An edict by Governor Doug Ducey caused Williams to cancel the annual Independence Day Parade. But there sure was a lot of traffic downtown this evening. I believe they were throwing a little tea.

OpEd by Glen Davis

WILLIAMS – INDEPENDENCE DAY — The Williams Independence Day parade was cancelled by an arbitrary edict of a tyrannical government in Phoenix ordering the cancellation of any celebrating of the day we threw off the chains of a tyrannical government that issued arbitrary and tyrannical edicts on the colonists. A move that, no doubt, please the Chinese government no end.

That means the Williams Independence Day parade was cancelled by City Hall. Although we understand Eager flat-out defied the arbitrary edict.
But there sure was a long traffic tie-up down Route 66 In Williams this evening beginning about 6 p.m. to about 6:30 p.m. The traffic was so heavy that it stretched from Monument Park on the west end of town all the way past First Street. Many of the vehicles were carrying American Flags. The traffic was so bad that some people tried to assist by marching with the vehicle carrying flags. There were tow trucks from Murphy’s Towing in Ash Fork involved in case anyone got stuck. Fortunately they were here. The Williams Police Department had to help clear up the traffic jam; the likes Williams has not seen in some time.The major traffic-jam was witnessed by a lot of visitors and residents of Williams.

If there had been a parade, I guess it would have turned out to be a disaster.

You know, I could swear I caught a waft of tea in the air.