Not really; they wanted him to abide by rules he thought were unfair...they wouldn’t let him march unless he attended their MANDATORY meetings.
Just like HE had rules for the parade that they had to abide by...
That’s a pretty weak argument. The “mandatory rule” he’s complaining about is attending an information meeting? Every parade I’ve ever been involved with has required representatives from each group in the parade to attend a mandatory info session. Like the original poster said, they called his bluff - this info session stuff is just Donohue’s (pretty weak) attempt to save some face here.
The rule was he had to attend an indoctrination seminar.
Could have been fun. Could have turned it into ( even more) of a farce.
Could have been material for a great column.