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"The Governor's lobbying, while ultimately successful, proved to be controversial. The controversy stemmed in part from the fact that governor's request violate
by nullhack 4y ago
"The Governor's lobbying, while ultimately successful, proved to be controversial. The controversy stemmed in part from the fact that governor's request violated a required waiting period of five years after a person's death prior to renaming a geographic feature; Piestewa had been killed earlier that year while deployed on active military duty in Iraq."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piestewa_Peak#Name https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piestewa_Peak#Name
Googling "five years after death geographic feature" gives me a United States Geological Survey Source
https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/how-do-i https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/how-do-i
If a monument could be named a day or a month after someone's death, that may create a Perverse Incentive for "early deaths" for brownie points...