Delray Beach agrees to join other cities in challenging Florida’s street-art ban
After workers covered Delray Beach’s LGBTQ+ pride intersection in black paint, outraged city officials agreed Tuesday night to file a petition to challenge the legality of the state’s orders to remove street art.
Delray would be the latest city to do so. Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach also have filed similar challenges in recent days, arguing that the Florida Department of Transportation did not go through a legally-required rule-making process.
“All I want is our day in court. I don’t feel that we’ve had that, and I can’t look at this and feel like I’m really working on behalf of the residents without asking for our day in court whenever they come in and do something like this,” Delray Beach Vice Mayor Rob Long said during Tuesday night’s meeting. “This is extremely disrespectful, and it’s illegal.”