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City officials temporarily denied Occupy Madison a new street use permit Wednesday after protesters violated public health and safety conditions and failed to follow the correct processes to renew or amend a permit.
The permit, which expired Wednesday at noon, required Occupy Madison protesters to relocate from their current space at 30 West Mifflin Street, also called 30 on the Square.
A neighboring hotel's staff alleged voiced concerns about having to recently escort hotel employees to and from bus stops late at night due to inappropriate behavior, such as public masturbation, from street protesters.
neighboring hotel's staff alleged voiced concerns about having to recently escort hotel employees to and from bus stops late at night due to inappropriate behavior, such as public masturbation, from street protesters.
"You can't be affecting the safety and health of other people around you," Madison Fire Prevention Officer Jerry McMullen said. "With the public health violations and the complaints I've heard, I don't believe it meets the spirit of the ordinance to a street use permit."
That was a mighty big stretch there to connect those 2 dots.
Did you forget to read inbetween those two sentences..one about the permit and the other about masturbation ?
That was a mighty big stretch there to connect those 2 dots.
Did you forget to read inbetween those two sentences..one about the permit and the other about masturbation ?
He just took his post directly from another post on a blog. Poster probably did not even read the article before he posted. No credibility whatsoever.
Public masturbation? Really? Incidents like this do nothing to further their cause. Can you imagine the negative press the Tea Party would have gotten if they were doing this stuff? Pooping on cop cars, drug use, sex and masturbating in public, antisemitic statements, trying to shut down the Brooklyn Bridge and obstructing traffic...
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