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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
with all due respect, most of the tents were abandoned, and they were leaving a night shift of a couple of people, so you go in and enforce the bylaws and take those tents, if those people want to stay and freeze then they can stay and freeze.
They messed up the park, probably costing us money, so why are we giving them anything?
Why are we paying for meeting rooms, if they want nice warm meeting rooms then they can do what we do and rent them and pay for them.
If they want a use of a coordinator then so be it.
I get what your saying, but why are we rewarding a occupy calgary movement that brings nothing to the table on any scale.
They were squatters, not revolutionaries or intelligent protestors.
I've never said bring the hammer down, but its pretty clear that people weren't even camping there, so how determined were these protestors?
What did they do for the city to even negotiate with them?
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The city has to tread very carefully here, and I for one appreciate that Nenshi seems attuned to the legal implications here.
Check out Vancouver (City) v. Zhang if you're curious as to the possible implications of a strong-arm approach. Nenshi is handling this the right way.