That was the case today as Joe Roche of the Occupy Houston movement’s Political Action Volunteer Work Group appeared to ask for “diplomacy.” He wanted the court to show a little down-home hospitality and invite Occupy protesters nationwide to balmy Harris County.
“As colder months now approach, keep in mind there are other Occupy movements in all 50 states. As elected officials, be diplomats and invite the other Occupy movements down here to Harris County,” Roche said.
Though Roche made sure to note the group’s broad concerns (“gross inequality of wealth in our society, in our country, and corporate corruption in our democracy”) his pitch to the commissioners focused on economic development…
Hey, if Mayor Annise Parker is going to allow vagrants to crowd out the taxpaying public in a park they pay for AND provide the vagrants free electricity, why the heck not? That’s a pretty good deal.
Here’s an amusing snippet from the Occupy Houston’s first newsletter that a friend passed along:
Where are all those folks? They are probably out hard at work trying to create their own breaks in our city of opportunity!
Revisiting Occupy Houston – David Jennings, Big Jolly Politics
Next up was a report on finances. The person giving the report stated that the financial picture was not good
