Fort Lauderdale’s mayor is preparing to take on Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Transportation on the Pride crosswalk controversy.

Mayor Dean J. Trantalis said the crosswalks and painted pride flag in question, such as the one near Sebastian Street and A1A, were originally approved by the Florida Department of Transportation, but is now among the crosswalks the department has ordered city officials to remove by Sept. 4.

He said the city will hold a special meeting Wednesday night to address FDOT’s letter.

“What we’ve seen is the LGBTQ+ community taking personal offense to this. I take personal offense to this because while they talk about all street markings whether they’re rainbow colored or not we know they’re trying to camouflage their real intent here to erase an

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