Unlike Planned Parenthood’s desire to want a booth at the Taste of Edmonds, the Mill Creek Business Association has not encountered such a scenario with its annual Mill Creek Festival.
Association member Linda Martin, who coordinates booths for the event, said the association has not been faced with having to make a decision on an exhibitor with controversial political views wanting a booth at its festival.
If such a scenario were to come forth, Martin said she would bring the issue to the entire Mill Creek Business Association, so the entire body can be involved in making the decision.
“I personally don’t set policy,” she said.
At this year’s event, Yes for Libraries in Mill Creek had an informational booth in the parking lot of the QFC shopping center on 164th Street SE. The group is dedicated to passing a measure that goes to voters on Sept. 14 about whether or not to annex the Mill Creek Library to the Sno-Isle Library District via a property tax.
Martin, however, distinguished the difference between that group and a group like Planned Parenthood.
“(We had Yes for Libraries there) for the good of the neighborhood,” Martin said. “It was about having a library or losing it. It was about informing people of what choice they have. We felt it was giving information to the community.”
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