Milwaukee, WI
Not one but two proposed Milwaukee flag designs will be before the Common Council. How would you vote?
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This story was updated to add new information.
A Milwaukee alderman’s push to have the People’s Flag of Milwaukee become the official city flag will go before the Common Council Tuesday — but one of his colleagues has added a wrinkle.
Milwaukee Ald. Robert Bauman on Thursday said in a statement that he’d be introducing another option, one that modifies the “Sunrise Over the Lake” image on the People’s Flag by inserting City Hall into the center.
Over the summer, new Ald. Peter Burgelis revived the debate over changing the Milwaukee flag with his argument that the depiction of the sun rising over Lake Michigan has been organically adopted across the community.
Last week, the Common Council’s Steering and Rules Committee recommended Burgelis’ legislation on a 5-3 vote. Now, it goes to the full council.
We want to know which city flag you like best — the current one, the People’s Flag or the People’s Flag with City Hall. You can vote in our survey and we’ll report back with the results:
Alison Dirr can be reached at adirr@jrn.com.