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MNFlag Research Category

Redesign Process

Concerns about how the new flag was selected, lack of public input, or procedural fairness of the State Emblems Redesign Commission.

18 coded statements · 17 speakers · 7 jurisdictions

This is MNFlag research coding and is not necessarily language used by the speaker. Coding does not imply overall political ideology or motive.

Coded as this category when

  • Criticism of the Commission process
  • Claims the process lacked transparency
  • Process excluded certain viewpoints
  • Allegations of rushed timeline

Not coded as this category when

  • General dislike of the new flag design
  • Preference for the former flag without process critique
  • Arguments about flag symbolism
Verified Evidence

Statements using this category

Direct quotation
“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.”

Ivan Maas · April 28, 2026 · Janesville city · Statement record · View case and source →

Attributed paraphrase

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.

Mary T'Kach · April 27, 2026 · Inver Grove Heights city · Statement record · View case and source →

Attributed paraphrase

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.

David Todd · April 14, 2026 · Plainview city · Statement record · View case and source →

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

Brenda Dietrich · April 13, 2026 · Inver Grove Heights city · Statement record · View case and source →

Direct quotation
“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.”

Tim LaCroix · February 26, 2026 · Champlin city · Statement record · View case and source →

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

Everett Jasmer · February 26, 2026 · Champlin city · Statement record · View case and source →

Direct quotation
“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.”

Malterer · March 5, 2024 · Waseca · Statement record · View case and source →

Direct quotation
“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.”

Doug Christopherson · March 5, 2024 · Waseca · Statement record · View case and source →

Analytical Relationships

Categories appearing alongside this one

These categories appear on some of the same coded statements in MNFlag's database. Co-occurrence reflects multiple themes in a single statement; it does not establish related beliefs, ideology, or motive.