Moved to Westlake Plaza. Two arrests last night. Medical tent still up as I write. Legal support out and about, encouraging and telling people what to expect. Up to the minute info is here: occupy seattle dot org. From that excellent site comes news about what OccupySeattle does not need:
Ok, people who are on safety and legal groups, we love you. The work you do is invaluable but you need to stop passing on wild speculation and rumor of police action. Over the last three days riot police were "guaranteed" to move in every night, police transport vehicles were on their way, ect. After all these false alarms and dire warnings, we no longer listen to you. Stop spreading panic and fear, your job is to keep people calm and safe, do it!
What they do need is clothing which is warm and water-proof: the rain's been coming down fierce and this morning the temp was 45 degrees. Use the www.occupyseattle.org site to find out how to send clothing or dollars. Also they could use some food and some coffee. Pizza. Sandwiches. Bread, mayonnaise, mustard, water, tea. Police drove by last night and blipped sirens to keep people awake. Pretty miserable.
If you can't come for a week and occupy Seattle, just come on down and stand with these 99% for a half an hour. Come by on a lunch break. Come by on your way to the busline, the 17 is good on weekends too. Speaking of the weekend, the General Assembly voted:
"To call for and plan a mass occupation of Westlake Park with tents starting Saturday, October 15, 2011 in solidarity with the worldwide Occupy Movements."
Seattle needs your help to reclaim our occupation. We can not maintain our space unless we attain critical mass, and we need everyones help to do it. Seattle is one of the top corporate head quarters of the world. It is important for the integrity of this movemenet and this country that we the people of the great north west let the powers that be, the powers that surround us, know that this occupation is not going anywhere. So this Saturday, bring your tents, and your sunday best.
Meet at West Lake center, and we will decide from there where we will set up base camp.
Show your support of this event on Facebook, go say you're attending!
That's this Saturday, bring a tent and some food.
And now, on a more personal note, I will tell you something about me.
My wife, the lovely Mrs. zenBeehive, would have been sixty-two today. She passed three years ago. We met when she was a dispatcher at my station, in 1985. Two more different people I don't think ever existed. I was a bullish, uncharming man and very proud of my sharpshooter medals; she was a pacifist and preferred debate to conflict. Unmarried, she had moved back home to live with her dad, who was dying of lung cancer. Days she worked at the police station; nights, she cooked and cared for Jack. I knew nothing worth knowing before I met her.
Her favorite writer, Molly Ivins, considers protestors and civil rights after the toasted croissant.
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