This city in New York rejects 'Lake America' name, Republican mayor says Lake Ontario is in the DNA of the residents

This city in New York rejects the renaming of Lake Ontario. In a rare display of intra-party pushback, Robert Corradino, the Republican mayor of Oswego, New York, a city situated along the southern shore of Lake Ontario, has publicly rejected recent political proposals to rename the Great Lake as "Lake America." Robert Corradino, the mayor who never lived anywhere apart from Oswego, said he was taking the issue very personally.“The water is part of our identity,” Corradino said. “Not only our identity, but the economy and the history of the lake are tied to the city.”In an interview with National Post, he said: "We can disagree with the current administration's take about renaming Lake Ontario and still support some of its other initiatives. But we're taking the renaming of the lake very personally in Oswego."President Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America in US government records and maps on August 27 -- in his latest snub to Canada. The change has since been adopted by both Google and Apple Maps for users in the US, but Corradino has said that Oswego does not support the renaming and won't be altering any signage, tourism materials or official comm...