Could Trump Avenue happen?

Whitley: Looking at the chance of such a street name in Orlando.

With enough gas, you can drive around Orlando and visit queens and kings and princesses. You can encounter presidents, celebrities, sports stars and even the man who killed Alexander Hamilton.

It’s hard to believe that guy was just a heartbeat away from the presidency when he pulled the trigger. Which sort of brings us to this week’s Ask Orlando question.

“I saw there’s a Barack Obama Avenue in Orlando. Who gets to decide to name a street, and what are the chances there will be a Donald Trump Avenue?”

Actually, it’s “President Barack Obama Parkway.” It’s been there since 2009, when the City Council voted rename a stretch of Mission Road after Obama, who’d been in office four months.

By then, he’d already been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an Oscar, a Grammy, a Pulitzer, three MTV Music Video Awards, the Heisman Trophy and been named the 2012 Olympic decathlon champion. So who could possibly object when four lanes of asphalt were named after the 44th president?

Probably the 45th president, but we’ll get back to that.

To answer the first part of the question, you don’t have to be a city or county commissioner to rename a street. Anyone can do it, as long as they have enough money and salesmanship.

The process is fairly similar in the city of Orlando and in Orange County. People who own property abutting the street must agree to the new name.

In the city, you need 51% of those people to go along. In the county, 75% have to sign a petition saying they approve of the new name.

That document is presented to the city or county zoning or planning board officials. They make sure the name complies with various guidelines, then there’s a public hearing. If it passes all that