The Napoleon Dynamite Scandal Up In Idaho

Things are putting a damper on the Festival ofabout small-town idaho.
Light Parade in the mainly Mormon town ofBeing an old fuddy-duddy, I had never heard of
Preston, Idaho. November 25 was to be a joyousNapoleon Dynamite. I went to:
day when the extras who "stared" in NapoleonI first learned that there is a fan club of over
Dynamite where to be the headline attractions at150,000 members. It must be important, I
the annual parade. The city fathers andthought.
merchants expected all 500 residents (includesI realized that the Foxsearchlight site had nothing
horses) to come out to the parade. But nowto do with the network. It is the focus of the Fox
there is a damper on the event.Store. They reported that a DVD was or would
How sad that the former Chief of Police has beensoon be available for $19.95.
declared "a crooked cop" by the local court. HeThey also provided this useful information:
was sentenced to 1-5 years in whatever they callActors: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren
a jail up that way.Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Haylie Duff, Diedrich
Even worse, the State of Idaho Attorney GeneralBader;
is mad at the former Mayor of Preston. It seemsDirector: Jared Hess
the former mayor billed Preston twice for aNever heard of 'em!
$1300 expenditure on a trip to Washington, D.C.Cancel the parade!
The AG thinks that was $1300 too much. YouCopyright©John T. Jones, Ph.D.
can't fool our AG with such shenanigans. He cares