Does this seem ironic to anyone else? The Provo "Freedom" Festival Parade has had a years long policy of only allowing elected officials to officially be in the parade - excluding challenging opponents. You can see the Desnews article regarding Congressional Candidate Karen Hyer's argument for why she should be allowed to participate here.
I'll be supporting Congressman Chaffetz so this particular race isn't the issue for me. The issue is - It's the FREEDOM Festival for crying out loud! Why not let any and all challengers in? Free and fair elections is key to what makes us free. Why not celebrate that? Why be exclusive? I can't think of another city or community-based parade that refuses to allow challengers (maybe the Days of 47?) to walk and wave and kiss as many babies as possible along the way.
Come on Provo. Let them in!
I guess some parades are more free than others.
