DFQC Makes Appearance in St. Patrick’s Day Parade
by Caroline Vernon
In spite
of freezing temperatures, on Saturday, March 12th, some of our local
DFQC members made our presence known by marching in the Quad Cities
annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Davenport.
Molly
Regan and Alta Price organized the event and made signs to carry on
behalf of DFQC and Blog for Iowa. Due to the loss of a loved one, Molly
was unable to participate Saturday – our prayers go out to Molly and
her family. Five other members participated, just enough to carry the
most important signs: Democracy for the Quad Cities was created
in colors reflective of the Irish flag with two Shamrocks on either end
advertising BlogforIowa.com.
DFQC Members in St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Chuck, Eric, Tom, Elesha and Alta
The
participants included Alta Price, Chuck Galer (Scott County
Coordinator), Elesha Gayman (one of the two Iowa Dean delegates, who
will be running for Iowa State Rep), her brother, Eric, and Tom
Frischie.
Alta
indicated how much fun they had even though it would have been better
if it weren’t so cold. She also said, “I'm not sure anyone had a clue
what we're about, but murmurs of ‘Blog for Iowa?’ could be heard from
the crowd.”
The next time we’re in a parade, we hope to have enough people to carry more signs with specific messages such as: Fight for Fiscally Responsible Progressive Candidates & Issues.
Thank you to all those who participated in the parade and for braving the elements on behalf of DFQC and Blog for Iowa!
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