing streets be named for those still alive

JANESVILLE — It might never reach a city council hearing. Even as it was being introduced, a proposal to allow Janesville streets to be named after living people had begun to draw public criticism, a council member who authored it says.

Janesville City Council member Michael Jackson told The Gazette in an interview this week that he, along with city council President Paul Benson, had recommended a change to city rules to allow streets to be named or re-named in honor of people who are still living.

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