There may be an internet petition calling for Lengthy Island Sound to be renamed.
“America has long ignored the greatness of CONNECTICUT! Such as being the pizza capital of the WORLD!!!,” the change.org petition begins.
The writer of the petition needs the physique of water to be renamed the “Gulf of Connecticut.”
The writer even took a shot on the place that has given the world Billy Joel, Jerry Seinfeld, and others.
“Long Island isn’t even that long, I’ve seen way bigger, and Connecticut is just such a beautiful state.”
The petition appeared days after President Trump signed an govt order renaming the Gulf of Mexico because the Gulf of America.
Gov. Ned Lamont had his personal tongue-in-cheek ideas when he was requested about altering the identify earlier this week.
“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.”
The governor even posted about it on X (previously often called Twitter) on Thursday.
The petition had 282 signatures as of Thursday morning.
At the same time as a joke, altering the identify could be a no brainer for some.
“It is largely Connecticut on the coast,” Ed Munch, of Westbrook, mentioned.
“I believe it is in all probability a good suggestion,” Invoice, of Wilton, mentioned.
Though some say if it isn’t broke, do not repair it.
“Maintain it Lengthy Island,” Brent Camhi, of Wallingford, mentioned.
Some go as far to say, this can be a grasping request from the Nutmeg State.
“They received a river, so do they want the sound, too?” Mikko Aarino, of New Jersey, mentioned.
Talking of the Connecticut River, Vermont Republican Governor Phil Scott is getting in on the jokes, suggesting the ‘Connecticut River’ be renamed the ‘Vermont River.’
“I do not suppose it must occur,” Aarnio mentioned.
“We are the pizza capitol of the world on 195 and the school basketball capitol of the world,” Invoice, of Wilton, mentioned.
Some say taking up the sound would simply be one other feather in our cap.
“I’m certain New York has one thing to say about that,” Invoice mentioned.
“It’s ridiculous,” Jeanne, a Lengthy Islander who now lives in Wilton, mentioned.
The household is split. Jeanne is a local Lengthy Islander who mentioned she will’t get behind the motion, regardless of the place she lives now.
“I used to be born and raised in lengthy island and it’s the lengthy island sound and at all times might be,” Jeanne mentioned.
We reached out to Senators Murphy and Blumenthal to see if this initiative had any legs, however we have not heard again. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has not replied to Lamont’s tweet.
