Morristown Council: Hold the Mayo

Interesting little controversy brewing in Morristown over the recently announced name change of the Community Theatre to the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts.
A Star Ledger story this morning reports that the Morristown council has voted to "oppose" the name change, although I can't imagine what form their opposition will be.
It also quotes some of the former hundreds of volunteers who participated in the original two-steps forward, one step back effort to revive the theater, which lasted many years. This is where I come in, because I'm quite familiar with some of these people, including some of the principals, who not only feel slighted and betrayed by the current management, but have been all but ostracized.
This sort of thing always happens in the arts when something good happens. Once something becomes a popular and successful movement, the people who didn't want to bother in the first place (especially politicians) want to attach their name and take credit.
Bud Mayo, a good and generous man, says he doesn't care if his name goes up or not, so he's caught in the crossfire, which is unfair. Of course, he could solve the problem by declining the honor.
There is precedent for that sort of gesture. I recall being angry when the Meadowlands Arena was dubbed the Brendan Byrne Arena in the 1980s, only after some more notable and deserving people (Sonny Werblin, for one) declined. Of course, once they got to the politician, there was no resistance.
Now its the Continental Airlines Arena, and it's lost its tenants, and the next sign that goes up will say, "for rent." A cautionary tale for all, courtesy of Jersey Stages.