Dreaming or Woke?

By John Labriola - The City of Inverness' decision to turn its annual observance of Martin Luther King Day from a one-day celebration into a multiday extravaganza has some residents raising concerns. 

The city announced its plans for its first three-day "MLK Dream Fest" at last week's city council meeting. 

This year's lineup will kick off on Saturday at 4 p.m. with a presentation by author/activist Gilbert King (no relation) at the Valerie Theater, with a ticket price of $10 per person. The city is paying King $5,000 to discuss his book "Devil in the Grove," about a 1949 rape case that resulted in the conviction and subsequent pardon of four black men. The author, who has expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement, has been accused by some critics of stoking racial tension.

Plans for the city's extended MLK weekend celebrations also include a Gospel Festival on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Solid Rock Church and a "Freedom Unity Walk" on Monday at 9 a.m. in downtown Inverness, followed by five hours of presentations and stage entertainment at Liberty Park. 

Following the announcement of the expanded festivities by the city's assistant parks and recreation director, a resident rose to express concerns that the annual three-day celebration could encourage liberal city staffers to use the extra time and taxpayer dollars to promote Critical Race Theory and other leftist agendas in the years ahead, considering that King's name and legacy have been used by the left to push everything from Affirmative Action to same-sex marriage – all under the banner of "civil rights."

"Do we really want to put Inverness on the map as the wokest city in North Central Florida?" the resident asked. 

Inverness City Council President Cabot McBride replied that he was "fully supportive" of the city's plans and implied that any questions about them were an unacceptable attack on King himself, "a truly great American."

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