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Delray Beach commissioners rescind plan to pursue FDOT litigation over Pride crosswalk, vote to stop further filings
Summary
After heated debate about home rule, legal risk and costs, the Delray Beach City Commission voted to reconsider an earlier directive to file an Administrative Procedure Act challenge to an FDOT memorandum and then approved a motion to cease further petition filings; commissioners said they will pursue local alternatives to recognize Pride art.
Delray Beach — The Delray Beach City Commission voted Thursday to withdraw the city from further court filings tied to a dispute with the Florida Department of Transportation over a rainbow "Pride" pavement mural, saying the political and legal landscape changed after FDOT removed the artwork.
The commission first voted to reconsider a 3-1 directive adopted at its previous meeting. It then passed a motion to "cease any further petition filings in court concerning the FDOT noncompliance matter with their Bridal Crosswalk," effectively ending plans to proceed on its own with an Administrative Procedure Act challenge while leaving open coordination with other cities that have already filed petitions.
The moves followed more than three hours of heated discussion and public comment about home rule, the scope and likelihood of legal success, and potential financial exposure if the city pursued litigation. Mayor Kearney said the way FDOT removed the pavement art was "an overreach" but urged caution about committing municipal funds to a long legal fight.
City Attorney Lynn (last name on file with the City Attorney's office) told the…
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