FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s official: Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has signed off on a plan to honor President Donald Trump by putting his name on the easternmost stretch of Commercial Boulevard. It’s a proposal met with vocal opposition, red-capped enthusiasm and more than one declaration that surely local officials have higher priorities.

By a 3-2 vote, the commission approved the Florida Legislature’s decision last week to put Donald J. Trump’s name on the 0.4-mile stretch of Commercial from West Tradewinds Avenue to Ocean Boulevard.

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