Sanders, Giffords, Parkland students not coming; gun-opposition rally in Excelsior canceled

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By Tim Engstrom [e-mail] 13 hrs ago

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EXCELSIOR — A parade and rally to oppose gun violence — slated to happen Aug. 18 on Lake Street and at Commons Park in Excelsior — has been canceled.

And Bernie Sanders, a likely 2020 presidential candidate, will not be coming, organizers say.

Nancy Nord Bence, executive director of Protect Minnesota, said assurances were given to the Excelsior City Council that crowd sizes would remain manageable, around 2,000 or 3,000 people, and Sanders could have attracted around 10,000. She wants to maintain those assurances.

When city leaders read the story in the July 19 print edition of the Lakeshore Weekly News story that Sanders and former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were slated to attend, they again raised concerns about crowd size.

Nord Bence agreed with them. She withdrew the application.

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