Conn. Gov. Ned Lamont is trolling his neighbors to the south with a social media publish proposing renaming the Lengthy Island Sound to the “Connecticut Sound.”
Lamont posted on X, “While the maps are changing, here’s an idea…” and tagged New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Lamont’s feedback are seemingly in reference to plenty of mapping firms altering the identify of the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” in response to an government order from President Donald Trump ordering the federal government to rename the physique of water alongside the USA’ Gulf Coast.
Apple Maps and Google Maps each made the change this week of their mapping software program.
Gov. Ned Lamont had his personal tongue-in-cheek ideas when he was requested about altering the identify earlier this week, NBC Connecticut reported.
“I think so, why not? I mean I got a president who’s naming things anytime he wants to,” Lamont mentioned. “I think Long Island Sound is a little dated. I think Connecticut Sound has got a real ring to it.”
— Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) February 13, 2025
“One of the region’s largest estuaries with an area of 1,320 square miles, the Sound is home to more than 120 species of finfish and countless varieties of birds and other animals. Between New York and Connecticut, the Sound’s coastline stretches more than 600 miles,” in response to the state of Connecticut.
A Change.org petition calling for the identify change has 295 verified signatures as of Thursday afternoon.
No response but from Hochul.
Gov. Ned Lamont delivers his annual State of the State deal with through the opening day of the Connecticut Common Meeting, on the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn. Jan. 8, 2025. (Photograph by Ned Gerard/San Francisco Chronicle through Getty Photographs)
