I probably should just bite my tongue, but I'm just not that smart...
Fact is, I don't much care for either logo, the current or the proposed. Both artists are clearly skilled in ways that I am not, so I'm not trying to detract from the artists on this basis.
One thing that I find interesting about logos, advertisements, trade marks and etc. is how often they are only legible to the people who authored them. Often the meaning behind the elements of the rendering are so obscure that no connection to what's being represented can be discerned.
I see this often on roadside billboards, print that is too small to read from the car, images and colors that don't show up well even with good lighting, poorly chosen fonts that just don't show up well.
