Why cancel Columbus Day parade but keep King parade?

January 19, 2010

Why is it that Baltimore canceled the Columbus Day parade last year, ending the longest continuing running Columbus Day parade in the nation due to a lack of available funds, yet the Martin Luther King Jr. parade went on as scheduled? If private funds weren't used to pay the entire cost of yesterday's parade, then I think the city administration needs to provide an explanation to Baltimore's Italian community.

Larry Curcio, Calverton

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