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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
King County's new logo -- Martin Luther King Jr.
Sims is directed to design symbol
An image of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. will replace a graphic of a crown as the official logo of King County under a measure approved Monday by the County Council.
"King County is the first government in the nation to adopt the image of our foremost civil rights leader as its official logo. This is truly a day to celebrate," said Councilman Larry Gossett, who sponsored the ordinance.
The ordinance directs the county executive to design the new logo and submit it to the council for approval.
Use of the new logo will be phased in, supplanting the crown symbol as stocks of letterhead and other paper are exhausted and vehicles are repainted in the normal course of maintenance, so the cost of the changeover is expected to be minimal.
The measure was approved 7-2, with Republicans Jane Hague of Bellevue and Kathy Lambert of Woodinville voting no.
The crown logo was adopted in 1968 after a public contest.
Established in 1852, the county was named for William Rufus DeVane King, who had been elected that year as vice president of the United States (King died in April 1853).
In 1986, the County Council voted to designate Martin Luther King Jr. as the county's namesake, but that measure did not take legal effect until ratified by the Legislature in 2005.
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