Delray Beach wants the Florida Department of Transportation’s chief engineer tasked with deciding the fate of the city’s Pride rainbow crosswalk to disqualify herself from the role, arguing that email exchanges between her and other FDOT officials show bias against the city.

Last month, FDOT demanded that Delray Beach remove its LGTBQ+ Pride intersection at Northeast Second Avenue and Northeast First Street by Sept. 3 because it violates the state’s traffic control device standards. If the city didn’t comply , the Aug. 15 letter said the state would remove it for them, and the city would still have to pay the bill.

Rather than immediately complying, Delray Beach commissioners chose instead to attend an informal hearing with FDOT in Orlando, one day before the deadline to remove the c

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