Why is it that Baltimore canceled the Columbus Day parade last year, ending the longest continuing running Columbus Day parade in the nation due to a lack of available funds, yet the Martin Luther King Jr. parade went on as scheduled? If private funds weren't used to pay the entire cost of yesterday's parade, then I think the city administration needs to provide an explanation to Baltimore's Italian community.

Larry Curcio, Calverton

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