Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo criticized Metro Monday for removing Montrose’s rainbow crosswalks — potentially unconstitutionally, she said — before officials could counter the state-ordered action.
Metro’s decision to restripe the crosswalks came earlier this month after Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to withhold road funding from any city or county with streets bearing “social, political or ideological messages.”
Hidalgo, in a video posted Monday, said Metro’s action “arguably is unconstitutional” without a vote from the agency’s board of directors backing the decision. She said the public deserves to know who at the local level ordered the crosswalks’ removal, why there was no board vote and what alternatives were available…