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Under provisions of a bill signed earlier this year by Gov. JB Pritzker, the Illinois Flag Commission will be tasked with deciding not only whether or not the state’s flag needs to be replaced, but on what design it will ultimately recommend as the new banner.
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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How does the state’s flag impact citizens?
With all the problems facing both MN and IL, couldn’t they find a better use of state resources?
Stupid, just stupid.
Serious suggestions: use the colors blue, orange and green in some fashion — blue and orange for the U of I, plus blue for waterways, and green/orange for agriculture; incorporate the Chicago stars in some way (the Chicago flag is genuinely iconic in a way that the current Illinois state flag just isn’t); include some symbol of Lincoln.
Snarky suggestion: include a cannabis leaf, one-eyed bandit and fetus in a circle/slash to symbolize our new major industries: recreational pot, gambling and abortion.
Will the flag be in Spanish, African or a mixture of both?
Squeezy the Python better be on the new flag!
The only words needed on the flag are:
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here