2 • The Multnomah Village Post
September 2007
EDITORIAL
Jawana take your transvestite selves someplace else?
The Multnomah Village Post
Every year since we have lived in
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area we have made it a point to
Portland,
OR 97219 Days festival.
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watch
parade (we used to walk to
it without dog), and visit the various
street and village vendors, which
seem to grow greater in number every
year.
It is a great, “local” day, a festival
aimed at families—the spectators of
the parade seem mostly that—AND it
is that parade that causes us to write:
It was grossly abuses this year by one
of the entries.
We welcomed the apparent decision
to remove “politics” from the festival,
especially the more aggressive
persons and groups we encountered
in recent years, though one non-
cooperator did manage to crash the
parade restrictions.
That was simply rude, inconsiderate
and we hope it does not happen again,
but that entry offends only those
who don’t agree with the message;
many do.
What was completely unacceptable
for a mostly family-intended and
family-attended venue, however,
was
the
parade
entry
from
“Jawana,” a crude group celebrating
transvestitism, an entry that surely
caused many a parent to wish he
or she had not brought children to
the event.
With innocent groups participating
in the parade from churches, schools,
community groups, businesses, etc.,
that form of “adult” behavior has
no place in a venue that seeks family
involvement.
If we sponsored a business or group
entry in the parade, we surely would
not re-enter without a commitment
from the event organizers to ban such
“adult” entertainment from the day’s
events, especially the parade. We
hope groups that DO sponsor entries
take such a position.
Wilson senior pranksters
planted flowers for peace
Your anonymous letter writer
uttering disgust at the anti-peace
Wilson principal spoke for many of
us [“All we are saying is give peace a
chance,” July 2007]. Imagine young
people in these wretched times
expressing their enthusiasm for peace
and being punished for it.
The mind boggles at how much the
authorities are getting away with. The
anonymous writer needs to know
that 93 percent of the people on my
block would have contempt for the
principal. Today’s youth deserve
better.
Arthur and Suzy Henry
Southwest Portland
Editor’s Note: When shown a copy
of this letter, Ty Steinbach, owner
of Thinker Toys, and co-organizer of
the Multnomah Days Festival and
Parade had no official comment. But
after some cajoling by this editor,
Steinbach admitted that parade
organizers accept all entrants. “The
‘Jawana’ group I believe was formed
specifically for the Parade and has
appeared the past 10 years.” (Post
Gail Jacobson
Southwest Portland
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