By Scott Farrell
PoHo contributor
Scott Farrell is the host of The Scott Farrell Show weeknights from 9 – 11 pm on NewsTalk AM 820 WWBA.
For the past few days we have been bombarded by reports in local print and tv media about the terrible conduct at this past Gasparilla Day Parade. Don’t believe the hype.
The latest numbers available estimate that 350,000 people attended the day parade on the afternoon of Feb. 7. Local police agencies report that 141 arrests were made in connection with the parade. That’s not a lot when you consider more than one-quarter of a million people were jammed into the three-mile parade route. As to the the local residents who spent their past Saturday videotaping various examples of debauchery in their neighborhood – assuming they are not videotaping for their own prurient pursuits – their claims are valid.
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