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  • It’s crime all the time at Zuccotti Park (Obamaville Tent City is becoming Camp Crime)

    11/09/2011 5:32:49 AM PST · by Libloather · 54 replies
    NY Post ^ | 11/07/11 | LARRY CELONA, JAMIE SCHRAM, KIRSTAN CONLEY
    It’s crime all the time at Zuccotti ParkBy LARRY CELONA, JAMIE SCHRAM and KIRSTAN CONLEY Last Updated: 9:36 AM, November 7, 2011 Tent City is becoming Camp Crime. Occupy Wall Street squatters at Zuccotti Park have been busted in recent weeks for incidents ranging from petty thefts to menacing threats and from low-life drug sales to sicko sex attacks, law-enforcement sources told The Post. The complaints have been a near-daily phenomena since Oct. 11, just about three weeks after a few dozen anti-greed activists began occupying the private park. “There’s been a spike in crime the last few weeks,” one...
  • Community Board Asks "Occupy Wall Street" Protesters To Clean Up, Quiet Down [urinating in street]

    10/21/2011 8:03:17 AM PDT · by ETL · 33 replies
    NY-1 News ^ | Oct 20, 2011 | Michael Herzenberg
    “This has been a nightmare,” said Brian Summers, who lives near Zuccotti Park. Summers said those trying to force corporations to become better corporate citizens should learn to be better citizens themselves. “It makes us feel horrible. We work down here, we live down here,” said Summers. Drums are played each and every day. The noise registers as 117 on a decibel meter. According to the federal government, regular exposure to 110 decibels can lead to permanent hearing loss. From blocks away, it might not be physically harmful, but neighbors say it's damaging lives. “We support the message, and a...
  • 9th Circuit won't rehear Calif. park cross case

    10/17/2011 1:56:02 PM PDT · by Cardhu · 10 replies
    Sacremento Bee ^ | October 17th 2011 | AP Staff
    SAN DIEGO -- A full panel of federal judges has declined to rehear the case of a war memorial cross in a public park in San Diego that has been deemed unconstitutional by the court. A group fighting to preserve the monument announced Monday that the 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied its request. Five of the judges dissented, stating the cross should stay. A three-judge panel in January ruled that the cross conveys a message of religion and is unconstitutional. Kelly Shackelford says her organization will appeal to the Supreme Court. Shackelford is an...
  • Wall Street protesters vow to stay put (despite living in disease infested filth)

    10/13/2011 7:10:40 PM PDT · by tobyhill · 79 replies
    cnn ^ | 10/12/2011 | cnn
    Protesters will resist any efforts to remove them from the Lower Manhattan park where they have been camped for nearly a month, despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg's order that they vacate the park at 7 a.m. Friday so it can be cleaned, an organizer said Thursday. "Come tomorrow morning, we will passively resist and make it as difficult a process to remove us as possible," said Occupy Wall Street spokesman Tyler Combelic. "It's not an occupation if you can't occupy the park." His words appeared to be backed up by the sentiment of the crowd of more than 1,000 protesters who...
  • Muslims, police fight at New York theme park over headscarf ban

    A New York amusement park was shut down Tuesday after local police scuffled with Muslim visitors upset over the park’s headscarf ban. About 3,000 Muslims from New York City visited Rye Playland in Westchester County to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. When they arrived, women wearing headscarves found they could not go on some of the rides, as all headgear is prohibited so that hats don’t fall onto the tracks. When families lined up to get refunds, fights broke out and police arrived on the scene, the New York Daily News reports. Fifteen visitors were arrested and two...
  • Sultan (WA) nudist club fights gun range near its park

    01/11/2011 7:06:42 PM PST · by llevrok · 50 replies
    SULTAN, Wash. (AP) - A Sultan nudist club is suing to stop a public shooting range from being built near the park it runs for nude outdoor enthusiasts. Lake Bronson Club sued the state Board of Natural Resources and Snohomish County last week, saying the state can't transfer 150 acres of forestland to the county for a gun range. The lawsuit alleges state law requires the land be used for a public park. Club secretary Jodi Halfhill says it's not a good idea to have a shooting range a mile from a social camping club. The club has about 320...
  • Coral Gables: Keep parked pickup trucks out of sight overnight

