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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2015, 12:32 PM Apr 2015

Richmond mayor says city logo ‘is incredibly ugly,’ needs replacement

http://blog.sfgate.com/cjohnson/2015/04/16/richmond-mayor-says-city-logo-is-incredibly-ugly-needs-replacement/

Richmond Mayor Tom Butt never much liked his city’s official logo. In fact, he despises it so much that instead of using it on his letterhead he uses the city’s seal. Richmond is long overdue, he says, for a new logo.

“I hate the logo, and think it’s incredibly ugly,” Butt says. “Some people think it’s a bird.”

The city seal, at least, has “a ship, a train, a building, a hill and water,” he says.

Turns out, according to the 1977 resolution approving the city logo, that it too has many of these features — not that anyone could tell by looking.




Hillary's the mayor of Richmond? Who knew?
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Richmond mayor says city logo ‘is incredibly ugly,’ needs replacement (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2015 OP
Before I read the blurb, I thought 'bird' too. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #1
It's Butt ugly underpants Apr 2015 #2
Looks like something from the old ABA frylock Apr 2015 #3
That might be the worst city logo I have seen. Throd Apr 2015 #4
I think I'll send this along to my dear friend up there KamaAina Apr 2015 #5
Just take away the blue and white, and leave "City of Richmond." NBachers Apr 2015 #6
I wonder if this is where all of Richmond's troubles began? mackerel Apr 2015 #7
By George, I think I've got it! KamaAina Apr 2015 #8
Shouldn't the city logo at least show a refinery? Lionel Mandrake May 2015 #9
On fire or not? KamaAina May 2015 #10
Certainly on fire Lionel Mandrake May 2015 #11
They flare off naphtha?! KamaAina May 2015 #12
Well, they used to. Lionel Mandrake May 2015 #13
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
5. I think I'll send this along to my dear friend up there
Fri Apr 17, 2015, 01:21 PM
Apr 2015

two of her quilts are part of an art exhibit in SF (through next Thursday, if anyone's interested: http://www.somarts.org/display/ )

NBachers

(17,119 posts)
6. Just take away the blue and white, and leave "City of Richmond."
Wed Apr 22, 2015, 09:39 AM
Apr 2015

Sometimes minimal and forthright is better than contrived and messy.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts)
9. Shouldn't the city logo at least show a refinery?
Sat May 2, 2015, 08:44 PM
May 2015

Richmond was Standard Oil's first refinery in California. The second was El Segundo (get it?).

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
12. They flare off naphtha?!
Sun May 3, 2015, 01:53 PM
May 2015

One of the refineries on O'ahu captures it and uses it to fuel a nearby power plant, since it is apparently not cost-effective to ship it to the mainland.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts)
13. Well, they used to.
Sun May 3, 2015, 02:03 PM
May 2015

I think it's frowned upon now, if for no other reason because it makes carbon dioxide and contributes to global warming.

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