> I'm wondering about the same, and I don't understand why you're getting downvoted.

Because people complaining about this is tedious and a regular feature, and it only causes noise. If you don't like an article, move on. If you think it's off topic and shouldn't be there at all, flag.

For my part, I find it interesting not because of this specific incident, but because of the comments it has sparked showing how naming places is regularly being used as a low-key passive-aggressive protest by local governments.

To me that's an interesting hack around the otherwise limited powers of local government.