With Gov. Greg Abbott’s final term as governor coming to an end, support is building for returning rainbow-colored Pride crosswalks to Texas streets.
After Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa trounced Abbott in last week’s historic gubernatorial election, some hope she’ll reverse the outgoing Republican governor’s directive threatening to strip transportation funds from cities that don’t remove “ideological messages” from their streets.
In Dallas, City Councilman Chad West urged city officials to reach out to Hinojosa to roll back Abbott’s order. Dallas removed both its Pride and Black Lives Matter crosswalks under threat of losing state transportation funding…