Portland Needs 70 DUMP TRUCKS to Clean Up Filth After Occupy Goons Removed From Parks
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, November 14, 2011, 11:49 AM
Workers with gas masks move in after police cleared out the Occupy Portland squatters camp. (Mike Zacchino, The Oregonian )
City officials needed 70 dump trucks to clean up the filth after the Occupy Portland squatters were removed this weekend from two downtown parks.
Oregon Live reported:
A dozen city employees today plan to finish clearing Chapman and Lownsdale squares of debris and trash so engineers and horticulture experts can survey damage to the parks’ structures and trees.
City officials expect the parks to be closed for at least one week. Weeks of camping by Occupy Portland at the two downtown parks have torn up grass and damaged plant beds.
Bob Downing, central services manager for the parks bureau, said he’s walked through the two parks periodically since the occupation began.
“I’m not really surprised,” Downing said. “It was what we expected it to be.”
Downing said about 70 dump trucks hauled trash and debris from the camps over the weekend. He said about 30 city employees worked Sunday to clear the parks.
They want your money.
And, they want you to clean up after them.
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Patty commented:
Oh, gee! Let’s see, a bunch of losers get together is pup tents, no toilets, no sanitation, murders, drugs, rapes, hurling excrement, wheeling knives, cut police, homeless, criminals. Set up house for 2 months on public property.
Really? JUST 70 dump trucks.
Sam Stone commented:
Obama supported these fleabaggers and will now lay claim to all the new jobs created, saves or “supported” by the mess left by the vermin who lived in the parks.
American Patriot commented:
B-but I thought these people loved Mother Earth?! Aren’t they into saving the planet or something? Good riddance, now if the mayors in other cities around the country would just do the same thing, this (bowel) movement will go away.
Militant Conservative commented:
I educate many that know nothing about this.
You know, MSM followers. It devastates them
That the MSM is so poor. Cept for the NPR crowd.
They are a lost cause.
The Underground Conservative commented:
Yeah, just like the Tea Party.
Taxed_N_Spent commented:
The city ought to bill them for the clean-up and repair, just like they would do to anyone else.
Patty commented:
If you want to bill someone, AND NOT THE TAXES PAYERS.
Send all bills to D.C. and Obama and Pelosi and any other leader, leader what a joke, to THEM.
The Underground Conservative commented:
Send the bill to George $oro$ and the SEIU.
Patty commented:
Hit these 1% in their pockets. That would show them. Obama could have stopped this. Set up their pup tents on the lawn of Pelosi, Reid, Axelrod, Plouffe.
dunce commented:
There was no urgency to get rid of these bunch of human garbage for weeks but now that they are gone public service union workers get overtime pay to clean up after them. It could not wait till Monday, a regular work day. Tea party people were required to post a bond for their gathering that would have been forfeited had they left 1/10th the mess and the main stream media would have all had pictures and breast beating outrage for days.
lizzy84 commented:
Filth and oh, rape..http://nation.foxnews.com/occupy-wall-street/2011/11/13/woman-raped-occupy-philadelphia … and the violence and lawlessness and stinky, nasty people. Other than that, just like the Tea Partiers.
Eddie Willers commented:
Beck’s 9/12 rally had over a half million people & they left the National Mall cleaner than they found it…
http://www.breitbart.tv/national-mall-left-spotless-after-beck-rally/
John03 commented:
I thought these people were champions of the environment. How could they do this to their dear mother earth?
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
City officials needed 70 dump trucks to clean up the filth after the Occupy Portland squatters were removed this weekend from two downtown parks.
More will be needed to clean up the Oakland squatter camp. What I’ll be taking delight in is that the city of Oakland is likely to take a nice financial hit for their fecklessness. Icing on the cake would be for the major shipping companies to pare back their operations at the port due to the lack of support from city hall over that little “general strike” that interrupted their operations a couple of weeks ago.
lizzy84 commented:
Meanwhile on the other side, Occupy/ Harvard Profiles The 99% Protesters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHGRfdVI5S8
Some animals being more equal…and all the rot.
valerie commented:
#12 November 14, 2011 at 12:12 pm
dunce commented:
Your point is taken, but it’s a good idea to get that filth out of downtown before the start of the business week. This had become a disease site. Also, the longer the junk stays in place, the more likely it will show up again in the same or slightly different place.
burt commented:
Mother Earth with Obama in charge.
