[Ob-media-social] [Blog Post] Stephen, Farhad, Martin, Siham, Please Revise <3

David Lehnert davidh.lehnert at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 18:17:36 EST 2011


Okay it's published. Thanks a lot everyone! If anyone could just take the
You Are Cordially Invited thing down from the top spot? apparently its
locked in there. I'm gonna try to do that now, but if anybody knows how,
please do

Cheers!
David

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Farhad Ebrahimi <yahktoe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi y'all --
>
> Do we want to keep this as a note from John -- and thus preserve his
> voice -- or do we want it to be more of group statement?  I could go
> either way, just so long as the former was made totally clear.
>
> Also: I switched ob-media-external over to ob-media-social since this
> is a blog post.  Sorry to be a stickler about that!
>
> Best,
> -- Farhad
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:21 PM, David Lehnert <davidh.lehnert at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > This morning we attempted to bring in another military tent. A 16x16,
> which
> > would be used for sleeping. We were stopped in our attempt and told a
> permit
> > would be needed.
> >
> > When asked how to go about permitting a tent, we have been told not to
> > bother, as no tents we seek to permit would ever be approved, on
> principle
> > that no permit was ever issued to be here, in Dewey Square, in the first
> > place; or ever would be. This was stated on the stand in Suffolk Superior
> > Court, by mister Bart Shea, the City Fire Marshall. This ties our hands
> in
> > the front, while demanding we scratch our own backs, or leave.
> >
> > That's fine for the paper, but whats happening on the ground is that the
> > various city agencies, covering their own liability, are telling us to
> come
> > into code, while still other city offices, apparently, are using the
> police
> > as iron guards to protect an order barring in new materials; effectively
> > halting our ability to do so, to come into code,  without using
> obfuscation.
> >
> >
> > The police will argue with us all day, they have an order barring in new
> > materials, simple; it is the other, higher offices, which for now refuse
> to
> > negotiate. We, at Occupy Boston, once again, would like to extend an
> > invitation, to the Mayor of The City of Boston, Mr. Thomas Menino, to the
> > Fire Marshal, noted above, and any other city regulators or officials
> > willing to engage in this debate; to come and have an open dialog, with
> the
> > people, on the issue of how we can come to terms, on issues of safety,
> > sanitation, and higher philosophy,  to relate, and mediate
> > our mutual interests, so we can all move forward.
> >
> > As for this morning, a general assembly was called at 11;30 to discus the
> > action. It had been discussed previously, in the wake of the
> sink incident,
> > that a more cooperative and coherent demonstration was needed to
> > best portray our particular situation to the public. We called on the
> > various city agencies acting in apparent collusion to prevent us from
> coming
> > into accord with their wishes, as well as the media, and you, to hear our
> > polite requests for answers, as well as to raise further public
> awareness on
> > this issues.
> >
> > We were offered no answers, only that we needed a permit; a permit which
> we
> > have been informed would never be granted. The tent was
> removed peaceably,
> > only after we felt our message was heard; that we would like to become
> > safer, more comfortable, more efficiently arranged, organized and
> accesible,
> >  so that more people may come,  and be involved in this open discussion.
> >
> >
> > -John Ford
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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