Can South Carolina fix its state flag? What color blue? What design of tree?

COLUMBIA — South Carolina has just two symbols on its 157-year-old state flag — a palmetto tree and a crescent — but no one seems to know what they are supposed to look like.

Check out flags at government buildings around the state and see how the palmetto trees come in different shapes — trunks ranging from lanky to squat — and crescents appearing in different widths.

That has bothered Newberry political consultant Scott Malyerck, who started the Facebook page PickSCFlag last year. He encouraged Statehouse lawmakers to introduce legislation to choose a uniform state flag design. He got his first chance to pitch his flag ideas Wednesday.

Without state guidelines, Malyerck told a panel of senators the design of the flag should not be decided by a manufacturer who wins state contracts to supply flags. Currently, the state has five vendors where government agencies can buy flags.

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