Post by buga on Dec 23, 2011 19:27:27 GMT -7
Happy holidays to everyone from the Occupy Missoula Encampment Working Group!
We’re pleased to stand in solidarity with Missoula Cultural Council in regards to the up-
coming First Night Event. We look forward to an evening of holiday cheer, outreach and
education for our fellow citizens about local and national issues. We also encourage all
artists and like-minded citizens to join us by contributing art to this First Night Event.
We’re also planning a public discussion concerning the Missoula County Commission-
ers’ rejection of multiple invitations to join us in our meetings with the Missoula Cultural
Council Wednesday the 21st.
The Occupy Missoula Encampment retains a positive outlook despite the removal by
county workers of a disabled homeless veteran’s tent at 5:30am on the 21st, under the
pretext that it was “abandoned property,” as well as the calculated removal of the porta-
potty the same afternoon, in order to create a public health issue. The Commissioners
also saw fit to request that porta-potty providers not “get involved,” and our attempts to
secure another porta-potty have been unsuccessful for that reason.
We continue to remain hopeful, despite today’s actions by the Sherrif, once again at-
tempting to confiscate a disabled veteran’s tent under the premise of its being aban-
doned. We would like to remind the Commissioners that the tents are a form of Political
Protest, protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United Staes of
America.
In the holiday spirit of goodwill and peace, we are asking the County Comminssioners to
let us enjoy Christmas without engaging the police, without threats of arrest before we
have a public forum next week.
We’re pleased to stand in solidarity with Missoula Cultural Council in regards to the up-
coming First Night Event. We look forward to an evening of holiday cheer, outreach and
education for our fellow citizens about local and national issues. We also encourage all
artists and like-minded citizens to join us by contributing art to this First Night Event.
We’re also planning a public discussion concerning the Missoula County Commission-
ers’ rejection of multiple invitations to join us in our meetings with the Missoula Cultural
Council Wednesday the 21st.
The Occupy Missoula Encampment retains a positive outlook despite the removal by
county workers of a disabled homeless veteran’s tent at 5:30am on the 21st, under the
pretext that it was “abandoned property,” as well as the calculated removal of the porta-
potty the same afternoon, in order to create a public health issue. The Commissioners
also saw fit to request that porta-potty providers not “get involved,” and our attempts to
secure another porta-potty have been unsuccessful for that reason.
We continue to remain hopeful, despite today’s actions by the Sherrif, once again at-
tempting to confiscate a disabled veteran’s tent under the premise of its being aban-
doned. We would like to remind the Commissioners that the tents are a form of Political
Protest, protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United Staes of
America.
In the holiday spirit of goodwill and peace, we are asking the County Comminssioners to
let us enjoy Christmas without engaging the police, without threats of arrest before we
have a public forum next week.