Did the Oakland mayor address the Occupy crowd last night?

[Bake]

I can't find a thread on it.

Thanks,

Bake

[provis99]

1. she chickened out. n/t

[Bake]

4. Chickened out. WOW!

There's a surprise.

Thanks for the info!

:hi:

Bake

[Fumesucker]

2. She was told she had to wait her turn..

Evidently she had other more pressing engagements.

[robdogbucky]

3. Bake, no she didn't. Here's this morning's story on it......

Occupy Oakland protesters boo Quan off the stage

Will Kane,Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writers


Friday, October 28, 2011


(10-28) 09:42 PDT OAKLAND -- Oakland Mayor Jean Quan was booed off the stage by Occupy Oakland protesters Thursday night as she tried to speak at their general assembly.

Quan was standing in line to speak at the forum on Frank Ogawa Plaza around 11 p.m. when the group began booing and chanting, "Go away."

Quan, who has taken heat for the police action Tuesday night in which officers fired tear gas at Occupy protesters, walked into City Hall without saying anything.

Police peacefully removed demonstrators from the plaza outside City Hall early Tuesday, only to launch tear gas and seriously injure one demonstrator when protesters returned that evening. Police officials said they had acted in response to instances of protesters throwing objects and paint at officers...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/28/BANB1LNK52.DTL

[arcane1]

9. That's a shame, I wish they had let her speak

I, for one, am curious to hear what she would've said.

[robdogbucky]

5. More.....

"...The clash attracted international attention, and Quan, who was in Washington, D.C., on a lobbying trip when it happened, was criticized for saying she hadn't known exactly when police were going to clear out the Occupy camp.

In a video message she posted on her Facebook page, Quan said she was "deeply saddened about the outcome" Tuesday night. "It was not what anyone hoped for, ultimately it was my responsibility, and I apologize for what happened..."

...Many said Tuesday morning's raid on the camp had hardened their resolve to live in the plaza as part of the worldwide Occupy Wall Street movement.

"That's what this whole thing is about - occupying public space," said Josh Chavanne, 29, of Oakland, one of several people who have moved back into the plaza. "We're here because many of us believe it is our right as human beings to decolonize property..."

...City officials said they were assessing what to do about the fledgling rebuilding effort, but declined to speculate on what would happen if the camp returns in full flower.

"Right now, as long as it's nonviolent, the plan is to let a peaceful protest take place," said Sgt. Jeff Thomason, a police spokesman.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/28/BANB1LNK52.DTL#ixzz1c6CQpluj

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Which Oakland crowd?

[robdogbucky]

7. And, in related news from across the Bay....

Occupy SF: No-show raid invigorates protesters

Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff Writer


Friday, October 28, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- Before word swept through Occupy SF of an impending police raid, the camp at the south end of Justin Herman Plaza was largely a crash pad for chronically homeless people, with a contingent of activists thrown in to push the core message of denouncing economic disparity.

Then came the raid that didn't come. By midday Thursday, the sun shone on an utterly transformed encampment.

Suddenly, there were people who looked more like office workers than hippies strolling among the 50 tents pitched on the concrete and grass. Tourists gave high-fives to the campers. A group resembling yoga instructors set up a huge rug and spent the afternoon meditating.

Overnight, it went from Rainbow Nation redux to a kind of cross between an antiwar demonstration and a company picnic...


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/27/BAS61LN3UP.DTL#ixzz1c6DHqtAB

[robdogbucky]

8. More....

'Energized everyone'

"...I think that thing last night just energized everyone, and they've been passing the word that if you're not here for the real protest, you might want to go somewhere else," said John Tunui, a painter who manages dozens of street-artist booths next to the encampment. "It's a different camp now."

He and his fellow vendors were complaining as late as Tuesday that since Occupy SF set up at the plaza three weeks ago, street people had been dominating the camp and stealing from their booths. But by Thursday, the problem was virtually over, Tunui said.

"We like their message, and I guess we're learning to coexist," he said.

More than 300 protesters gathered Wednesday night after word swept through the camp that the mayor and police force would make good on warnings to clear the tents out because of what they said were sanitation and illegal camping violations. By midnight, demonstrators had been joined by a phalanx of union leaders and politicians, including two mayoral candidates, Supervisor John Avalos and state Sen. Leland Yee...


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/27/BAS61LN3UP.DTL#ixzz1c6DYyfcx

[kestrel91316]

10. Queen Jean apparently got miffed because she was going to have to WAIT HER TURN

to speak. So she left, presumably in a huff.