Click photo to enlarge Leon Panetta, the outgoing secretary of
defense, was a longtime congressman representing the Central
Coast.  At least one member of the Monterey City Council would
like to see the city's conference center named after Monterey
native son and Washington, D.C., power player Leon Panetta.
Councilwoman Libby Downey said late Tuesday that she wanted the
subject of renaming the Monterey Conference Center after Panetta
scheduled for discussion on a future agenda.  Panetta, the
outgoing secretary of defense, has been CIA director, budget
director, White House chief of staff and a longtime congressman
representing the Central Coast during his long career in
national politics.  The council didn't comment on Downey's
suggestion, other than Mayor Chuck Della Sala asking whether she
meant a room in the conference center or the entire complex.
The whole thing, Downey said.  Della Sala wondered if the city
has any policies that may prevent naming public buildings after
people while they are still ali