ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Pete City Council Member is proposing the city fly two new flags at city facilities during appropriate times of the year.
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Council Member Gina Driscoll has proposed two new city flag variations
The flags are called the harmony flag and the history flag
The proposal will be discussed at the next St. Pete City Council meeting
They feature the city seal laid over the progressive pride rainbow and Black history colors.
Council Member Gina Driscoll said the idea for the variations came from out of state.
“I got the idea from some action that was taken earlier this year in Salt Lake City,” she said.
The flags are called the harmony flag and the history flag.
This proposal comes after the rainbow street mural and “Black History Matters” mural were covered by the state.
However, Driscoll said she’s had this idea for a while.
“It hurt a lot of people,” she said. “Maybe these flags won’t fix everything, but I think it can bring a new sense of what St. Petersburg means to the people that live here.”
Spectrum News reached out to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office to find out how they feel about this proposal.
They sent a statement that said, “There is already a flag that recognizes ‘all people,’ it’s called the Florida Flag.”
Spectrum also reached out to the artist who designed the flags, Andrea Pawlisz.
She sent this statement: “It was important to design these flags to continue to recognize all the people and to validate artists as a part of this city that we call the city of arts.”
This is on the agenda at the next St. Pete City Council meeting.
The meeting is on Thursday and begins at 3 p.m.