BrikoX@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 15 days agoRainbow crosswalk outside Florida Pulse nightclub where 49 LGBT+ people were killed is removed overnight on Trump’s orderswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkRainbow crosswalk outside Florida Pulse nightclub where 49 LGBT+ people were killed is removed overnight on Trump’s orderswww.independent.co.ukBrikoX@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
DeSantis administration’s removal of memorial crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub is ‘cruel’ and ‘callous,’ Orlando mayor says
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·15 days agoWhy would state officials even be doing anything on city streets? Orlando should just treat it as vandalism and repaint it.
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 days agoBecause Orange Ave, the street the crosswalk is parallel to, is a state road and falls under FLDOT, so the crosswalk is likely part of their jurisdiction rather than a city street, sadly.
Why would state officials even be doing anything on city streets? Orlando should just treat it as vandalism and repaint it.
Because Orange Ave, the street the crosswalk is parallel to, is a state road and falls under FLDOT, so the crosswalk is likely part of their jurisdiction rather than a city street, sadly.