In Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass cancelled a Fourth of July parade in Sunland-Tujunga, in the foothills of the San Fernando Valley, a 50-year tradition. City officials suggested organizers move the event to a different date. “The mayor’s office jerked us around for so long,” Neighborhood Council President Lydia Grant said. “All the ICE protests, now they don’t have money.”
In Rutland, Massachusetts, a hotbed of patriotic fervor during the American Revolution, the annual celebration — parade, concert and fireworks — has been cancelled. Officials cited inadequate police and fire staffing. “Inexcusable,” Executive Director of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance Paul Craney said. Craney has asked the state attorney general to investigate what happened to the town’s donations.
