Redesign Process

“Maas: the new flag wasn't put in place properly. The citizens were allowed the opportunity to design a new flag, they kind of picked their top winner, and then it went back into committee and was changed severely.”

If the council votes to adopt the old flag, we're sending a message that we are not a united part of the state of Minnesota. The imagery on the old flag is a reminder of historical oppression and forced displacement of Indigenous communities.

Plainview council members who voted to fly the old flag felt the committee that adopted the new flag didn't represent the overall opinion of folks statewide.

“While change can be inevitable, the public reaction to the new Minnesota flag so far has been overwhelmingly negative and underwhelmingly accepted.”

“I am disappointed that the Legislature took the approach that… didn't put this to the Legislature, didn't put it to the people, and kept it to a committee of whether it's 11 or 12 ... calling the process poorly designed.”

“That flag was forced upon the people of this state by a communist trifecta in our state house.”

“How do you pick a new state flag in less than a year? It takes four years to build a jail, and you can pick a new state flag that you can have for 150 years in nine months? That's part of my concern.”

“I talked to Michael a little bit about it yesterday, and we wanted to bring it up today and (ask if) we want to send a letter to our Legislature with a statement that we don't think the process was followed properly.”