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Seattle Turns Crosswalks Into Political Statements

Chase Stephens
Seattle Turns Crosswalks Into Political Statements

Seattle is known as The Emerald City with a motto that reads, “The City of Goodwill” —and frankly nothing causes more goodwill and unity then using tax dollars to repaint perfectly good crosswalks with themes that reflect the “cultural heritage” of some of the people who live in each neighborhood. Yeah, that’s way more important than fixing potholes.

Seattle began installing a crosswalk with Pan-African colors in the Central District in March. Now, it’s working on 10 more “diversity”-celebrating sidewalks in the neighborhood.

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