All:
Over the course of the past three years, we have received inquires regarding our horse logo. Many folks are justifiably confused as to our supposed use of the City of Milton's official logo. Hopefully, the following information will help clear the air.
As content was loaded, I took it upon myself to create a logo for the site. Being raised on a horse farm on Bethany Road, I thought a horse would be perfect. After a few failed designs, we settled on one and uploaded it in March of 2006. To preview the site as it was then, please click on the following
link on Wayback Machine. From there, go to the column titled "2006" and click on "March 18,2006".Once the page loads, you will see our horse logo in the upper left of the screen.The City of Milton officially incorporated on December 1st, 2006. According to Godaddy.com, their
web site activated on September 25, 2006. Once again by utilizing Wayback machine, you can preview the City of Milton web site as it looked in November and December of 2006 by clicking here. You will notice that no such horse logo is listed on their site until December of 2006; eight months after our horse logo was uploaded.Many believe that the logos similarities are substantial and almost an exact copy.
Due to Accessmilton.com having a large following during the first Milton election in '06, many believe that the city stole our logo outright and just made some minor adjustments. For that, it is up to you to decide.
In situations like this, it is easy to point fingers and cast accusations. If Accessmilton.com's logo had an influence on the current city logo, then so be it. We will continue to use our logo for the promotion of Accessmilton.com.
Thank you for your continued support of
Accessmilton.com. We look forward to working with you as we make Milton, GA a great place to live, work, and play.Keep safe -
17 comments:
Note that the city has a registered trademark on its logo.
So is this becoming a debate about horse versus non-horse in Milton?
Note that it is obvious the city stole the damn logo.Regardless of any trademark, a good attorney would eat them alive. Piss poor in my view. I never knew this. If I were the owners of this site, I would have sued the city. Each day, Milton is more and more of an embarrassment.
It was actually more blatant than you think...not only did they steal the logo, they tried to take credit for it in an AJC article!
Then to top it all off, they tried to make AccessMilton stop using it.
Thanks CH2M Hill and Bill Doughty.
Bill is gone and CH is on their way...can't wait!
-TA
TA -
Do you have a copy of that article? I would love to see it.
It's been archived on the AJC.com website...you can pay to access it.
Believe it was June of 2007. I used "New City Logos Best Milton" as the search criteria.
Be sure to change from "Ajc.com" to "Archives"
Those sons of bit?@es!
They should pay Tim a fee at least for taking/copying/stealing/borrowing/manipulating his logo for their benefit.
Well heck if Julie Zahner gets her canidates Bernard and Al in, as well as gets Tina re-elected, then they should just give the horse logo back to Tim and exchange it with a snail for the new logo?
Snail. funny. Funnier, or more pathetic, is that our City used the same horse. Who was responsible for that brainiac idea?
And Milton Grows Green has not taken credit for designing the logo?
MGG did take credit for the logo and they invented the internet also.
January 7, 2007
Which city logo do you like the best?...
BYLINE: DOUG NURSE; Staff
SECTION: NORTHSIDE; Pg. 3ZH
LENGTH: 205 words
Northside's three new cities have distinct logos, two of them with water themes.
For Milton, it's a free-form minimalist sketch of a running horse, for a city that is home to horse farms, golf courses and mansions. They chose wavy blue lines to suggest flowing water for Johns Creek, known for its brick and stacked stone shops and landscaped neighborhoods. Sandy Springs also has a logo with a water theme, suggestive of the Chattahoochee River, which forms the city's border with Roswell.
The Johns Creek and Milton logos were drawn by a graphics designer with CH2M Hill-OMI, the company hired to provide the day-to-day municipal services for the two new cities. Milton Interim City Manager Aaron Bovos and two other staff members picked the logo they liked best, and Mayor Mike Bodker approved the Johns Creek emblem.
The Sandy Springs logo, unveiled in June, was designed by Atlanta-based JP Design+Communications, which was hired to step in where the residents failed. Readers may recall the city held a logo contest for residents, but the mayor and City Council didn't see an entry that they liked enough to adopt it.
So, there you have it, three cities, three logos. Which one do you think does the best job of capturing its city?
We have the proof the logo was created by us. It was documented and loaded into the files of Accessmilton when our website was launched. Accessmilton was launched long before the city incorporated.
Ginger Enloe
770-653-0551
It still looks like a kitty cat's face to me no matter who designed it.
City logo should be back end of a horse whose having a bowel movement.
I've seen similar horse designs on a private artist's website that I found by googling.
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