Emerson commented:
And THAT’S what the marxist utopia looks like. 70 dump trucks of garbage.
Stan25 commented:
They would fit right into the middle of the Rainbow family. Hell some of those idiots might be just following in their parents footsteps.
forest commented:
They’re pooping all over liberal cities and now leftist college campuses.
I hope they all go to Eugene and poop on that now.
The chickens came home to poop.
Paddy commented:
The text of the 1st Amendment is instructive:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
The limitation of Congressional authority to enact certain laws has evolved into prohibition of police from halting conduct that pose a danger to life and public and private property.
Nearly every city of any size has ordinances that require public demonstrators to register, obtain a permit to gather in specified areas for specified periods of time, pay for expense of police, and post a bond to cover public expense incurred as a result of demonstrators exceeding or violating the terms of their permit. In the case of every OWS encampment, these limitations either were not imposed, or were not enforced by city governments. Consequently, crimes and public health violations are common. Rioting and mayhem happened in some places and was threatened everywhere.
The resultant costs have been enormous for city governments, private businesses and residences nearby to OWS encampments. This is intolerable.
Responsible public officials not infrequently have supported the demonstrators. All have displayed cowardice, irresponsible apathy, and/or ignorance of their ability to legitimately confine and limit demonstrations.
A pox on all of them
Granny commented:
#8 November 14, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Taxed_N_Spent commented:
The city ought to bill them for the clean-up and repair, just like they would do to anyone else.
_________
Freedom of Speech does not include freedom to turn public property into a annex of the city dump. Every one of these people should be charged with vandalism.
mercador commented:
I know this is off subject, but does anyone else feel that the Zero actually has 2 kids and a wife. I really think the family was made for him, just like the Presidency.
UR A DINGUS commented:
Hypocrite wingnuts support free speech… unless someone else is doing it.
Looking at the caption photo am left to ask, do you know the difference between a gas mask and a particle mask?
banshee commented:
I don’t get it. Did they think they were entitled to have someone else clean up after them? Whatever the merits if their arguments, they had no right to act like pigs. They should be horsewhipped. If I open a candy wrapper and there’s no litter basket around, I’ll put it in my bag and get rid of it at home.
Pigs. And they want people to take them seriously? No way. They behave like infants.
Todd F commented:
I remember when the Tea Party left the Boston Common and Devall Patrick had to bring in 70 union thugs to make sure the Tea Party wasn’t raking up the trash without union approval.
banshee commented:
Dingus, littering, public urination and vandalism isn’t free speech. People who can’t show respect don’t deserve respect.
Ohio Granny commented:
They have a PR firm and law firms and donatins. Send them the bill.
Mick Texan commented:
Mistakes:
1. The Police didn’t get names/addresses etc. from the protesters.
2. The bill to clean up this area should be shared among the protesters. If one can’t pay the bill goes up for the rest of them.
3. IF they don’t pay put them in prison for 5 years!
Everyone has a right to protest but NO ONE has a right to trash public or private property!
Patriot Act commented:
Although I applaud Portland for taking action, it took way too long.
But what really rankles me is the NYC police and mayor. If they had shut down the Zuccotti Park demonstration in the first day or two, then this whole nationwide “movement” would probably have never occurred. Only after they let it fester for weeks did the infestation start spreading across the nation.
You might recall that they advertised the demonstration many months earlier as a “Day of Rage” on Wall Street. Notice the “Day”. Well, the demonstration was a flop, only a hundred or so people turned out, and that would have been the end of it if NYC hadn’t looked the other way.
Catherine commented:
They have 20Gs in the bank bill them.
Me I would have left the trash there for all the people to see what these punks were about yes let the people see who the real pigs are.
About 2 months would have done it then I would have sent them the bill to clean it up.
Catherine
Just a Hobbit
Harry Bergeron commented:
Was this debris thoroughly inspected for toxics, the way it would be if a private concern wanted to use the dump?
Just askin’.
KC commented:
“He said about 30 city employees worked Sunday to clear the parks.”
Can only imagine the overtime for city employee’s to pick up this filth.
Buffalobob commented:
Portland park a bio hazard. How much filth, body fluids, body wast, needles, sharps, infested rags, clothing, cardboard, cigarettes buts, drugs, drug paraphernalia has been deposited and will remain until some unsuspecting soul comes in contact and is infected with a life threatening disease? Thank you Portland progs, and a shout out to the brilliant blaze of light, Mayor Sam Adams.
Militant Conservative commented:
#26 is an idiot
Meg commented:
They should have bussed them all to jail and set up chain gangs for the clean-up. What has happened to this country? Get ready as this is not the end of this until there is a change in the admin in Washington.
dba vagabond trader.... commented:
Just like the tea party™
Conservative Ken commented:
Just smack Acorn with the bill.
GAW commented:
With another 70 trucks they could have disposed of the protesters as well.
Voice of Reason commented:
Human form of fleas and ticks delusional as to their importance, misguided in the method of their madness. The world isn’t working for them, so, like liberals, they want change it for everyone whether you like it or not.
Patty commented:
Where’s the sanitation dept. And if they police need to wear mask. Call in Hazmat unit.
Seriously, the police are law enforcement not Garbage collectors. But these occupiers are garbage. Police them.
The police shouldn’t have to collect and depose of the garbage that animals leave behind.
Yet, there may be things that these occupiers left behind but really, disgraceful for cops to clean up mess.
Patty commented:
Bring in bulldozers but someone else to work. Dear God, what has this nations of idiots become.
Thanks, Obama. You always thought Cops were stupid. I feel that Obama is laughing at the cops.
eaglewingz08 commented:
In a way for all that I like about Gov Walker he also delayed action so long that it gave aid and comfort to the same entitlement deranged crowd. Had he stood up sooner perhaps the unions would have had a harder time communicating to put operation poopstock into practice. Other aside, tea partiers leave venues cleaner than they found them but progs libs commies ruin their venues like vermin.
pajama momma commented:
They want your money.
And, they want you to clean up after them.
and now the government’s using your money to clean up after them.
Jean commented:
Pigs are cleaner than these idiots.
Texas_Treeroach commented:
It’s too bad the 70 dump trucks didn’t have work orders to put the occupiers in the bin.
Raysmom commented:
Occupy now has more than $1 Million in Almagamated Banks due to big bucks contributions. Although some of it has been embezzled (surprise) and credit card companies are now refusing to process the credit donations (credit card donations, another huge surprise from those who scorn capitalism, lol), these funds should be seized and used to clean up parks, those cities that had the guts to get rid of these useless tramps first getting dibs.
One good thing about Porkupy- it pretty much made anyone who criticized the Tea Party for being disruptive look like the hypocrites they are.
dirtydog1776 commented:
Let’s destroy everything and throw a lot of garbage around…..think of all the jobs it will create, we can put people back to work, they can afford health insurance and the depression will end. Praise Obama!
Blackbird commented:
This is a golden opportunity for some instant karma. A little while back Occupy Portland (the anti-corporate protest) incorporated over financial matters.
http://www.katu.com/news/local/132664123.html
That means there is bank account and a registered board of directors that are legally responsible for the damages done, in the same way as any other evil corporation accused of trashing the environment. If they foolishly plunder the account there is possible jail time involved, just like any other evil corporation. These poor fools who think that corporations are predators running amok in society may find out just how crazy the over-regulation actually is first hand, and I personally hope they choke on the red tape that has been killing us small business owners for decades now. I do hope they took out an insurance policy from one of the evil insurance companies.
Finncrisp commented:
Anarchy is free – as long as someone else is paying.
Donnelle commented:
When being evicted,there is gonna be a lot of crap left behind….the true occupiers are the ones that closed down their bank accounts! It is obvious that the homeless crowd to advantage of the protest!
MAJ Mike commented:
Remember all this when you vote. The OWS gang is the face of the Dem-Cong Party.
danny mize commented:
no vote for Obama this year from me
An OBSERVER commented:
What happened to the break the banks day last week. The poopstock crowd is a nothing but
Ozero’s hired astroturf doing poopstock.
mws46 commented:
Send the bill to Soros. He organized them and he can pay for it.
AS.Knot commented:
“They want your money.
And, they want you to clean up after them.”
Unless the “your” you are referring to contains any of the 1% then I find your statement mute.
And please, commenters and writer, look at the adjectives you are using to talk about your fellow man.
