tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177637158795989216.post4447207045822126435..comments2023-10-28T06:26:57.683-07:00Comments on The HarriOak News: The City of Oakland "facilitates" more protestsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177637158795989216.post-78022818373218480932009-02-08T14:19:00.000-08:002009-02-08T14:19:00.000-08:00I went past the protestors Friday and the city was...I went past the protestors Friday and the city was doing an excellent job of allowing them to speak (1st amendment, remember) while preventing them from interfering with any of the many Friday-night events and attractions getting started at the same time. It was great to see: art murmur, Fox Oakland (yay) with its black clad tattooed music afficionados, Paramount patrons (R&B I think?), bar scene all around, and the slightly old-fashioned berkeleyesque protestors with their attendant retinue of police, plus homeward bound BART commuters. A real diversity of activity and life, and people were not bothering each other. (Except probably the protestors were somewhat troubled by the police.)<BR/><BR/>Nancy Nadel: not a "clown." "Lousy stupid idiots:" not a helpful kind of remark whether made about friend or foe. First amendment: part of the constitution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177637158795989216.post-64355569966379494932009-02-06T21:21:00.000-08:002009-02-06T21:21:00.000-08:00If the City of Oakland has any reason to believe t...If the City of Oakland has any reason to believe that a protest will turn violent, they should require the organization applying for the permit to put up a substantial bond that would be used to reimburse property owners for any damage done during the protest. That way, Oakland taxpayers won't be left holding the bag. But the clowns who were elected, particularly Nancy Nadel, who won with less than 300 votes, aren't responsible. They are lousy, stupid idiots who would be laid off if they were employed by anyone other than the Oakland taxpayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com