The City Council’s lone conservatives on Wednesday criticized the city’s decision to replace North Main Avenue’s rainbow-colored crosswalks with colorful sidewalks in the colors of the Pride and transgender flags.
District 9 Councilwoman Misty Spears and District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte said in a joint news release that “public money should not be used for individual viewpoints.”
The city will spend about $170,000 of Public Works Department dollars for both the installation of the sidewalk art and the removal of the rainbow crosswalks, which have been in place at the intersection of North Main and East Evergreen Street since 2018. The city is returning the crosswalks to standard black-and-white striping to comply with a directive from Gov. Greg Abbott…