Soooo, what's the story on this puke?
Local Democratic Party precinct chairman? Ward heeler? Liberal NGO "cause person"?
If he doesn't want "politics on Main Street", can he and the rest of them demonstrate to everyone's satisfaction that not one congresscritter or state assemblyman has marched down that Main Street during a July Fourth parade since 1791?
I'm sure their streets are just politically virginal, right?
The bottom line is that this is a guy who lives off of the public teat. In fairness, as a cop, I’m also on the Town payroll. The difference is that I’ve bled in the course of doing my job...
Nantucket residents make most of their yearly revenue from tourism during the summer months. July 4th is probably just being protected to minimize any impact on tourism. The town boards usually won’t support anything which could impact tourism -unless they get a cut.