Community Solidarity Protest

This afternoon, October 21, 2011, Occupy Eugene will vacate the downtown park blocks as planned, allowing Saturday Market to operate without interference, and then march to a new occupation site. Occupy Eugene is asking community members to meet at the present occupation site at the corner of 8th & Oak Street at 5 p.m. in order to march in solidarity with them to the new site.

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This afternoon, October 21, 2011, Occupy Eugene will vacate the downtown park blocks as planned, allowing Saturday Market to operate without interference, and then march to a new occupation site. Occupy Eugene is asking community members to meet at the present occupation site at the corner of 8th & Oak Street at 5 p.m. in order to march in solidarity with them to the new site.

On Thursday afternoon, in a seemingly-sudden departure from their previously cooperative stance, City Manager John Ruiz and Eugene Police told Occupy Eugene that protesters will be cited for ANY camping at ANY location in the city. Police have threatened a “no tolerance” stance should Occupy Eugene set up in another location. The no tolerance policy includes possible arrests.

Negotiations are ongoing with the City Manager and Police, but as this is being written the no tolerance stance still stands. Mayor Kitty Piercy, in response to a flood of concerns regarding the no tolerance stance, took to Facebook to reassure anxious citizens and Occupy Eugene supporters: “Solutions are possible. Patience, please.”

All individuals and union members are invited to stand with us and march. Unions already contacted include: Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF), SEIU Local 503, and a broad range of other unions via the Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network (ESSN).

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"We need the same support from you now. Perhaps it is "legal" to arrest us, but most certainly it is not moral.

I am sure that you and the other members of the Council can convince the City Manager and Police Chief to come up with some better options. The wonderful cooperation that has existed between the police and the occupiers to date would be my first choice.

Thank you very much for your help." —Jean Stacey




G.r.brown@ci.eugene.or.us (phone 344-8264 home or 682-8341 city);
Betty.L.Taylor@ (phone338-9947);
Alan.Zelenka@ (phone 343-6591 home or 682-8343 city);
George.A.Poling@ (phone 517-3110);
Mike.Clark@ (phone 682-8395);
Pat M. Farr@ (461-4091 home or 682-8346 city);
Adrea.F.Ortiz@ (phone 688-5588 home or 689-3604);
Chris.E. Pryor@ (phone 484-6891 home; 682-8348 city)

all phone numbers are area code 541
e-mail addressses are @ci.eugene.or.us

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