Juneau Fourth of July parade director Jean Sztuk said Palin rode in a convertible last year and was invited again to this year’s event. She never responded, but parade organizers drew up banners in case she showed. She didn’t. As the last of the parade’s clowns and marching bands headed past her, Sztuk kept an eye out for a late appearance by Palin. “I’m not holding out much hope,” she said. “What governor wants to be at the end of the parade?”

On Friday, Palin was in Wasilla, where she called a last-minute news conference to announce that not only was she not going to seek re-election as Alaska’s governor next year, she wasn’t going to stick around and finish out her term.

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