Judge nearly orders protesters out of Capitol

Wisconsin State Journal ^ | March 3, 2011 | Todd Richmond, AP

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bump!

[shadeaud]

Turn off the lights, ventilation and of course the water and we will see how many grand children of the hippie movement remain

[KansasGirl]

Get the vagrants out of the capitol!

[wilco200]

Talked him out of it....after they kneecapped him with a baseball bat

[FrankR]

"Judge nearly orders protesters out of Capitol"

Is that like "nearly winning the lottery...I only got 5 numbers wrong"?

[Interesting Times]

"They should be out of the Capitol because it's closed to business."

After this brief moment of lucidity, the fog rolled in once again.

[Libloather]

...whether he should make a temporary court order ensuring full public access to the building permanent.

Courtrooms are public places. Have them camp out in there and stink up the place. That would be fun to watch.

[bgill]

Union attorney Peg Lautenschlager pointed out that the protesters may not take the order seriously because she contends the DOA has ignored the temporary court order to fully open the building. "If you do the order, I don't know how people in the building will react," she said.

They'll cry for their mama when they get thrown in jail for disobeying a judge's order. Too bad, so sad. Throw the book at them. Give them the max. Scare them straight. Cut the electricity and water and don't let any food in. Without their Starbucks and no potty, they'll be out within an hour.

[dps.inspect]

All he has to do is look at the fire code... if the number of people in the building exceeds the limit, by law they have to either shut down the building or at least remove a certain number of people...

[bgill]

Is there any way to turn off the cell phone towers around the building? That would surely send them out, haha!

[Gilbo_3]

what would ya bet that hishoner would have em all arrested yesterday if they were rummagin around the courthouse and demanding ‘full’ access to the chambers at all hours ??? hmmmm???

[midwyf]

I think the fastest and simplest way to clear them out would be to allow the homeless to join them and sleep next to them.

[ElkGroveDan]

The order would have given the 100 or so protesters still camping out in the Capitol only minutes' notice and potentially set up confrontations with the multiple police agencies that have been guarding the building.

Wow talk about a biased headline. It's not as if they are being evicted from their apartments, they're sleeping in frickin' public hallways. As for the confrontations, there would be no confrontations, well that's up to the protesters. It's certainly not the fault of the court if these kooks decide to cause trouble at closing time.

[Darkwolf377]

They should be allowed to camp out in the unused offices of the runaways—no one’s using the offices, and that’ll make the offices nice and stinky for ‘em when they get back.

[Haiku Guy]

Rent a pair of big conference rooms at the Marriot and announce that the Legislature would be meeting there until further notice. The Capitol is just a building. The Legislature could meet anywhere.

[Outlaw Woman]

Great idea

[wilco200]

The fastest way to get them out would be to announce that they are giving away free FEMA cards across the street

[Cincinatus' Wife]

"............But he [Huebsch]said the state can't continue to pay for the army of officers the DOA brought in from around the state to guard the building, noting that law enforcement costs are already approaching $5 million. He also said the protesters' constant noise made it impossible for Capitol workers to get their work done..........."

[Haiku Guy]

I think the fastest and simplest way to clear them out would be to allow the homeless to join them and sleep next to them.

The Homeless wouldn't go for it because the Hippies smell too bad!