Occupy Maple Ridge

[jeff davis]

As most of you know the Occupy movement has Taken over the World.
This Comming Nov 11th the Movement is Deciding to Occupy the Downtown Core of Maple Ridge to include our Cenotaph.
Some of the people Feel that the 11th of Nov will be the best time to occupy and disrupt the Service in Maple Ridge .
The group will decide their Course of action this Sunday at a meeting.They are not firm on their actions as of yet but will Keep us posted . To find out more have a look on the facebook page .
Occupy Maple Ridge.

[Harry Moon]

Well for the first time in years I'll join you in un occupying Maple Ridge on the 11th. I'll bring friends!

[jeff davis]

Thanks Harry. The More the merrier.

[Dennis Gelean (RIP)]

Jeff, do a posting on my face book page. I will drum up some red neck realtors for this cause. I will also send to MLA'S and MP's. If any one pees on our cenotaph they will lose their spout. 2 displays this year on main st.

[Guy]

Hi, what is the city going to do about it ? we need to stand up for what we believe in.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

In London, Ontario, the 'occupy' group shows no bias. Yes, they will disrupt the Remembrance Day ceremony for the First Hussars adjacent to their WW2 Sherman tank 'Holly Roller', but the occupy folks also got in the way of a ceremonial tree lighting in honour of women's rights.

Aside, I know relatives of three of the London occupiers. One is an 18 year old self declared 'free man' to whom laws don't apply. He wants to build a wood hut (here) and move it to some forest up north to live. Another is a 25 year single mother of three with a criminal record. Her kids aren't at the protest so I don't quite know how that's working. The last is a 17 year old, unemployed high school dropout living in her dad's basement. She's between treatments for her drug addiction.

The funniest thing I heard was that in Toronto, 'street people' were joining the occupy camp-out. Nice hot meals, company, new tents and a port-a-potty to use instead of a sidewalk. It turns out the 'real' protesters (the ones that sneak home after dark and return in the morning) are upset. They don't like these people consuming their resources without 'working' at protesting. Maybe there's hope for them yet.

[jeff davis]

Dennis i will get Riley to Enter on your facebook. I have not made it into the tech age
Jeff

[servicepub (RIP)]

News reports of drug overdoses and physical and sexual assaults within the Occupy campgrounds make me glad that I am one of the 1%.
They remind me of the squatters in Ottawa about 8 years ago. After several weeks of occupying an empty house in the name of the local homeless it turned out that not one of the squatters could claim "no fixed address" on their arrest form.

[Dennis Gelean (RIP)]

A protestor with his 99% sign was approached by a Veteran. the Veteran told the protestor, when I was your age, I occupied Europe