    06/15/2011 11:17:59 AM PDT · by rawhide · 46 replies · 2+ views
    sun-sentinel.com ^ | 6-15-11 | Tania Valdemoro,
    CORAL GABLES— Starting this month, the city of Coral Gables will issue warning notices to owners of pickup trucks who do not park their trucks inside their garages at night. Since the 1960s, the city has banned people from parking their pickup trucks in their driveways or on city streets from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. After Aug. 8, Coral Gables will start issuing tickets to people who violate the parking ban. The city has resumed enforcement of this controversial law because last month, the Florida Supreme Court decided not to consider an appeal by Lowell Kuvin, who sued Coral...
  • Screech Machine Could Drive Teens Away From Park

    06/06/2011 8:55:43 PM PDT · by Hunton Peck · 30 replies
    CBS Local Media ^ | June 6, 2011
    HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – The city of Hastings is looking to curb vandalism at a local park by installing a device that emits a high-frequency sound only heard by teens and some adults. Parks and Recreation Director Barry Bernstein said their looking to redevelop Cari Park near Red Wing Boulevard and are considering adding the security device known as SonicScreen, made by Miracletech Security. It would be installed by Webber Recreational Design, which is a company in Hastings. “It’s a sound barrier that would be activated when the park is closed to reduce loitering on the play equipment,” Bernstein said....
  • Delaware Park vandals do 'thousands' in damage (100 teenagers & young adults destroy the place)

    05/28/2011 5:39:48 AM PDT · by Libloather · 24 replies
    Buffalo News ^ | 5/24/11 | Deidre Williams
    Delaware Park vandals do 'thousands' in damageBy Deidre Williams NEWS STAFF REPORTER Updated: May 24, 2011, 4:57 PM Delaware Park has always brought fun and joy for Suzanne Matheson and Matthew Mitchell and their 3-year-old son, Jamie. Monday, it brought shock and sadness. "Needless destruction," she said of the damage vandals had wrought. The damage came at the hands of a group of more than 100 teenagers and young adults who went on a destructive spree Saturday night, according to officials from Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. They were joined Monday by law enforcement and some members of the Common Council...
  • Self-defenders(NC)

    04/26/2011 4:55:24 AM PDT · by marktwain · 2 replies
    newsobserver.com ^ | 25 April, 2011 | Brian Sorber
    The state legislature currently has a bill under consideration that would allow citizens with concealed-carry firearm permits to be armed in parks. Critics object to the bill because they contend that the presence of guns in children's recreational areas would compromise their safety. Keep in mind that those citizens with concealed weapons permits currently carry firearms in many places where children are present. In the 15-plus years of the state's concealed-carry history, there have been no examples where the presence of legally carried firearms has posed a child/public safety issue. On the contrary, given that most instances of mass gun...
  • ‘Forget About the Law’ Union Bosses Park & Trumka Admit They Are Overriding US Law & Sovereignty

    04/22/2011 5:51:36 AM PDT · by Pacothecat · 39 replies
    ‘Forget About the Law’ Union Bosses & White House Advisors Bob Park & Rich Trumka Admitting They Are Overriding US Law & Sovereignty With The International Labor Movement http://www.theblaze.com/stories/forget-about-the-law-union-bosses-white-house-advisors-bob-park-rich-trumka-admitting-they-are-overriding-us-law-sovereignty-with-the-international-labor-movement/
  • Town Bans Tea Party Signs in Public Park

    04/11/2011 7:44:34 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 17 replies
    Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | April 11, 2011 | Tom Gantert
    A federal lawsuit claims a Branch County tea party group was denied the right to display banners and signs at a tea party rally at a public park in Coldwater because it was “too political” and “too controversial.” The Coldwater City Council then passed a resolution banning all banners and signs in that park. The Thomas More Law Center law firm filed its lawsuit last week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Attorney Robert Muise of the Thomas More Law Center alleged that Coldwater City Manager Jeff Budd objected because the Common Sense Patriots of...
  • Geology Picture of the Week, March 6-12, 2011: Colorado National Monument

    03/07/2011 9:28:48 PM PST · by cogitator · 5 replies
    Today's inspiration was easy: Colorado National Monument Click the small ones for much larger images.
  • Taxpayers pay to keep Jimmy Carter's pool clean, lawn mowed

