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Hope it turns out great. Keep us posted. I live too far away and with being a bus for two teenage girls, it wouldn't happen for me. I will be in there in spirit.
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Here's a report on the event:
Early morning set up. Assembly of the memorial The Capitol at dawn Barricades! Not entirely unusual for large events, but some were blocking access to sidewalks to our location. I moved two of them. |
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The flag is raised
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The memorial up close
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10th street in front of the state capitol before anyone arrives
View from the west steps of the capitol |
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Mexican media van is checked with a bomb sniffing hound dog
The first illegal vendor arrives too early to make a dime Mexican dancers come over for a photo |
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About here is when things turned on us. Although the access was not terribly good, it was open and people came by and looked at the memorial. After the mexicans started unloading and setting up for the show, the state department of general services came over and began closing the access off to us. Interestingly, they closed off access to the police memorial on the left side, but left open the mexican american war monument on the right. Later we saw why. The mexicans came over for a little photo op at that memorial.
I intercepted the DGS people and told them we had a permitted event here, and access needed to remain open. He somewhat accused me of cutting the zip ties in the barricades, which I never did, and said that CHP told them to seal us off. Later, the CHP permit officer said he would keep one avenue open, but within thirty minutes, that too was sealed, and several CHP stood by it. At this time, Robin Hvidston of California's Crusaders arrived and had to argue to get in. She told them there were two events here today, not just the mexicans. They let her in and closed it off again. State groundskeepers seal off our event Police presence ramps up all around us http://youtu.be/ http://youtu.be/ Last edited by admin; 09-18-2012 at 05:44 AM. |
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