A controversial decision by Lakeshore town council will be looked at again next month.
On Tuesday, in front of a packed and sometimes heated council chamber, council agreed to revisit a decision to make Lakeshore the primary mailing address for all residents within the municipality.
Stoney Point resident Dave LaRue has lived in the town since 1962 and wants council to rescind its decision, saying council has crossed the line with its rebranding.
"Part of this branding system is to change everybody's address in the entire town of Lakeshore which would be like everybody lost their wallet, 38,000 people lost wallet," says LaRue. "Everybody's got to reapply and get everything new to accommodate the new address."
He says the change will impact the entire community.
"The branding was going fine in the Lakeshore township, people accepted it, it looked great," says LaRue. "What they were doing was fantastic. Decorating some of the parks with the monogram of Lakeshore and stuff, people were good with that. But man, when you start talking about your personal identity, your individual committees and that possibly going away, that's where they crossed the line."
Mark McKinlay asking @TownofLakeshore council to rescind primary mailing address to #Lakeshore decision. Councillor @TraceyMBailey72 has made a notice of motion to discuss the matter at the October 9th council meeting. #cklw pic.twitter.com/7Hc7rKH1Ee
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Mayor Tom Bain says he has already talked to Canada Post representatives about the change.
"They're willing to look at it on a ward by ward basis," says Bain. "So that if three wards want the Lakeshore address and three want to keep their originally addresses, they'll work with us on doing that."
On September 11th, council directed administration to notify Canada Post that the town wants Lakeshore as the primary mailing address.
The move would impact Belle River, Puce, Comber, Woodslee, Stoney Point, Staples, Lighthouse Cove, Maidstone, St. Joachim and Emeryville.
Comber resident Mark McKinlay started an online petition and already has more than 1,000 signatures against council's decision.
McKinlay is the husband to Lakeshore councillor Linda McKinlay.
Council will revisit the issue at its October 9th meeting at the Atlas Tube Centre.