In November of that year the City of Milwaukee's Arts Board said the original search for a new flag wasn't inclusive enough, and that the flag may go back to the drawing board.
(meta data) TITLE: The People's Flag of Milwaukee could be headed back to the drawing board Watch Live Close x Today's Forecast Interactive Radar Hourly Forecast 7-Day Forecast Live Weather Cams Travel Forecast Weather Alerts Weather Kids Local News Project: Drive Sober Summer Like a Rockstar I-Team 2020 Democratic National Convention Positively Milwaukee Call 4 Action Ask the Expert The Now PolitiFact Wisconsin Don't Waste Your Money Submit News Tips Green Bay Packers Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee Bucks Friday Football Frenzy Sports Glance with Lance Photo Galleries Live Newscasts Youtube Channel The Morning Blend Jones Dairy Farm The Blend Gives Back Summer Like a Rockstar TV Listing Community Calendar Pickler and Ben Show Watch NBC Shows About Us Contact Us TV Listings Rosen Nissan Sweepstakes The Morning Blend Gives Back Featured Content NARI Home Pros Summit Granite Stone Design The Blend Gives Back Legal Connection Grow with Melinda Summer Like a Rockstar Jones Dairy Farm Everyday Health Health Connections Conquering Addiction Financial Fitness Your Health Matters Play the TODAY'S TMJ4 News Game Sign InNewsletters Sign OutManage Emails Project: Drive Sober Quick links... Project: Drive Sober Marquette University bans motorized scooters ## Actions # The People's Flag of Milwaukee could be headed back to the drawing board Posted: 9:36 PM, Nov 14, 2018 Updated: 2018-11-15 12:15:07-05 By: Tom Durian, Photojournalist Shaun Farrell The search for the "People's Flag" of Milwaukee could be heading back to the drawing board. The City of Milwaukee's Arts Board said this week that the original search in recent years wasn't inclusive enough. Reno's New Flag Looks Suspiciously Familiar Chairman of the Arts Board Alderman Michael Murphy said of the original search "it was grassroots support. When you look at the very fine details on how the flag was chosen, there could have been a little more outreach specifically with people of color in our community." Steve Kodis, the man behind Milwaukeeflag.com and the biggest supporter of making "Sunrise Over the Lake" the official flag of the city says, "I'm not really sure what doing it again is going to solve." The flag is free for all to use and many organizations including the Milwaukee Brewers have adopted it in some form. "At this point it doesn't really seem to matter, most people already consider it the new flag," Kodis said. There is also concern over the potential cost of starting a new search from the ground up. "There's plenty of other things the city can spend the money on. That's the beauty of the process we went through, it was people's led it was people's funded," said Kodis. Murphy says if the cost goes beyond a few thousand dollars there will be objections. "I would have grave concern if it was very costly. If it comes to a cost where it's cost prohibitive than I would recommend that we not do that," said Murphy. The recommendation from the Arts Board is expected to go before the full council for a vote sometime early next year. Copyright 2018 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ### Project: Drive Sober
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History.:"The People's Flag".
The flag's design is described as follows:
 The rising sun over Lake Michigan symbolizes a new day. The light blue bars in its reflection represent the city's three rivers ... and three founding towns ... . Gold represents our brewing history and white symbolizes peace. The organizers of the contest released the design into the public domain, deciding to let the flag gain popular acceptance before pushing for official recognition.  Since its introduction, the People's Flag has been adopted by local businesses and used on commercial products from bicycles to microbrew labels.   The Milwaukee Brewers sell merchandise featuring a combination of the flag image and their retro "mb ball-in-glove" logo. 
 On July 19, 2018, the Milwaukee Common Council's Steering and Rules Committee took up a proposal to designate the People's Flag of Milwaukee as the city's new official flag. That committee voted 6-2 to revisit the proposal at another meeting by the end of the year.