The Daily News says the first five days of Occupy Philadelphia cost the city $164,000 in police overtime, police spokesman Lt. Ray Evers said yesterday, an average of about $32,800 a day.
But while the Police, generally, have been courteous - and often helpful, their huge numbers have done nothing really useful as far as I can see, and they have made it rather more difficult for attendees to find parking and to set up their needed sustenance facilities on site. The City says they are proud to be the birthplace of Liberty and our First Amendment rights... O.K. How much do we spend on July 4th celebrations? That event was actually over... and the people went home almost 225 years ago... Let's get a little more current here! Wall St., Banks, Government Agencies, are allowing for a Super Wealthy 400 individuals to have more money than 60% of the rest of the country. Corporations are not limited by the most common and important laws but the citizens are treated like criminals. What Thomas Jefferson warned against has become a frightening hideous reality! Please send messages to the city asking them to stand up and live out the creed that all men were created equal and endowed by their creator with inalienable rights...! Sanitary facilities and Porta Pots are provided for countless upscale events; and the City has underwritten sports arenas and victory celebrations, religious festivals and events, visits by myriad prominent people, public funerals, etc, etc, etc. So far there are none provided at City Hall. There are probably about fifty unused Council Only Parking spots being wasted, and then there are Official Only, City Vehicles Only, Group A Only, and Group B Only parking spots marked... but since Dr. Suess died I have no way of determining who (things) A and B are... After Martin Luther King was assassinated, on April 4th, 1966, two days later, I and a large group of peaceful protesters at FDR Park, near the site of the commissioning of the Battleship New Jersey, were arrested by the City for planting a memorial tree in honor of Dr. King. Please people... Tell the City to walk the walk! ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
