ALDEN – Governor Joshua Adamson early this morning announced that he is seeking the State legislature’s approval to rename Alden Avenue to reflect on and honor President Jay Laylin’s service and dedication to Jesstopia and the accomplishments he has made on protecting state and children’s rights.

According to the Governor’s office he is proposing the change of Alden Avenue, which has held that name since it’s construction back in 1822, to President Jay Evan Laylin Avenue. The name change would require a State House and Senate Sponsor to push the bill because Alden Avenue is a State Registered Historic Road and is a State funded road so the State would need to pass a road networking update amendment to the Mesa Transportation Code to allow the change.

“I would like to honor the lifelong service President Laylin has devoted to this country, and for that, to the great people of our state,” said Governor Joshua Adamson. “He has devoted time, energy and resources and invested them back into the people of great state. His service as President and the assassination attempts, he endured to ensure Jesstopia remains a prosperous and safe nation is what led me to propose the name change. It is now in the state legislatures hands, and I will sign the bill if and when the amendment is made.”

Laylin supporters and allies of President Laylin say that while it would honor him, it would eradicate the legacy and history of the early Alden County and the road named thereof. They say that by renaming the road, it would erase the struggles and hard work of everyday Mesians who worked to build the road into what it is today.

“While I agree we should honor President Laylin with a road naming, Alden Avenue has always been that,” said State Senator Richard Lawton. “We would essentially be eradicating the history of this great county and the road that built this state.”

Mesa State Senate and House Nationalists say they are completely against the renaming and would be working to prevent the renaming from taking place by putting in place their own resolution known as the “Stop the renaming of historic Mesa roadways for present day leaders for the purpose of safeguarding the history behind such roads Act.”

The renaming proposal comes as President Laylin faces his rape allegations head, Senator Thomas Cooke seeks to impeach the President and House Representative Maxine Rivers also seeks impeachment against him for the August 24 bombings on Iran.

State leaders say that they would support the renaming because President Laylin has “endured so much,” in his first “two years as President.” They claim that any other person would collapse under the weight of the legal challenges ahead of the President and the bombardment of impeachment efforts.

The name change would likely come after President Laylin’s current term finishes and likely won’t be seen on signs until around 2030 or 2031. House and Senate Republicans in the Mesa Legislature are likely to pass the name change with ease, with legal challenges expected from the Nationalist side of aisle.