regarding TxDOT\u2019s most recent decision<\/a>. <\/p>\n\u201cI understand the item is not on agenda today, but I know many of you must have heard the unfortunate news that we got from the state about having to take action on the crosswalk,\u201d Kaur said on Tuesday night. \u201cThat being said, I really want to get ideas from the community, and from the board, on what else that we could do.\u201d <\/p>\n
Kaur alluded to a city staff plan to paint sidewalks with the pride and transgender flags. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we want the community to know is we want to do even more,\u201d Kaur said. \u201cSo, this is our first step to make sure that there is still the (pride and transgender) flag represented on the streets of San Antonio and the first-ever cultural heritage district that represents the LGBTQ+ community in the state, which will stay in effect. That cannot be removed, but we want to do more.\u201d <\/p>\n
During the meeting\u2019s public comment section, some members of the city\u2019s LGBTQ+ community expressed their frustrations with local and state government regarding the rainbow crosswalks. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe anticipated that Gina Ortiz Jones would win the (San Antonio mayoral) election. And we began seeking, long before the election, meeting with her to discuss, specifically, the crosswalks that would ultimately become the Pride Cultural Heritage District,\u201d one speaker said. \u201cSince the election, we reached out to her and her staff to schedule such a meeting, and we\u2019ve been met with nothing. Silence.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cI have spent so much of my life, far too much, standing at microphones, telling people who actually have power, to use that power. To stand up to authoritarian governments,\u201d another speaker said. \u201cI\u2019m just a regular person. I shouldn\u2019t have to be here talking about this. But they (state and federal governments) come for the crosswalks and then they have precedent to start coming after everything else. That\u2019s always the way that it\u2019s been.\u201d <\/p>\n
Echoing Kaur\u2019s earlier comments, the advisory board also said it will seek \u201ccommunity input with regard to the crosswalks.\u201d <\/p>\n
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