美國(guó)加州威特每日新聞（Whittier Daily News）11月11日?qǐng)?bào)道，法輪功組織繼上月阻撓“北京奧運(yùn)花車”參加帕薩迪納市2008新年“玫瑰游行”的提議遭拒后，11月11日，又變換花樣，向帕市提出申請(qǐng)，要在明年“玫瑰游行”活動(dòng)舉行之前，搞所謂的法輪功“人權(quán)圣火”游行，意在繼續(xù)抵制和騷擾“奧運(yùn)花車”游行，帕薩迪納玫瑰游行組委會(huì)斷然否決了法輪功的這一無(wú)理要求。
此前的10月29日，帕薩迪納市議會(huì)還否決了法輪功企圖阻止一輛“北京奧運(yùn)花車”參加玫瑰游行活動(dòng)的提議。
報(bào)道說(shuō)，某些人打著“人權(quán)”幌子阻撓“奧運(yùn)花車”參加玫瑰游行的圖謀失敗后，以“平息所謂因奧運(yùn)花車引起的不滿”為借口，要求在玫瑰游行前搞一個(gè)所謂的“人權(quán)圣火”游行。實(shí)際上，目前正在世界一些地方巡游的“人權(quán)圣火”接力，恰恰正是法輪功組織為反對(duì)北京奧運(yùn)而開(kāi)展的一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)。
市政官員辛西婭·庫(kù)爾茲（Cynthia Kurtz）正告加州理工學(xué)院法輪功俱樂(lè)部會(huì)長(zhǎng)約翰·李：玫瑰游行舉行期間街道將非常繁忙，各街區(qū)任何事務(wù)都要為玫瑰游行讓路。從12月中旬至明年1月1日期間，玫瑰賽事基本控制科羅拉多大道，因此不可能再容納另一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)。
支持“奧運(yùn)花車”的帕薩迪納市市長(zhǎng)比爾·博加德先生（Bill Bogaard）近日曾向市議會(huì)宣讀了來(lái)自玫瑰花車游行組委會(huì)主席凱迪(C.L. Keedy)的一封來(lái)信，聲明花車游行的政治中立性。凱迪在信中表示相信“奧運(yùn)花車”不會(huì)成為議會(huì)之慮。
此外，玫瑰賽事官員對(duì)那些法輪功人員提出的異議均不予理會(huì)，并拒絕就這件事進(jìn)行更多討論。玫瑰賽事發(fā)言人Caryn Eaves強(qiáng)調(diào)：“如果有人想要做出一些擾亂帕薩迪納玫瑰游行的事來(lái)，將由警務(wù)部門(mén)出面解決?！?/font>顯然，Caryn Eaves的話是有所針對(duì)的。
一年一度的玫瑰花車游行是美國(guó)西南海岸帕薩迪納市的一項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)盛事。當(dāng)玫瑰游行組委會(huì)年初宣布玫瑰游行將包括一輛慶祝北京2008奧運(yùn)會(huì)花車時(shí)，人們認(rèn)為，這在該市119年的花車游行傳統(tǒng)歷史上具有重要的意義。然而這一原本與政治無(wú)關(guān)的民間活動(dòng)卻遭遇一些別有用心者的阻撓。
Falun Gong's march before parade rejected
According to Whittier Daily News reported on November 11, dismissing the idea of a so-called human-rights procession before the start of next year's Rose Parade as an attempt to "disrupt" its annual event, the Tournament of Roses has refused to discuss the idea.
The Pasadena City Council rejected a city commission's recommendations to rebuke China's rights record and took no action regarding the Olympic float on Oct. 29.
Those objecting to the planned Chinese Olympic float on human-rights grounds are calling for the inclusion of the "Human Rights Torch Relay" currently touring the world to balance the furor caused by the float.
But City Manager Cynthia Kurtz told John Li, one of the principal float opponents and president of Caltech's Falun Gong club on Monday it would likely be "impossible" to accommodate another event on such a busy day and that any event on the street would require Tournament support, because the Tournament essentially controls Colorado Boulevard from mid-December through Jan. 1.
Recent, Mayor Bill Bogaard, who supports having the float in the parade, read a letter to the council from Tournament of Roses President C.L. Keedy to assert the apolitical nature of the parade.
"We believe it is important to separate the issue of the Rose Parade float from any action that the city of Pasadena may choose to undertake in support of human rights in China and elsewhere. As mentioned on numerous occasions, we do not believe our parade nor our entries in the parade support government policies anywhere in the world. As a result, we believe the issue of the float should be removed from the consideration of possible council actions," Keedy's letter stated.
Besides, Tournament officials have remained silent on the growing controversy and have refused to discuss the matter or return phone calls.
"If someone wants to do something to disrupt the parade in Pasadena, then that's something for the Police Department" to respond to, Tournament spokeswoman Caryn Eaves said.
(www.facts.org.cn, November 15, 2007)