Longboat Key, Fla. - Commission chambers were packed Monday for the most hotly-watched issue the Town of Longboat Key has confronted in decades.

What they're saying:

Should the town rename its ten-mile signature street, from ‘Gulf of Mexico Drive’ to ‘Gulf of America Drive’? That was the question being decided Monday. "The name change will not cost anyone in this room an ounce of blood," one speaker who was in favor of the change said.

FDOT took down signs that referred to the ‘Gulf of Mexico’, in reaction to the president's executive order calling it the Gulf of America. "This would be a disaster for us in many ways," said a speaker who was opposed to the change. "As my dad says, if it's not broke, don't fix it."

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Town officials began wondering if the town had to follow

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