Miami Beach leaders are set to meet Thursday afternoon after the Florida Department of Transportation has ordered municipalities to remove pavement art related to social, political or ideological messages or risk losing state funding.

A battle over rainbow crosswalks is underway in the sunshine state and now its Miami Beach’s turn to join the fight before their crosswalk at the intersection of Ocean Drive and 12th Street could be painted over.

The majority of the public has advocated against the new mandate to remove the painted Pride flag and other street art and a Wednesday night meeting in Fort Lauderdale was no different as dozens of people packed the meeting and pleaded with city leaders to join in on the pushback.

“You can’t take those colors away,” a woman said during the public

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