Tampaâs flag is still bad. Thereâs a new campaign to change it. New designs for a Tampa city flag are appearing under #fixourflag. Â Updated Feb. 19 Speculative designs for a new City of Tampa flag are appearing online after Tampa-based creative agency Tack United issued a public challenge for submissions. Tampaâs often-ridiculed current flag, designed by an accountant and âofficially acceptedâ by Mayor D.B. McKay in 1930, has long been mocked by flag enthusiasts and graphic artists who say it breaks nearly every rule of good design, especially those laid out in a viral 2015 Ted Talk titled âWhy City Flags May Be the Worst-Designed Thing Youâve Never Noticed.â