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maxsolomon

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4. Don't understand how demolishing a crosswalk on a Miami street is in DeSantis' power.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:42 PM

7 hrs ago

It should be under Miami Dept of Transportation's purview.

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Here's how:

The crosswalk’s removal comes after FDOT ordered local governments, including Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Key West, to remove pavement art “associated with social, political, or ideological messages” — or risk losing state funding.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article312394535.html

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Republican War On Rainbows [View all] bigtree 9 hrs ago OP

Stop the world, I'm getting out of this mad house! Dave Bowman 9 hrs ago #1

Sigh, the war on art deco? Can't anything just be nice? questionseverything 9 hrs ago #2

How it came to be. progressoid 9 hrs ago #3

Don't understand how demolishing a crosswalk on a Miami street is in DeSantis' power. maxsolomon 7 hrs ago #4

I bet if they replaced the rainbow tiles with MAGA symbols, it'd be quite allright. TheRickles 7 hrs ago #5

In theory, no it wouldn't maxsolomon 7 hrs ago #6

Just paint it back. OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #7