City tells Occupy Bangor to remove camp structures, canopies from park

[Maine-ah]

Source: BDN

By Andrew Neff, BDN Staff
Posted Nov. 16, 2011, at 8:41 p.m.
Last modified Nov. 16, 2011, at 9:13 p.m

BANGOR, Maine — The Occupy Bangor movement has overstayed its welcome in Peirce Park.

City officials on Wednesday sent a notice to organizers of the protest directing them to remove “event canopies, the fire apparatus and all other associated equipment, structures and items” from Peirce Park by 10 p.m. Thursday.

“We’ve tried to be reasonable, but this is not an appropriate way to use our park,” said City Manager Cathy Conlow. “There’s a blue tarp, canopy tent, firewood pile, clothesline. They’re storing stuff on that site. It’s gone past what we consider a reasonable interpretation of use of that property.”

All items not moved by Occupy Bangor members will be removed by city workers and stored at the Bangor Parks and Recreation Department facility on Main Street.

Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2011/11/16/news/bangor/city-tells-occupy-bangor-to-remove-camp-structures-canopies-from-park/

[ixion]

1. "this is not an appropriate way to use our park,”

that says it all.

[castnet55]

2. Occupy Bangor

Maybe he was trying to be nice in telling them to get out. Civility with words often has a good effect.
Haven't heard that this town has bad blood between occupy and the city.

[DJ13]

3. Its like city officials across the country are reading from the same script

Curious, isnt it?