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      Mitch DeSantis
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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Tagged People’s Flag

Oh no, Milwaukee might create a task force to possibly come up with ANOTHER new flag

Matt Wild
June 18, 2025
It's been nearly a year since the Milwaukee Common Council talked about, got angry about, and ultimately did nothing about the nearly decade-old issue of replacing the city's official, 1950s-era flag with the s...

Common Council keeps Milwaukee flag debate in limbo, congratulates Juvenile

Matt Wild
October 15, 2024
The nearly decade-long debate about Milwaukee's city flag stayed true to its history and went nowhere on Tuesday. The Milwaukee Common Council, having previously held the matter of whether or not to make the so...

Divided and tired Common Council votes to…keep talking about the “People’s Flag”

Matt Wild
September 24, 2024
Tired of talking about flags? Tired of talking about the so-called "People's Flag of Milwaukee"? Tired of talking about whether or not the "People's Flag" should be the official flag of Milwaukee? You're not al...

Committee votes in favor of adopting “People’s Flag of Milwaukee” as official City flag

Matt Wild
September 9, 2024
On Monday, following a lengthy discussion and some testy exchanges, the Milwaukee Common Council's Steering and Rules Committee voted 5-3 in favor of adopting the so-called "People's Flag of Milwaukee" as the o...

Steering and Rules Committee to consider adoption of new City flag Monday

Press Release
September 6, 2024
Steering and Rules Committee to consider adoption of new City flag Monday On Monday, September 9, the Common Council’s Steering and Rules Committee will consider file #240407 – a resolution relating to the ado...

Let’s argue about the flag (again) at these “Flag Roadshow” events

Matt Wild
August 13, 2024
In case you missed it, Milwaukee is currently partying like it's 2016 by reviving the ol' "Milwaukee flag" debate. In July, Alderman Peter Burgelis unveiled plans to adopt the so-called "People's Flag of Mil...

New City flag is long overdue, and the process to get a new one starts today

Press Release
July 2, 2024
New City flag is long overdue, and the process to get a new one starts today Statement of Alderman Peter Burgelis July 2, 2024 Since 1955, Milwaukee has flown a city flag that was designed not by an artist, ...

It’s official: Milwaukee flag drama will continue until the end of time (maybe)

Matt Wild
February 14, 2019
It's time to admit that Milwaukee's search for a new flag will never end. Like Star Wars, Ghostbusters, or the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Milwaukee flag and the debate surrounding it is a multi-media franch...

Happy Flag Day! Here’s a diamond pendant that kind of looks like Milwaukee’s boring unofficial flag

Tyler Maas
June 14, 2018
Happy Flag Day! As regular readers of this site probably know, this important patriotic holiday also doubles as the official birthday for Milwaukee's unofficial new flag. Exactly two years ago, the winner of th...
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