Since the October 1 birth of the original Occupy Seattle encampment at Westlake Park, Seattle has spent $529,609 on police and park staff overtime, along with other costs related to monitoring the camp, according to a public disclosure request filed by Seattle PI reporter Vanessa Ho. The full breakdown of expenses, which covers October 1 thru November 25, is posted here.
Via PI.com:
The latest figure prompted McGinn to say:
“Preservation of public safety – making sure that people can protest, can express themselves, can do so in a way that’s safe to others and protects the rights of overs – that’s important to get it right.”
Jesse Mulert, an organizer with Occupy Seattle, said the group – as taxpayers – wants a “breakdown and justification” of the city’s expenses.
“How is it that that 50-300 peacefully assembled citizens warrant such a concentration of resources?”
I understand if you don’t have any actual retort. I know sometimes it’s the really obvious stuff that hurts the most.
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I understand if you don’t have any actual retort. I know sometimes it’s the really obvious stuff that hurts the most. f you are
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Posted by shblash on December 4, 2011 at 7:04 PM
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If you are so obviously ignorant of what the OWS and 99% Movement is about, if you care nothing about the big really important issues that we as Americans and World Citizens have to deal with…then we have nothing to talk about.
Go back to “Glee” or the Kardashians or whatever you anesthetize yourself with.
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RIGHT ON. This movement quickly devolved into a mess of anti-corporate/anti-rich people self centered whining. When it was originally a noble stand against corporate CRIME, I had no qualms. Then I witnessed people holding signs daily saying “eat the rich” and blocking rush hour traffic trying to prevent the working class from getting home after a day’s work… That’s not peaceful protest, it’s like watching an upset toddler throw a tantrum. They want what they want, and they’re going to sit there or make a scene until they get it. Laws don’t apply to them, they can do what they want because life isn’t fair.