Nebraska flag, flying upside down at State Capitol without notice, may get redesign

Nebraska State Sen. Burke Harr is pushing for a redesign of his state's flag because, well, it sucks. From the Omaha World-Herald:

For 10 days, the state flag, which is hoisted over the State Capitol's west side when lawmakers are in session, flew upside down.

"Nobody noticed it," State Sen. Burke Harr told members of the Legislature's Executive Board. "It took someone drawing it to my attention before it was changed..."

An effort in 2002 to develop a new flag design with the public's help, however, died after critics called it a blow to the state's heritage.

Harr brushed off criticism from earlier this month that the state has more pressing issues to deal with, saying that the lawmakers can take a look at the state flag while addressing the looming budget deficit, the troubled Department of Correctional Services and other areas of concern.

"We can walk and chew gum at the same time," he said.

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