CA: Huntington Beach City Council Looks to Rename Street After Major Campaign Donor
Huntington Beach City Council members are looking to rename Commerce Lane after one of the city’s oldest business owners with a known history of volunteerism who also donated thousands to local political campaigns.
The business owner is Ed Laird, owner of Laird Coatings, a plastic coating company that’s operated in Huntington Beach since the 1970s.
Laird has served on a number of boards and clubs for various causes including the Huntington Beach Boy Scouts, the Bolsa Chica Conservancy and the local chapter of the Kiwanis Club since he moved to the city in 1990 according to a letter council members wrote supporting him.
“My colleagues and I would like to honor his service by renaming Commerce Lane, the location of Laird Coatings Corporation, to Ed Laird Lane,” wrote Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark and Councilmen Tony Strickland and Pat Burns. “His name will be forever etched in our Huntington Beach history.”
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