BeigeJournal

Milwaukee alderman Jim Bohl has sent his spring/summer mailing. Getting prominent billing is a section that starts, “After the U.S. launched Operation Iraqi Freedom, Ald. Bohl spearheaded efforts to provide an official City of Milwaukee flag to soldiers from the Milwaukee-based 440th Airlift Wing, part of the Air Force Reserve, who arrived in the Middle East late last year.” I’m glad they have a Milwaukee flag, although my very first thought was, “Milwaukee has a flag?” Upon reflection, though, I do recall hearing about our flag. There was discussion of changing it, since it features things that no longer exist.

Since not only countries and large internal divisions like states have flags, but also even cities, can I have my own flag? I think the Medical College has its logo on flags. The problem is designing one. I wouldn’t want it to be ugly, like so many around the world. See The world’s flags given latter grades for ratings of national flags.

Also, apparently alderman Bohl is the chair of the “Truancy Abatement Task Force (defunct).” He chairs a defunct task force?