The doors are locked but the Dane Co. Sherriff decided not to clear the building. The protesters are spending the night with several "Cops for Labor" and some City of Madison firefighters.
The police, for the second night in a row, have come down on the side of the protesters. Link to live stream below the fold!
Watch the live stream here. Crappy quaility but it's live:
Live from the Rotunda!http://qik.com/...
(The t-shirt is bears the logo of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, the union that represents most public employees in both Wisconsin and the USA.)
Thanks for the live stream to "Brandzel"!Updated by ruleoflaw at Sun Feb 27, 2011, 08:21:15 PM
7:15pm CST: Brandzel went off for a moment to switch phones. He is back on at 7:19pm.
Updated by ruleoflaw at Sun Feb 27, 2011, 09:02:23 PM
7:55pm CST: The custodial staff are in the building cleaning, the protesters are staying out of their way and cheering the fellow who is driving the floor scrubber "Zamboni". These kids have been scrubbing the floor with rags every night. Scrubbing all night, drumming all day makes for sore hands and knees.
The "Zamboni" scrubber jockey is beeping his horn and drawing cheers!
I love my state and it's people! I couldn't work for better bosses than the people of Wisconsin!
(Not crazy about the Governor though.)
Updated by ruleoflaw at Sun Feb 27, 2011, 09:15:49 PM
8:13pm CST: brandzel has shut down for the night.