If you’ve been following along, you know the story.
A perfectly poured, fully compliant, taxpayer-funded sidewalk in Midtown Tallahassee — that doesn’t connect to anything.
Not a mistake. Not temporary. Required.
So we did what any reasonable person would do.
We wrote a song about it.
Introducing The Red Tape Ramblers — a new (and possibly recurring) musical experiment from Red Tape Florida, turning real-world examples of local government dysfunction into something a little more… listenable.
“Sidewalk to Nowhere” is based on a real project on Gadsden Street, where a developer was required to build a short stretch of sidewalk that leads nowhere, adding cost, delay, and exactly zero public benefit.
It’s funny. It’s absurd. And it’s also the point.
Because this is how it works — not in theory, but in practice.
Give it a listen below.
And if you’ve seen something like this in your own community, send it our way. There’s a good chance it ends up in the next track.