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Mayor says no to Tent State overnight (Denver will turn on the sprinklers)
Rocky Mountain News ^
| 7/28/08
| Daniel J. Chacon
Posted on 07/28/2008 12:58:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A college-age protest group that wants to camp overnight in City Park during the Democratic National Convention next month is going to have to find another place to sleep.
Mayor John Hickenlooper told radio host Mike Rosen, who writes a column for the Rocky, that Tent State University's plans for a sleepover for as many as 50,000 protesters are out of the question.
The mayor also told Rosen that the city might turn on the sprinklers if the protesters don't abide by Denver's 11 p.m. curfew.
Councilwoman Carla Madison, whose district includes City Park, said overnight camping is not an option.
--snip--
Adam Jung, an organizer and spokesman for Tent State, could not be reached for comment.
--snip--
Madison said other protest groups could make similar requests if Tent State were given permission.
"My concern is all the Re-create '68 folks who've been wanting to sleep in Civic Center Park," she said, referring to the group that promised to make the bloody 1968 Democratic convention "look like a small get-together."
"If we say yes in City Park, I'm not sure how we could say no in Civic Center Park," she said.
Madison also is worried about the precedent it could set.
"Right now, we don't even let the Boy Scouts sleep in the parks. It isn't political. It doesn't have anything to do with any message or anybody. It's just that we don't do that," she said.
"Once you let one group do it, even though (the DNC) is an extraordinary circumstance and all that, I think that it opens up the door to a lot of people just thinking that they should be able to do it, and then if we say no, they can sue us for it," Madison added.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; denver; dnc2008; hickenlooper; overnight; sprinklers; tentstate
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To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:11:24 PM PDT
by
iowamark
To: rogue yam
The mayor should close the parks at sundown, for the duration of the Convention. Just clear ‘em out.
22
posted on
07/28/2008 1:12:07 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(IT'S AN OIL ECONOMY, STUPID!.......................................................(FREE LAZAMATAZ!))
To: NormsRevenge
These are supposedly “college age”, so they probably don’t have any money for real hotels..............Besides, if the spend their money on a room, what will they have left to spend for the beer and or dope?.............
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:12:39 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
To: NormsRevenge
Madison, who lives across the street from the park, said one of her concerns is that an influx of people will descend on Denver to participate in a big sleepover.
"We could just get a lot of people just showing up to camp," she said. "People from out of state, if they found out that we were going to open up free camping in the park, would say, 'Hey, we can actually go to the DNC and stay for free. We don't have to pay $500 a night.'. " The real reason: greed. The city doesn't want to forgo the massive lodging tax they've put in place for all the lucky delegates. They need it to offset the money they've already given away by letting all the DNC people have free gas and car whashes.
To: N. Theknow
BOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:14:52 PM PDT
by
MortMan
(Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton)
Comment #26 Removed by Moderator
To: NormsRevenge
I have a feeling the old hippies’ “second childhood” has just about run its course, like all fads do in America.
An annoying, overhyped DNC should seal the deal.
To: NormsRevenge
Reload the water main for the sprinkler with muriatic acid / water mix. Might actually get those smelly hippies cleaned up.
28
posted on
07/28/2008 1:17:25 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(A citizen using a weapon to shoot a criminal is the ultimate act of independence from government.)
To: NormsRevenge
I hope that Hillary’s Menopausal Minions will go nuts in Denver.
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:17:59 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(8 million views of HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
To: NormsRevenge
Mike Rosen was probably on the top of his game talking about this. Few conservatives are more fun or make more sense than Mike.
To: Abathar
Pour some Ivory soap into the sprinkler system first. Got just the thing...
31
posted on
07/28/2008 1:19:56 PM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
To: oh8eleven
I understand that flying the viet cong flag was just a little more than the cops could handle back then. They would be more used to that kind of treason now.
32
posted on
07/28/2008 1:20:19 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it, and if it stops moving, subsidize it.)
To: NormsRevenge
"Right now, we don't even let the Boy Scouts sleep in the parks. It isn't political. It doesn't have anything to do with any message or anybody. It's just that we don't do that," she said. Baloney. If you go to Civic Center Park any night you will see the homeless sleeping there. Heck, they sleep there even during the day.
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:23:07 PM PDT
by
keepitreal
("I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message. . . until I don't.")
To: NormsRevenge
A tape loop of the anointed one chanting 'Yes We Can' will send them all into a fainting spell.
Like young cheerleaders, damp from a thrill running up their legs.
34
posted on
07/28/2008 1:23:57 PM PDT
by
Darth Hillary
(.........King Bill the Priapic...... indeed.)
Comment #35 Removed by Moderator
To: N. Theknow
I heard of that stuff! They get it from scraping the dead skin and microbial growth out between Teddy Kenedy’s skin folds.
36
posted on
07/28/2008 1:24:55 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: NormsRevenge
The mayor also told Rosen that the city might turn on the sprinklers if the protesters don't abide by Denver's 11 p.m. curfew.
I don't know if that's such a good idea. All that dirt might wash off those hippies and clog up the sewer drains.
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:26:41 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(I zot, therefore I am.)
To: NormsRevenge
We’ll see——it doesn’t take a lot of brains to disable a sprinkler system.
38
posted on
07/28/2008 1:26:51 PM PDT
by
cookcounty
(Obama, the last man to figure out the Surge ---Except for Hopeless Harry Read.)
To: Abathar
Pour some Ivory soap into the sprinkler system first. Too nice. Habernero juice.
39
posted on
07/28/2008 1:29:45 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Waiting for Godot and searching for Avignon)
To: keepitreal
They’re going to give them movie tickets.
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:31:18 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it, and if it stops moving, subsidize it.)
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