The Huntsville 4th of July Parade Kerfuffle Isn't Dead - Updated

The beleaguered citizens of Ogden Valley kick up the discussion a couple of  more notches and aggressively take the offensive

After last week's updated WCF story about the poorly reported Huntsville 4th of July Parade kerfuffle, we were convinced the story had pretty much played itself out. But we were wrong. The story wasn't dead... far from it. In that connection we'll highlight two interesting new developments which indicate that the story still has strong legs of its own:

1) Charlie Trentelman provides a typically level-headed Wasatch Rambler column this morning, reporting about the backlash from this badly reported story, and coining a new term for our local political lexicon.  Charlie's advice to Huntsville Mayor Jim Truett and the rest of the Hunstville City officials who've been victimized by a tide of cranky and outright nasty phone calls: "When Obama Derangement Syndrome takes over, unplug the phone":

• Huntsville has a bad case of Obama Derangement Syndrome

2) There are however some in Ogden Valley who don't believe that simply ignoring the problem is an adequate approach.  In that connection we'll link this morning's Ogden Valley Forum story, which reports that the beleaguered citizens of Ogden Valley are kicking up the discussion a couple of  more notches and aggressively taking the offensive.  And their target? The Standard-Examiner:

• Huntsville Parade Attendee Details Accurate Account of July 4th Events

Yep, they've put together a petition and are demanding an apology from the newspaper who hastily bungled the reporting in the first place, thereby unleashing that wave of misinformed criticism which has tarnished Huntville's community reputation literally around the globe, according to Mr. Trentelman, at least:

• Standard Examiner Owes Huntsville Residents an Apology for Inaccurate Reporting

They're not doing badly so far, by the way, with well over 250 signators already subscribed to this petition, which went online only yesterday.

Nope, The Huntsville 4th of July Parade Kerfuffle isn't dead... not by a long shot.