    02/02/2011 4:24:18 AM PST · by Outside da Box · 30 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | 2/1/11 | Stephen Dinan
    The tennis court at former President Jimmy Carter‘s private home is swept twice a day, his pool is cleaned daily and his grass cut, his flower beds weeded and his windows washed on a regular basis — all at taxpayers’ expense.
  • Olympic Park tragedy underscores guns in parks issue(WA)

    10/22/2010 5:17:24 AM PDT · by marktwain · 16 replies · 1+ views
    Seattle Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 21 October, 2010 | Dave Workman
    By all accounts, 63-year-old Robert Boardman of Port Angeles was a stand-up guy; a fellow who enjoyed hiking in the Olympics and who probably never imagined that he would be killed by – of all things – a mountain goat. But his death earlier this month on Klahhane Ridge several days ago should remind everyone that the campaign to allow the carrying of defensive firearms in national parks – a campaign championed by the National Rifle Association, Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Virginia Citizens Defense League and other gun rights organizations – had to...
  • Racial Tension Over Martin Luther King Dog Park in Minneapolis

    09/03/2010 6:33:06 AM PDT · by DManA · 8 replies
    Fox 9 in the Twin Cities ^ | September 03, 2010 | Tom Lyden
    MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is considering putting an off-leash dog area in Martin Luther King Park, and it’s stirring up heavy emotions on both sides. It’s a memorial park and some believe having a dog park there is disrespectful to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet, the controversy is so typical of others lately – who decides what public spaces become sacred ground and what does that really mean for all of us?
  • Casino proposed near battlefield splits Gettysburg

    08/31/2010 10:44:42 AM PDT · by greatdefender · 16 replies
    AP-Yahoo! ^ | 08/31/10 | MARC LEVY
    GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The town where the Civil War's tide-turning battle was waged is fighting dissension in its own ranks, with even hard-core preservationists split over a proposed casino that would rise near the historic battlefield and be named for the line that divided North and South. It's the second time in five years that Gettysburg has fought over a plan to build a casino. This time it's the Mason Dixon Resort & Casino, proposed on a hotel and conference center site within a mile of the southern boundary of Gettysburg National Military Park. "No Casino" and "Pro Casino" signs...
  • Yellowstone-area bear attack underscores guns-in-parks effort

    07/29/2010 6:02:27 AM PDT · by marktwain · 20 replies
    Seattle Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 28 July, 2010 | Dave Workman
    The political effort leading to adoption last year of a new statute allowing defensive firearms to be carried in national parks got a major affirmation – albeit tragic – Wednesday morning when a bear rampaged through a campground near Yellowstone National Park, killing one person and injuring two other campers. One can probably knock on wood that this did not happen in one of Washington's three national parks, which are currently at the height of the tourist season and they are loaded with campers who may not understand "bear country etiquette." The Seattle Times ran a story about this attack...
  • Vice President Joe Biden will visit Yellowstone National Park on Monday

    07/23/2010 1:26:44 PM PDT · by KeyLargo · 20 replies
    Bozeman Daily Chronicle ^ | Jul 23, 2010 | Daniel Person
    Vice President Biden to visit Yellowstone on Monday Posted: Friday, July 23, 2010 12:15 am | Updated: 9:59 am, Fri Jul 23, 2010. By DANIEL PERSON, Chronicle Staff Writer Vice President Joe Biden will visit Yellowstone National Park on Monday, the White House said in a written statement Friday. At 11:45 a.m. Monday, the vice president will speak to workers outside the Madison Junior Ranger Station, located just inside the park's West Entrance. He will be joined by the director of the National Park Service, Jonathan Jarvis. During his trip west, Biden will also visit Grand Canyon National Park. His...
  • American jihadi who threatened “South Park” creators arrested on terrorism charge

    07/21/2010 6:58:06 PM PDT · by kbennkc · 19 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 21 JUL 10 | Allahpundit
    Sometimes these blasphemy death threats come from crankish jihadi sympathizers who’d never have the stones to actually do anything about it. And sometimes they don’t. The Virginia man who warned on a radical Islamic website that the creators of the cartoon series “South Park” will be targeted for death for their caricature of the Prophet Muhammad has been arrested on charges that he provided material support to the terrorist organization Al Shabab, federal officials said Wednesday. Zachary Adam Chesser, aka Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee, admitted to federal agents that he attempted on two occasions to travel to Somalia to join Al...