In 2011, the Legislature will confront all sorts of big problems facing the State. This is perhaps the State’s smallest problem but fixing it is easy.
I write this post almost every year and no one listens to me. So I’ll take another bite at the apple here.
Connecticut General Statute Section 1-4 designates the first Monday occurring on or after January 15th as “Martin Luther King Day.”
I think the legislature intended to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and not his father Martin Luther King, Sr. but I could be wrong.
The Federal Holiday is the “Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.” U.S. Code Section 6103(a).
In 2011, the Connecticut General Assembly should honor Martin Luther King Jr. by amending Conn. Gen. Sec. 1-4 to read “Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.”