Several people traveled hundreds of miles to participate, others cut weekend plans short to deliver coffee for the crew, spent hours making homemade signs and gathering hard hats, flags, and stickers, and exposed fingers to the 14 degree temperatures to take pictures and video of one of the most memorable floats of the 2010 Fur Rondy Grand Parade.
Bill Walker, Republican candidate for governor, drove a front-end loader draped in campaign signs and banners for the duration of the parade, to the surprise of a crowd more accustomed to seeing politicians riding comfortably in the passenger seat of a convertible than behind the wheel of a piece of heavy machinery.
“Looking in the rear view mirror as I drove a front end loader through the streets of Anchorage, I was extremely grateful and humbled by the nearly 80 supporters wearing hard hats and waving signs who walked behind me in support of this effort,” said Bill Walker, reminiscing about the event.
Walker’s field director, Sandy Moore, was excited to see such large turnout this early in the election season. “We are so encouraged by the outpouring of support we are seeing throughout Alaska.”
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Walker for Governor at the Fur Rondy Grand Parade
Several people traveled hundreds of miles to participate, others cut weekend plans short to deliver coffee for the crew, spent hours making homemade signs and gathering hard hats, flags, and stickers, and exposed fingers to the 14 degree temperatures to take pictures and video of one of the most memorable floats of the 2010 Fur Rondy Grand Parade.
“Looking in the rear view mirror as I drove a front end loader through the streets of Anchorage, I was extremely grateful and humbled by the nearly 80 supporters wearing hard hats and waving signs who walked behind me in support of this effort,” said Bill Walker, reminiscing about the event.
Walker’s field director, Sandy Moore, was excited to see such large turnout this early in the election season. “We are so encouraged by the outpouring of support we are seeing throughout Alaska.”