County trashes garbage bags with mlk's face Martin luther king jr.'s profile is
on voter ballot envelopes, on metro buses, at the county council chambers, and
prominently displayed on the county's Web site. The bags were quietly pulled
from use earlier this summer, even though no one from the public had
complained.The preemptive move opened a window into the delicate decisions
officials have made after king county adopted the face of the revered figure as
its official emblem. "It's new territory,"Said christian
louboutin france carolyn duncan, the county's communications director.
King county the mostpopulated county in washington, with a county seat of
seattle, and the 14th largest by population in the nation adopted the logo in
2006 and unveiled it the next year.It features a striking profile of king in a
black and white silhouette.Vice president william rufus devane king, a slave
owner. The possibility of plastering king's face on mundane county items like
trash bins or prisoner uniforms raised eyebrows among county officials when the
proposal was approved.The old logo was a generic crown. The decision of where
the new logo goes lies with duncan and king county executive ron sims, who is
black.As the head of communications, duncan is in charge of the messages
symbolic or not king county sends. Her challenge:To maintain the county brand,
without splashing king's face on something that's demeaning to king's history.
"Some of the things that people were concerned about were if the logo was on the
floor, if the logo was on garbage cans or dumpsters,"Duncan said. "It seemed
unseemly to have an icon like dr.King, to have his image on something like a
waste bin at a park. " Duncan said that the old crown logo was not used on trash
bins or prison uniforms, but communication directors in county departments were
directed to look carefully at where the logo is used. Some county officials and
africanamerican leaders in seattle have no qualms about using the image of king.
"Personally, we should use the logo wherever we traditionally printed that
logo,"Said larry gossett, the county council member who led the name and logo
change.Gossett said the symbol can be used"To do better. " Gossett, a longtime
leader in the africanamerican community here, knew from the beginning there
would be challenges.His own son told him that he didn't want to see king's face
on a police car. Tye heckler of heckler associates a design and advertising firm
that helped developed the starbucks brand said once the county approved the
ristianlbtinsoldes logo, it accepted all
the risks of using king's face, including the possibility that the logo may be
defaced someday.But as a government, heckler said, they have the freedom not to
use the logo. Steve kline, a spokesman at the king center in atlanta, said there
are no set guidelines when it comes to the use of king's image, but there have
been examples of inappropriate use. "Many years ago, some guy tried to make a
knife with mr.King on it,"Kline said. "Stuff like that is always a concern.They
take it of a casebycase basis.They do try to monitor the commercial use of it. "
While kline said that king county is believed to be the first government to take
king's likeness as a logo, scores of local governments have named streets, parks
and even pool centers after the civil rights leader.But many of those moves have
carried a stigma:Many martin luther king jr.Streets, avenues, ways and
boulevards are in lowincome, crimeridden areas. "You can use it to inspire and
move for reforms(King)Could have been be very proud of,"He said.
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