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August 22, 2008
Gay Pride Parade Goes Forward, Vet Parade Nixed
Posted by Dave Blount at August 22, 2008 10:39 AM
Last year 3,000 vets who served in wars from World War II through Afghanistan marched proudly through Doncaster, England on Veterans Day. Not this year though: city officials deep-sixed their parade.
Reports Ken Wood, a Gulf War vet and district secretary of the Royal British Legion:
One of our Legion members spoke to an official at the civic offices who told him we couldn't have a parade this year because the council did not have the amenities.
I rang the official and she effectively told me the police couldn't afford the staff to block off the roads. It's crazy, I went on the parade last year and only saw two community bobbies stopping the traffic.
Strangely, amenities sufficed for a gay pride parade last Sunday, and a civic parade featuring local bureaucretins and "community workers" a few weeks ago.
Amenities materialize for the right kind of parade.
On a tip from LT Nixon.
