AUSTIN (KXAN) — Reaction to the new Austin city logo has been mixed, and now there's a new effort from a former city leader to get rid of it entirely.

Makenzie Kelly, who lost her re-election bid for City Council District 6 last year, posted on social media a link to a petition calling to get rid of the city logo.

She wrote in the post, "As a lifelong Austinite and former City Council Member, I believe our identity should reflect our voices. I started this petition because $1.1M on a logo without public input isn’t right."

The petition goes on to call for the city council to put the logo design to a citywide vote, and pause the rollout of the new logo.

At a press conference on Thursday morning, Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax unveiled a new brand logo for the city, which he said is t

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