[Ob-media-social] [Blog Post] Stephen, Farhad, Martin, Siham, Please Revise <3
Farhad Ebrahimi
yahktoe at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 17:24:35 EST 2011
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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