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About last night
Friday, Aug 14, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller By Barton Lorimor Email | @bartonlorimor * My family and I marched in the Twilight Parade. There were a TON of people at the Fairgrounds taking in the parade and the preview. Here are some of the videos I took… Jenny and I thought Robin, who is 14 months now, would throw a bunch of waves and blow kisses as she is prone to do during our walks through the park. No dice… Oh well. You can’t tell kids anything. Related…
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- state fair boy - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 8:54 am:
Let them eat corn dogs and drink shake ups.
- Oh Yeah - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 9:18 am:
Any word on how many state workers walked with the Governor? Just curious.
- Norseman - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 9:41 am:
=== Amanda Vinicky @AmandaVinicky 15h 15 hours ago
Governor Rauner just told one man on the route “I’m working for you.”
“No you’re not,” the guy said. “You’re working for the Koch brothers.” ===
That’s a winner. Give that man a kewpie doll.
- Louis G. Atsaves - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 9:43 am:
My first Twilight Parade as a participant. It was a blast! This parade pretty much blows away any other parade I’ve ever been a part of. Congratulations to the organizers, the Fair (Dept. of Agriculture) and City of Springfield.
This “out of towner” was seriously impressed! Well done!
- Tournaround Agenda - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 9:55 am:
I’ve never been to the State Fair. Maybe I’ll go if I ever have kids.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 10:07 am:
Barton,
You’re a good man. Thanks for the video and letting us all “inside”, talking about the beauty of sharing a moment with your daughter. Cool stuff. In reality, the parade and the fair, they are about those moments more than anything else.
Thanks.
- Anonymous - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 10:12 am:
To answer your question on how many state workers walked with the Governor. 6. The six troopers assigned to his detail.
- Mama - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 10:37 am:
Your daughter is adorable. Thanks for sharing your video.
- Bemused - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 11:37 am:
The wife and I were inside the fairgrounds as the parade came thru. The Governors group seemed a bit small with very few wearing his “Turnaround” t-shirts.
Not sure where LSA was at but the parade got pretty disorganized as it came past us. Lots of gaps between groups and the crowd walking in the parade route. Was hard to tell the end of the parade. I think a group of military re-enactors brought up the rear but with the crowd so intermixed it was hard to tell.
- Amalia - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 11:41 am:
big aw, isn’t she adorable…and smart too. acting her own part!
- anon - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 11:49 am:
Hahaha, that is pretty funny, working for the Koch Bros.
Was the guy wearing a beater and holding a Stag beer?
- Thoughts Matter - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 11:49 am:
I think I remember that the people that desired to walk with the governor had about an hour to sign up and couldn’t just show up?
- illini - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 12:49 pm:
So how many people actually did show up to walk with our Governor? Was Slip and Sue there?
- LINK - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 1:39 pm:
Illini,
I think that she might be phohibited from walking any distance due to her nickname…just saying.
- illini - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 2:04 pm:
LINK - great come back!
- Mama - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 5:08 pm:
++- Tournaround Agenda - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 9:55 am:++ You do not need to have kids to enjoy the state fair. There is lots of events for adults to enjoy. Don’t take my word for it. Check it out.