File #: 2005-0492    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/14/2005 In control: Labor, Operations and Technology Committee
On agenda: 2/27/2006 Final action: 2/27/2006
Enactment date: 3/9/2006 Enactment #: 15378
Title: AN ORDINANCE to establish the official symbol of King County to be the likeness of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; amending Ordinance 8227, Section 1, and K.C.C. 1.36.010 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 1.36.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett, Larry Phillips
Indexes: logo, Martin Luther King
Code sections: 1.36 - , 1.36.010 -
Attachments: 1. 15378.pdf, 2. 2005-0492 2nd Revised SR ML King1.doc, 3. 2005-0492 Revised SR ML King.doc, 4. 2005-0492 Staff Report ML King.doc, 5. attach to revised staff report Logo Replacement Fiscal Impact 11-05.xls
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Clerk 02/28/2006
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AN ORDINANCE to establish the official symbol of King County to be the likeness of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; amending Ordinance 8227, Section 1, and K.C.C. 1.36.010 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 1.36.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The Oregon territorial legislature created new counties in 1852 north of the Columbia river in what is now Washington state. It named Pierce county after the incumbent president Franklin Pierce and King County after the incumbent vice president William Rufus de Vane King. Historians suggest that this was done to seek political favor with the new federal administration. King was a slave owner and a strong supporter of the Fugitive Slave Act.
2. The King County council passed Motion 6461 on February 24, 1986, recognizing the great contributions and many achievements in public service of Nobel Peace Prize laureate the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., including his persistent and unfailing efforts leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
3. Motion 6461 changed the namesake of King County from William Rufus de Vane King to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
4. All counties are creations of state law and are established by the state of Washington. The state Legislature passed Chapter 90, Laws of Washington 2005 (Engrossed Senate Bill 5332) to rename King County in honor of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Governor Christine Gregoire signed this legislation into law in a ceremony held in the King County Courthouse in Seattle on April 19, 2005. The law took effect July 24, 2005.
5. Since the state has officially renamed King County in honor of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the official symbol of the county should reflect and call to mind Dr. King as its namesake.
6. The estate of Dr. King and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change (''King Center'') oversee ...

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