[Mr. Bird]

I think it is perfectly fine for local officials to make such decisions based on local conditions. When I visit family in rural Indiana, I am in no way inconvenienced by a slow moving tractor, or a horse-drawn carriage (or a funeral procession, for that matter). However, I better not see either on the Roosevelt Bridge on my way to work.

Is that selfish of me? Absolutely. But the demand for a procession that would incovenience more non-participants than the number of participants is equally selfish.

[DManA]

I think it is perfectly fine for local officials to make such decisions based on local conditions.

I think we should all be able to agree with the above statement. Purely a local issue, purely a local decision.