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For Martin Docherty-Hughes, a member of the United Kingdom Parliament who represents the area of West Dunbartonshire in Scotland, the Queen Mary is more than a Long Beach tourist attraction, it’s part of the legacy of his family and his hometown of Clydebank.
Set on the banks of the River Clyde west of Glasgow, Clydebank was once home a booming shipbuilding industry fueled by the marine engineering firm John Brown & Company, the town’s largest employer at the time. The shipyard in the 20th century churned out some of the world’s great ocean liners, including the Queen Mary, the Royal Yacht Britannia, the RMS Lusitania, the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Elizabeth 2.
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When Long Beach Mayor Eunice Sato learned that a house shook whenever a city transit bus drove by, she invited herself into that home to experience it for herself.
It turned out the homeowner wasn’t exaggerating.
“He called every city department and nobody paid attention,” said Marynelle Evans, who served as Sato’s legislative assistant beginning in 1977. “He had had it and he wanted to talk to the mayor.”
Sato asked Public Works to investigate and they later learned it was a sinkhole in the making that could’ve caved in at any moment. They filled up the hole and solved the homeowner’s problem.
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The council’s government and elections oversight committee will now hear the proposal at a future meeting, and the proposal will head back to the full council for a final vote if affirmed by the three-member body.
There is early support among member of that committee, including its vice chair, Councilwoman Cindy Allen, who co-sponsored the naming change. Allen made the amendment to the naming suggestion to include “performing arts” in the title after receiving initial feedback from the community.
“That makes sense,” Allen said. “We want to make sure that performing arts is still in the name.”