Tauranga City Council's Policy Committee is proposing changes to the street naming policy (Sunlive, June 22).

This looks like little more than another effort to re-write and edit the history of Tauranga.

Committee chairman, councillor Steve Morris claims 'we have nothing to fear”.

In my opinion we have lot to fear. What is being proposed, among other things, is that naming decisions are purely a function of council, and if the council decides, requires no community consultation.

When a te reo name is gifted by mana whenua there will be no consultation or formal decision-making.

It displays this council's usual arrogance, lack of transparency, failure to consult with and act on the community's wishes, mostly at the expense of ratepayers.

It is an affront to democracy.

Richard Prince, Welcome Bay