Occupy Calgary/Do Not Merge

[Madman]

Someone lying in front of the loader.

[sec304]

I saw the statue on the back of a truck being hauled away around 11:30am today, of course with a police escort and bylaw following. I couldn't believe how rusty that statue was already.

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

While I would agree that there is all kinds of problems economically in the world, in Europe for example a large chunk of it is created by worker entitlement, Greece for example is drowning in pension benefits, and workers refusing to pay taxes.

The UK is in the same boat.

there is plenty of blame to go around.

But the poor in the developed first world nations are still pretty far ahead because of the safety nets and laws that protect them.

Maybe Occupy should be protesting in the back yards of the protestors in Greece for example.

So true, and really occupy anything is no different, it's all about a sense of entitlement - > apparently what you are protesting against is also your solution.

[Kybosh]

Holy crap. There is no way that statue would've withstood the elements considering it was that rusted already after one week. Hippies should've considered blackening that sucker first.

[Regular_John]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

Holy crap. There is no way that statue would've withstood the elements considering it was that rusted already after one week. Hippies should've considered blackening that sucker first.

I believe 1/2 of the sculpture was rusted intentionally off the bat. So even after it's weather proofed it will retain that rust look on certain parts.

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by jaydorn

I believe 1/2 of the sculpture was rusted intentionally off the bat. So even after it's weather proofed it will retain that rust look on certain parts.

Oh ok, I thought it was a homogenous sheen initially.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

So true, and really occupy anything is no different, it's all about a sense of entitlement - > apparently what you are protesting against is also your solution.

kind of as I mentioned in the other thread about the Occupyer's protesting for the Longshoremen in the States.

I was reading that they are the highest paid Blue Collar Workers in the United States with an average salary of $120,000.00

I think that shutting ports down like this is the wrong hill to die on since their actions are denying workers themselves from working.

the Canadian solidarity attempt has managed to p1ss off the Longshoremen and their unions, which again means that they made the gesture without thinking about the differences between Canada and the U.S.

[Bownesian]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

That Statue will never see the light of day again.

It'll be socked in a warehouse and forgotten about.

[Mccree]

Originally Posted by Madman

Wtf is this person doing? Found a new religion?

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Madman

LOL, the workers standing there with smokes hanging out of their mouths, somehow adds comic relief to the photo.

Cap'n we need a caption, stat!

[CaptainCrunch]

I'm trying to think of something that doesn't get me labeled a Nazi again.

[pylon]

"Hey Earl, think we should go console her?"

"PFFFFTPPPPT, what?"

"That smells like cabbage."

[CaptainCrunch]

"Not even my spirit fingers can save this train wreck."

"Ever since the Occupyer's got here they've been leaving their crap all over the place"

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Worker 1: Told you she'd to it for a "Triple Dog Dare".

Worker 2: I'll be damned.

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Mccree

Wtf is this person doing? Found a new religion?

Tebowing.

[burn_this_city]

They are ridiculously dramatic.

[First Lady]

Girl thinking: OMG I should have just gone with twinkle fingers and not twinkle tongue.


Thus another learns the lesson of below zero temperatures, metal and tongue interaction.

[Madman]

Originally Posted by fotze

Is that someone protesting under the picker or is that a worker attaching something?

Orange Doc Martins are a dead give away of "I hate my Dad syndrome" and definately not City work boot approved.

[CaptainCrunch]

Just as an aside, when I learned that the City of Calgary was re-opening negotiations with the Occupyer's I was notably upset and fired off an angry letter to my Alderman, practicing my democratic right to protest directly to the government. My Ward 14 Alderman Peter DeMong was very quick to get me a response from Bill Bruce the GM of Bylaw Services so that I would understand why the City did what it did.

So I wanted to give Kudo's to my elected official, Bill Bruce and Lois for being responsive to a constituant

The response is below.

Dear Mr. Crunch (name changed to protect the weak)
:

The following has been provided by Bill Bruce, General Manager of Animal and Bylaw Services. I hope this provides you with the information you wanted.



The City issued the offer to negotiate on providing up to four venues and some help from a city staff facilitator in order to provide a public forum for the Occupy Calgary to engage Calgarians on what they were protesting. This was to be in exchange for the immediate removal of their things from the park. They declined the offer and presented a ridiculous list of demands, none of which could be considered reasonable.



The City offer would have focused on using facilities we already own and were not already booked for other uses – unused capacity - and the facilitator is a salaried position that we would utilized for a few hours. The cost to the taxpayer was negligible and a very small fraction of what seeking an injunction was going to cost.



As it turned out their rejection of the very good offer by the City to resolve the issue was a critical in our successfully obtaining the court injunction that has removed the Occupy Calgary people from the park. The purpose of issuing the second letter was to make it very clear to the judge, while he was deciding the case, that the City had been very fair and sincere in our wish to resolve this peacefully. Again, this served us well in getting the injunction we needed and that offer expired on delivery of the Court decision.



From the beginning, Bylaw Services and Calgary Police have written court appearance tickets on a daily basis and have arrested and removed people from the park who had warrants for their arrest.

On November 21, 2011 Bylaw Officers entered the park and removed 32 tents and structures and charged an additional 10 people who were in the park with being in the Park after closing and erecting a tent in the park (20 more tickets) Those tickets will be prosecuted by the City in court early next year.



At this point, the City has no intentions of negotiating with the group and respond to any of their action that violate our laws with further enforcement and court action.



I hope this information is helpful.



Cheers!




Lois Walsh
Executive Assistant for:
PETER DEMONG
ALDERMAN, WARD 14
Ph: 403-268-1653
Fax: 403-268-3823
eaward14@calgary.ca

[chemgear]

http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/loca...-olympic-plaza

"I support Occupy Calgary, support the people," he said, before adding that he would like to see the statue put back in the plaza for 55 days each year to signify time spent camping there by the occupiers.