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It wasn’t until Monday that I noticed how truly biased the press are against Occupy Vancouver- we really turned them off something fierce! One particular press member, Lisa Johnson, was rather impolite and sarcastic throughout the event. This was the first time I was disappointed by someone at the CBC.
Lisa has apologized to us for her negativity. I’d love to invite her to speak to us on how we can improve the delivery of our message! Because, ultimately, only about 15 seconds of the conference got airtime…
I was at Grandview park again last night- went there for the GA, and to participate on the discussion for next steps. While there, I met Penny Ballem, our city manager, and (I think) Aaron Jasper, the chair of the Parks Board.
I brought them over to the fountain, and explained the history, then showed them that it doesn’t work. I also mentioned that the dog fountain works downtown.
They gave me a semi-warm response, and said they would check if it is possible to make the fountain work. I suggested that they change the tap and leave it slowly running during the winter. Let’s hope they get sensible about this- it is not so long ago that Mayor Plasticman said the fountain would assure never again…
One of my favorite characters at Occupy Vancouver has been Sergeant Argent. Wally is an old-world Canadian cop- the kind of guy who has a job to arrest people but he feels for them as he is doing it and probably gives some good advice along the way. He is a couple years from retirement apparently- let’s hope some of his colleagues can learn a thing or two before he he’s gone.
I went to Sergeant Argent the night I found out someone was threatening to de-occupy OV, and he helped circle the VPD troops to do a risk analysis and to watch after us on the night of the planned attack.
So, I won’t give him a nickname (sorry Officer Vogue), other than “one of the good guys”…
There are tears on my face at this moment. On one side, our provincial courts have shut-down OccupyVancouver 1.0, and the city is working on turbo to make sure the movement stays shut down…
I feel like Chief Iron Eyes Cody, looking at the land as it betrays me, and some judge just threw a bag of garbage on my moccasins.
I know little about the person who made this decision- but I do know that Mayor Gregor reneged on his initial promise to us that the Occupy movement is a global phenomenon, and should not be resolved locally. He was my hero when he said that- now he is only Plasticman to me (the haircut, his company that pumps out 1000’s of plastic bottles each day, and the elasticity of his promises.)
As I shared with you on Twitter a couple of nights ago Mayor Gregor, the people don’t trust the politicians who don’t trust the people. If I were to distill the Occupy Movement to one single issue, this would be the one.
So, what are you going to do about this? You gave us permission to start it, you have some responsibility to having us find a way to keep Occupy Vancouver’s original spirit alive. Because, you & Suzanne put a lot of pressure on these kids in your cynical battle for ‘power’…
Or, were you full of it when you first said you believed in this movement’s right to exist? WTF?
And, Judge, you’re smarter than all this- you are being used to oppress the voice of the politically awakened. You are not protecting those who are currently asleep- but, they will certainly not have much respect for you when they wake up. Is this the legacy you wanted to leave behind when you started your career?
