Is The Occupy Wall Street Movement an Answer to The Tea Party Movement?

[Gaspar]

Bogus story.

Look at this link on Los Angeles and their budget woes from months before Occupy movement started.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/19/local/la-me-0519-la-budget-20110519

The police department was already way over budget. WAY OVER. The Los Angeles City council cut $80 million dollars out of the Police overtime budget alone. $80 million just out of overtime from the year before.

Now you whine about how the city says it is going have to spend $700,000 on overtime on this.

It sounds to me like the Los Angeles Police Union has found a way to get officers more overtime pay to me.

It's California.  Everything is over budget.  I admit, I'm sure the protest offered them some scape, but it certainly was not free to the taxpayer.

Violence comes in may forms, direct and indirect. Part of being a non-violent movement is, not inflicting pain or suffering on the public.  Whether the cost is a million dollars or a hundred thousand dollars, the result is the same.  That money will have to come out of the funds that support other services provided by the government.

[Conan71]

Bogus story.

Look at this link on Los Angeles and their budget woes from months before Occupy movement started.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/19/local/la-me-0519-la-budget-20110519

The police department was already way over budget. WAY OVER. The Los Angeles City council cut $80 million dollars out of the Police overtime budget alone. $80 million just out of overtime from the year before.

Now you whine about how the city says it is going have to spend $700,000 on overtime on this.

It sounds to me like the Los Angeles Police Union has found a way to get officers more overtime pay to me.

Damn unions!

[Gaspar]

Actually, the nation wide total is now estimated:

Occupy Asheville – $170,000
Occupy Atlanta – $652,000
Occupy Austin – $447,000
Occupy Boston – $1,025,000 plus $50,000 to repair park
Occupy Charlotte – $105,000
Occupy Chicago – $49,000
Occupy Cincinnati – $128,000
Occupy DC – $1,640,000
Occupy Denver – $782,689
Occupy DesMoines – $7,800
Occupy Eugene – $115,804
Occupy Fresno – $110,000
Occupy Irvine – $8,600
Occupy LA – $700,000 plus estimated $400,000 to repair the lawn
Occupy Lansing – $20,000
Occupy Long Beach – $40,000
Occupy Minnesota – $400,000
Occupy Nashville – $4,500
Occupy New Orleans – $50,000
Occupy New York – $7,000,000
Occupy Oakland – $2,400,000 for police overtime alone
Occupy OKC — $85,000
Occupy Olympia – $252,000
Occupy Philadelphia – $1,000,000
Occupy Phoenix – $200,000
Occupy Portland – $1,290,000 + $130,000 to repair damaged parks
Occupy Providence – $9,000
Occupy Raleigh – $60, 000
Occupy Richmond – $33,691
Occupy Sacramento – $300,000
Occupy San Diego – $2,400,000
Occupy San Francisco – $950,000 plus $50,000 to restore park
Occupy St. Louis – $2,200
Occupy Seattle – $625,999
Total: $23,693,283

I'm surprised Occupy Denver is so cheap, they must be using a Groupon or something.  And yet again, OKC makes the list but our Occupy group can't even rack up a respectable total. 

Comon! OccupyTulsa, get your act together.

[Conan71]

Occupy St. Louis $2200?

Pikers.

[Gaspar]

Occupy St. Louis $2200?

Pikers.

Beautiful this time of year.  Hard to stay focused.

[guido911]

Beautiful this time of year.  Hard to stay focused.

I'm heading up there on Saturday for Christmas.

[Gaspar]

I'm heading up there on Saturday for Christmas.

Merry Christmas!  I know you have family there, are you planning to eat anywhere good around the Lou?

[guido911]

Merry Christmas!  I know you have family there, are you planning to eat anywhere good around the Lou?

Del Taco for the Macho Combo, White Castle for a bowel cleansing, Imo's pizza, and then to the Hill.

[Gaspar]

Del Taco for the Macho Combo, White Castle for a bowel cleansing, Imo's pizza, and then to the Hill.

I always hit Del Taco for the 3am burrito that looked more like a football.  In fact, I just threw up in my mouth a little thinking about it.

[patric]

Actually, the nation wide total is now estimated:
Total: $23,693,283

There's bound to be a difference between an actual cost, and what some bad decisions inflated the costs to be.
In Tulsa, for example, TPD included the operation of at least one police helicopter at $400-$600 per hour.

[Gaspar]

Occupy Berkley was shut down last night.  Police say that the attempted rape was the last straw.

Police are shutting the camp down as soon as tonight after an increase in serious crime at the camp including:

On Tuesday police arrested a man for attempted rape after he entered a woman's tent. She fought him off and hailed police who were in the park at the time.

On Dec. 17, police logged an assault with a deadly weapon after a person was stabbed with a 12-inch hunting knife.

On Dec. 10, an Occupy camper arrested on suspicion of stealing alcohol from a nearby Safeway was found in possession of a machete, a hammer, a gas mask and a BB gun and was on probation for battery.

On Dec. 6, there was a fight in the park involving 30 campers that stemmed from an earlier "fight between a man and a naked woman where the man dragged the naked woman out of his tent and slammed her to the ground," police said. When police arrived, the crowd started chanting, "(Expletive) the police."

Yesterday police issued an order to clear the camp by 10pm.

[guido911]

Occupy Berkley was shut down last night.  Police say that the attempted rape was the last straw.

Police are shutting the camp down as soon as tonight after an increase in serious crime at the camp including:

On Tuesday police arrested a man for attempted rape after he entered a woman's tent. She fought him off and hailed police who were in the park at the time.

On Dec. 17, police logged an assault with a deadly weapon after a person was stabbed with a 12-inch hunting knife.

On Dec. 10, an Occupy camper arrested on suspicion of stealing alcohol from a nearby Safeway was found in possession of a machete, a hammer, a gas mask and a BB gun and was on probation for battery.

On Dec. 6, there was a fight in the park involving 30 campers that stemmed from an earlier "fight between a man and a naked woman where the man dragged the naked woman out of his tent and slammed her to the ground," police said. When police arrived, the crowd started chanting, "(Expletive) the police."

Yesterday police issued an order to clear the camp by 10pm.

Where is that picture of the tea partier with the sign when we need it?

[patric]

Where is that picture of the tea partier with the sign when we need it?

Would it be this one?   

Making the assumption than everyone living on the street is connected to the OWS is a bit of a stretch.

[Townsend]

Would it be this one?   

Making the assumption than everyone living on the street is connected to the OWS is a bit of a stretch.

Yay for morans

[Ed W]

Yay for morans

You just know that guy will be known as Moran for the rest of his days.  Coworkers will introduce him to new hires as Bob Moran or Ted Moran or even better, Duran Moran.  In our shop, it would never, ever be forgotten.