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Occupy Wal… mart
What jobs are SB 469 opponents trying to save?
Thursday, October 6, 2011
My older teenager (the one with the bigger mouth and more world-weary attitude)
wondered the other day when Occupy Wall Street might make a foray into Monterey County. The movement was going to our former hometown of Berkeley, he told me, but when you think about it, occupying Berkeley is kind of redundant.
It led to the discussion, though: What institutions in Monterey County would it make sense for the disenfranchised to occupy? The National Steinbeck Center? The late Nobel laureate made his life’s work about the disenfranchised; he might find the idea of occupying his namesake center satisfying. The Monterey Bay Aquarium? The Packards are taking all of that HP cash and trying to save the oceans. Why bug them over it?
But then the kind folks at Mercury LLC, a “high-stakes public strategy firm” that knows “what it takes to win in difficult situations” (according to its website) and whose partner in Sacramento is former Schwarzenegger Deputy Chief of Staff Adam Mendelsohn (who still works with the Governator on his “entertainment endeavors”) gave me an idea. And then they gave it to me again, four more times, in a series of emails over two days.
Why not occupy Walmart?
In Monterey County, a threat (whether fantasy or real) to Walmart and other big-box retailers was enough this week to bring out the leaders of various Chambers of Commerce, ag leadership, the League of California Cities and economic development to defend it. Walmart may be the closest thing Monterey County has to a financial institution, and I have the queasy feeling that’s not necessarily a good thing.
wondered the other day when Occupy Wall Street might make a foray into Monterey County. The movement was going to our former hometown of Berkeley, he told me, but when you think about it, occupying Berkeley is kind of redundant.
It led to the discussion, though: What institutions in Monterey County would it make sense for the disenfranchised to occupy? The National Steinbeck Center? The late Nobel laureate made his life’s work about the disenfranchised; he might find the idea of occupying his namesake center satisfying. The Monterey Bay Aquarium? The Packards are taking all of that HP cash and trying to save the oceans. Why bug them over it?
But then the kind folks at Mercury LLC, a “high-stakes public strategy firm” that knows “what it takes to win in difficult situations” (according to its website) and whose partner in Sacramento is former Schwarzenegger Deputy Chief of Staff Adam Mendelsohn (who still works with the Governator on his “entertainment endeavors”) gave me an idea. And then they gave it to me again, four more times, in a series of emails over two days.
Why not occupy Walmart?
In Monterey County, a threat (whether fantasy or real) to Walmart and other big-box retailers was enough this week to bring out the leaders of various Chambers of Commerce, ag leadership, the League of California Cities and economic development to defend it. Walmart may be the closest thing Monterey County has to a financial institution, and I have the queasy feeling that’s not necessarily a good thing.
http://occupydallas.org/
4 minute video
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupy-sac
Protesters arrested in Sacto
http://www.sacbee.com/
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The anti-Wall Street protests have made their way to San Luis Obispo. The "Occupy Wall Street" protests began in New York City on September 17. Since then hundreds of demonstrations have popped up across the country. Many people are expressing their anger over corporate greed and economic inequality.
"You are the 99%! You are the 99 percent," protestors shouted.
They marched through Farmer's Market making their message loud and clear.
"If you paid taxes, you paid more than GE," they chanted.
People have poured into the streets in cities like Portland, Oregon, Washington DC, and Los Angeles as part of a growing grassroots campaign.
http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Modesto-CA/395262/
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Posted by Brian 3 hours ago
The following may be a bit off topic but I found it while checking to see if Vacaville has a Occupy site. (Casey Sheehan was from Vacaville.) ...cal
http://www.news10.net/news/article/156829/2/Vacaville-teacher-wipes-Bless-You-from-classroom
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The anti-Wall Street protests have made their way to San Luis Obispo. The "Occupy Wall Street" protests began in New York City on September 17. Since then hundreds of demonstrations have popped up across the country. Many people are expressing their anger over corporate greed and economic inequality.
"You are the 99%! You are the 99 percent," protestors shouted.
They marched through Farmer's Market making their message loud and clear.
"If you paid taxes, you paid more than GE," they chanted.
People have poured into the streets in cities like Portland, Oregon, Washington DC, and Los Angeles as part of a growing grassroots campaign.
http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Modesto-CA/395262/
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at Merryl Lynch - Right Now!
Selected By: Ty Wieland
Come down and keep it going! Got a handful here and plenty of cardboard.
Selected by: Ty Wieland
Talk about this Meetup
Some are staying til at least sundown for sure.
Posted by Ty Wieland 2 hours ago
Oh ok cool. I should be able to make it if they do. If I can't
could anyone be able to fill me in about any plans? Threw
text or phone If they could. My number: 996 4388
Posted by Brian 2 hours ago
http://www.news10.net/news/article/156829/2/Vacaville-teacher-wipes-Bless-You-from-classroom
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Vacaville student docked 25 points on test for saying 'God bless you'
VACAVILLE, CA - When Taylor McGinley sneezed in her health class at Will C. Wood High School a few weeks ago a student replied with "God bless you," but it's what teacher Steven Cuckovich said after the sneeze that now has students questioning the teacher's agenda.
"(Cuckovich) said, 'Do you think that girl is evil, do you think the evil spirits are coming out of her?' And the guy that said 'bless you' was like 'No, I was just doing what I was supposed to do when somebody sneezes, not trying to be rude,'" Taylor said, referring to the incident.
McGinley said Cuckovich never mentioned or referred to the expression again, but in Erica Fagan's class Cuckovich is deducting points from students' grades if someone said "bless you."
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