Encinitas Logo
How intriguing to see the Encinitas logo juxtaposed (July 1).
The “before” version pictures a natural landscape, with realistically drawn waves, bluff, bird, horse, poinsettia and even grasslike plants sprouting in the foreground.
The “after” version is a denuded cartoon of the first. The sun, now looking like a Tinker Toy, still sinks into waves that would be more at home on Bart Simpson’s girlfriend’s head. The bluff appears graded and contoured to suit, with three palms sprouting unnaturally from the top. With the glaring exception of an electronic gate and a security guard, the new logo sums up in a few over-simplified lines exactly how the city government sees Encinitas.
CAROLYN AVALOS, Leucadia
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