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BERKELEY: Tree-sitters lose court round - Cal can keep them fenced in
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 8/31/7 | Carolyn Jones,Henry K. Lee

Posted on 08/31/2007 12:57:41 PM PDT by SmithL

UC Berkeley does not have to tear down a fence it erected around tree-sitters protesting plans to cut down an oak grove outside Memorial Stadium, an Alameda County judge ruled in advance of Saturday's nationally televised Cal football game.

Siding with attorneys for the university, Judge Barbara Miller of Alameda County Superior Court said late Thursday that the fence was a safety measure and did not constitute development at the site.

The tree-sitters had been marooned for hours without food or water until UC police allowed supporters to give them supplies beginning Wednesday evening.

Earlier that day, the university erected the barrier around part of an oak grove near the stadium, where tree-sitters have perched since December to protest UC's plans to cut down the trees to make way for a $125 million sports training center.

Attorneys for the tree-sitters argued in court Thursday that the university should take down the 6-foot-tall, chain-link fence because a judge's order earlier this year banned any development outside stadium before opponents' challenges to the training center work their way through the courts.

The new fence is a "change to the physical environment," but the tree-sitters haven't shown any evidence that it was ever part of the construction project, Miller wrote.

Miller said she was not making any ruling as to whether the protesters can remain in the trees, nor on whether supporters could continue to supply the sitters with food, water and other necessities.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: beserkeley; moonbats; treesitter; uc; ucberkeley
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1 posted on 08/31/2007 12:57:44 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

The tree-sitters had been marooned for hours without food or water....


Hours? Call for a Wah-bulance!


2 posted on 08/31/2007 1:00:40 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: SmithL

This is really great. We can errect fences to protect our trees but we can’t put up fences to protect our borders and citizens.


3 posted on 08/31/2007 1:01:52 PM PDT by RC2
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To: SmithL

We locals don’t call UC Berkeley “The Open Ward” for no reason at all.


4 posted on 08/31/2007 1:02:21 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: SmithL
Siding with attorneys for the university, Judge Barbara Miller...

Funny I thought Judges made rulings not picked "sides".

5 posted on 08/31/2007 1:04:37 PM PDT by Hazcat (We won an immigration BATTLE, the WAR is not over. Be ever vigilant.)
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To: SmithL

Don’t Fence Me In lyrics

Artist: Bing Crosby

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,
Don’t fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,
Don’t fence me in.
Let me be by myself in the evenin’ breeze,
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees,
Send me off forever but I ask you please,
Don’t fence me in.

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
Underneath the western skies.
On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise.

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
And I can’t look at hovels and I can’t stand fences
Don’t fence me in.

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies,
Don’t fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,
Don’t fence me in.
Let me be by myself in the evenin’ breeze
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please,
Don’t fence me in

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
Underneath the western skies
On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise.
Ba boo ba ba boo.

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
And I can’t look at hobbles and I can’t stand fences
Don’t fence me in.
No.
Poppa, don’t you fence me in


6 posted on 08/31/2007 1:05:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: SmithL

“Officials said the fence was built to protect the tree-sitters from overzealous football fans, some of whom have expressed displeasure with the protesters for what they consider to be interference with the progress of Cal football. The team is ranked No. 12 in the nation in preseason polls.”

Sounds like Berkley has a new Zoo. Instead of Bears, Moonbats will be in the new exhibit.


7 posted on 08/31/2007 1:11:21 PM PDT by BlueStateRefugee
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To: SmithL
I heard that there are some trees in the Shiite slums of Basra that are in danger of being cut down.

< /s>

8 posted on 08/31/2007 1:11:40 PM PDT by SIDENET (More fun than a beer left in the freezer.)
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To: Bobibutu
Meanwhile, this is what they're saying in Knoxville:

Cal plans new de-fence for Vols game
Police want to isolate tree-hugging protesters

9 posted on 08/31/2007 1:12:46 PM PDT by SmithL (I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
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To: Grizzled Bear

The problem is .... the police let the food and water in.


10 posted on 08/31/2007 1:14:27 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Red Badger

Interesting factoid:

The year before Bing wrote this, he bought the 7J east of Elko. Nice spread. Back then, it was wide-open range, since Nevada ranchers resisted the Taylor Grazing Act fencing between allotments for as long as they could.

Back then, anywhere around Elko was as dark as it is here at night. Unlike most of the US, central Nevada has truly dark skies and you can see an amazing sky at night. Put this together with a guy like Bing, and you get songs like this.


11 posted on 08/31/2007 1:21:12 PM PDT by NVDave
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To: SmithL

>>UC Berkeley does not have to tear down a fence it erected around tree-sitters protesting plans to cut down an oak grove outside Memorial Stadium, an Alameda County judge ruled in advance of Saturday’s nationally televised Cal football game.<<

Berkley has a football team?


12 posted on 08/31/2007 1:23:06 PM PDT by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words)
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To: BlueStateRefugee
Sounds like Berkley has a new Zoo.

I'm sure the denizens fit the standard role. Fleas, lice, halitosis, barefoot and hairy! A tranquilizer gun should clear the problem up.

13 posted on 08/31/2007 1:24:07 PM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: SmithL

They fenced the oak-sitters IN. oh, hahaha, maybe I will give money to my alma mater after all....


14 posted on 08/31/2007 1:32:09 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: SmithL

They fenced the oak-sitters IN. oh, hahaha, maybe I will give money to my alma mater after all....


15 posted on 08/31/2007 1:32:53 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: SmithL

They need one of these. Just grab the tree with it, shake it and the nuts fall out ready to be harvested.

16 posted on 08/31/2007 1:44:53 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
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To: SmithL

Go ahead an cut down the tree. They can come down the easy way or the fast way; their choice.


18 posted on 08/31/2007 2:00:36 PM PDT by jbwbubba
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To: SmithL

A simple fence shouldn't keep them from sending up much needed supplies.

19 posted on 08/31/2007 2:27:25 PM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Truth has become so rare and precious she is always attended to by a bodyguard of lies.)
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To: MarineBrat; BlueStateRefugee

The Zoo wouldn’t take these lower primates; they’re too tempermental, and easily provoked. Tell them the truth and they’re liable to, literally, “go apes#!+” and throw their feces at you.


20 posted on 08/31/2007 2:51:58 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Nine out of ten orcs attacking Rohan were Saruman's Uruk-hai, not Sauron's! So, why invade Mordor?)
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