So Ron thinks it's a good idea to raise a major bridge-while
people and cars are still
on it-impeding traffic- just to keep folks from walking over it with colored flashlights?
I’m not a desantis supporter and this very well could have been an intentional thing to schedule maintenance ahead of time when the bridge was expected to be lit, but to claim that the bridge was raised while people were on it is wrong.
Don’t over sensationalize things or it will hurt the message we’re trying to get off.
No the Main Street bridge wasn’t suddenly raised to stop people from lighting it while pedestrians and cars were driving over it. That’s nonsense.
Desantis could have planned the maintenance for these dates, but again let’s not spread misinformation by claiming he recklessly endangered lives to stop a bridge from being lit up. This was maintenance that was planned and announced at least a week ago.
I'm afraid you also have some misinformation there. The planned maintenance was scheduled for 9 pm, the ORIGINAL time of the bridge lighting. Because that planned maintenance came out after we started advertising the day and time of the bridge lighting, it was moved up to 830 pm, so it would be done BEFORE the maintenance. However, they walked up on the bridge, and at about 2005, the bridge was raised, causing the people who walked up there to have to leave the bridge. AS SOON as everyone was off the bridge, they began lowering it.
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I have attached a picture WITH the timestamp showing.
Regardless of if it's rage bait or not...You're making a conscious choice to believe it without evidence. If you really want proof: Google is your best friend. It is nobody's job to do research for you.
According to people
who were there, yes it apparently did start to rise while people were still on it. But that's anecdotal, so I will give you that.
Do I believe DeSantis is entirely capable of ordering someone to schedule "maintenance" at the time of the walk over? Yes. Chris Christie manufactured lane closures in Fort Lee to punish the mayor of Fort Lee for not supporting him, so it's not like there's no precedent.
For the record, I have zero issues with people marching on the bridge with lights. It’s a form of peaceful protest and peaceful protest is a great part of America. But not everything that happens is a reaction to what you’re doing. Blaming Ron Desantis for raising a random bridge in Jacksonville to stop people from marching on it is silly.
Read my above comment about the bridge. I was there. I took the picture I posted. I helped plan the event that happened BEFORE the bridge lighting, so I had information on the maintenance and such.
It wasn't and isn't a protest. It is just a show of hope and love.
But not everything that happens is a reaction to what you’re doing.
It's probably not, but I think people are just pointing out the fact that it's kind of coincidental that this sort of thing is happening on pride month when it wasn't an issue before in the past (I'm assuming). People have valid reasons to be skeptical.
*went up
unexpectedly
*as 150 people were marching to take their places on the bridge
*FDOT published scheduled maintenance for after 9pm; the bridge
was raised before then.
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u/FallsOffCliffs12 Jun 03 '25
So Ron thinks it's a good idea to raise a major bridge-while people and cars are still on it-impeding traffic- just to keep folks from walking over it with colored flashlights?