Council Punts Brady Name Change To Next Week
Council splits on Brady name-change proposal, puts off vote one week
BY KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
City councilors voted Thursday to postpone for one week a vote to rename Brady Street to Burlington Street to allow Councilor Phil Lakin to return from vacation and cast the deciding vote.
Councilor Jack Henderson asked for the continuance after it became clear that the council was deadlocked on the issue.
Under council rules, a tie vote would have been counted as a no vote.
After hearing from dozens of citizens, Councilors Henderson, Skip Steele, G.T. Bynum and Blake Ewing expressed their support for the name change.
Councilors Jeannie Cue, Karen Gilbert, David Patrick and Arianna Moore said they intended to vote against it.