By Kevin Haas
Rockford Register Star
Posted Aug. 11, 2014 @ 5:15 pm
Updated at 11:18 PM
ROCKFORD — Aldermen voted Monday to authorize the Labor Day parade to march through downtown Rockford again this year after organizers warned they may hold festivities elsewhere.
City Council members voted 9-2 to approve a permit needed for the Labor Day parade that’s three weeks away. Aldermen Venita Hervey and Ann Thompson-Kelly voted against. The vote came after nearly a half hour of debate.
Aldermen balked at approving the permit last week after some objected to the $100 fee politicians are charged to march and the requirement that participants have a union sponsor in order to join the parade. Council members decided to send the issue back for committee review in hopes parade organizers may drop the fee and sponsorship requirement. But those requirements stayed and organizers warned a lack of support from the City Council could force them to hold the parade elsewhere.
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