We were checking out the Town Council’s new web site and found out they’ve got a contest going on they didn’t tell us about: choosing a flag for Altadena.
Now, none of the choices are terribly inspiring — generally variations of a white field with the town seal in the middle and eight gold stars in some arrangement, like the example to your right. The one with the sage-colored field seems to be ahead right now.
You have until Nov. 18 to vote, but that got us to thinking: the town seal, while it’s been around since Hector was a pup, more or less, needs something, too. The deodar cedar and golden poppy are appropriate, we think, but maybe it needs something more up-to-date: purple sage for Zane Grey, perhaps. Or an image of the library. A naked Zorthian nymph. A large RV that somebody living in Pasadena stores on Altadena Drive and moves every three days to avoid a ticket. Maybe a food truck?
What do you think the Altadena flag and city seal should look like? Comment away!
UPDATE 8:45 AM: Apparently we found this out BEFORE the official announcement (we LOVE it when we do that!). The official press release from Town Council is after the jump.
by Timothy Rutt
Now, none of the choices are terribly inspiring — generally variations of a white field with the town seal in the middle and eight gold stars in some arrangement, like the example to your right. The one with the sage-colored field seems to be ahead right now.
You have until Nov. 18 to vote, but that got us to thinking: the town seal, while it’s been around since Hector was a pup, more or less, needs something, too. The deodar cedar and golden poppy are appropriate, we think, but maybe it needs something more up-to-date: purple sage for Zane Grey, perhaps. Or an image of the library. A naked Zorthian nymph. A large RV that somebody living in Pasadena stores on Altadena Drive and moves every three days to avoid a ticket. Maybe a food truck?
What do you think the Altadena flag and city seal should look like? Comment away!
UPDATE 8:45 AM: Apparently we found this out BEFORE the official announcement (we LOVE it when we do that!). The official press release from Town Council is after the jump.