SEATTLE -- The Washington State flag bears the likeness of our first president, a man who voluntarily stepped down from office in the hope that his seat would never resemble a throne. How depressing, then, that until this year the logo of King County (home of Washington's largest city) was a crown: George Washington, if he weren't already invincible, would be turning over in his grave.

Did Seattle come to its senses? Not really. Instead, the county decided to "rename" itself after Martin Luther King Jr., a man who had little connection to the area and whose civil rights campaign might as well have never existed for residents of the Northwest. Forget the crown: the new logo, unveiled this year, features Dr. King's face.

The Reverend now presides over a city with a colorblind school system.

(The Seattle Monorail and the Space Needle contributed research for this blog post.)