Does anyone care about anything anymore?
ogee commented:
Most of these squatters were from other places around the country. Seems eveyone there that was interviewed was from Alabama, Michigan, other states and “East Coast”. Makes sense who would be in the tents without a home or hotel. Now the newspeople are saying they want the public to donate for the clean up. WTF? Someone is getting rich off the donations to the Portland OWS. They need to send the bill to the leader of the Portland Occupy. Occupy’s whole motive is get cash rich for demonstrating. What a mess. I heard they have an account with Wells Fargo and deposited $20,000 just today alone. THE PARK WILL REMAIN CLOSED INDEFINITELY. Downtown park is barely a city block square is ruined and people can’t enjoy it on their lunch breaks. The Mayor needs to get a clue. These Occupy your pockets protestors are blocking traffic and snarling streets that are already riddled with roadblock from construction everywhere…… (Paid for by obama stimulous money for votes) Wait until Holiday comes. They (Oh We Smell protestors) are still roaming the streets. Shoppers will not shop downtown. Trust me. Most of the protestors are severely mentally handicapped. For Real. They are NOT the 99%. They are 1/10th of a percent. They are being paid by obama’s seiu on beahlf of “obama (sic) for America”.
ogee commented:
Most of these squatters were from other places around the country. Seems eveyone there that was interviewed was from Alabama, Michigan, other states and “East Coast”. Makes sense who would be in the tents without a home or hotel. Now the newspeople are saying they want the public to donate for the clean up. WTF? Someone is getting rich off the donations to the Portland OWS. They need to send the bill to the leader of the Portland Occupy. Occupy’s whole motive is get cash rich for demonstrating. What a mess. I heard they have an account with Wells Fargo and deposited $20,000 just today alone. THE PARK WILL REMAIN CLOSED INDEFINITELY. Downtown park is barely a city block square is ruined and people can’t enjoy it on their lunch breaks. The Mayor needs to get a clue. These Occupy your pockets protestors are blocking traffic and snarling streets that are already riddled with roadblock from construction everywhere…… (Paid for by obama stimulous money for votes) Wait until Holiday comes. They (Oh We Smell protestors) are still roaming the streets. Shoppers will not shop downtown. Trust me. Most of the protestors are severely mentally handicapped. For Real. They are NOT the 99%. They are 1/10th of a percent. They are being paid by obama’s seiu on beahlf of “obama (sic) for America”.
Rose commented:
Occupy, and Dim Party, and SOROS, and Fed Employees unions, etc… their entire legacy is that of Marxism/Socialism/Communism/etc… TRASH – PURE GARBAGE… and nothing else at all.
Rose commented:
#52 Texas Treeroach… #64 mws46…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Amen!!! Amen and Amen! PERFECT NAILS!
The Dims have decided very recently that they love the old saying, “Pay it Forward!” This is most certainly, INDEED THEIR BILL – their pig waller – let them pay it.
Rose commented:
#66 – when these hanks of pure garbage have trashed public places and small businesses at the expense of small business owners and local taxpayers, they have certainly NOT of all people “TARGETTED” the 1% of the RICHEST.
They have attacked in the most vile manner the taxpayers, the hardest working of the population, the basic foundation of providers and of the core structure of the community. And while the majority of 1%ers will pay many times their fair share of that BITE, so too will half the population of these United States – the WORKING HALF.
They are the garbage – garbage is their entire legacy, their entire Fruit, their entire Produce, and nothing else at all.
There are no words so vile they can insult these rabble, the worst WORDS of the human language can only flatter these vermin and plague carriers.
Charlie Brown cartoon strip used to call a little boy with an unwashed baby blanket and traveling in a small dust cloud “Pigpen” – what a compliment compared to the conduct of “Occupy”.
If you don’t like the words being applied to these vermin, just spend a bit more time considering the message of the vermin themselves.
THEY ARE the complete epitome and consummation of what they are ranting against.
Rose commented:
I would give the dump trucks the orders to proceed to the nearest SOROS property and unload on that real estate all the product of his employees.
bystander commented:
They knew a lot of people were gathering, and they expected garbage, yet provided NO dumpsters? A little preparing on the cities part would have cut down on the after clean up. Just sayin’
Shelly commented:
These hoodlums are obama’s base and votes, and yet, good decent, clean people of The Tea Party he despises. What do you want America to look like? If you believe this is what ‘democracy looks like’ and want much more of the same, reelect obama. If you want adults in charge, vote republican!
Jean commented:
You read the headlines and fall in step with the claim that the city was cleaning up “filth”. Were they perhaps cleaning up the possessions left behind by those who were driven out? I’m sure the personal possessions and camping gear of the Occupiers would look like filth to you lackies of the 1%, because guess what, they are poor people.
When your billionaire friends meet they can afford to pay somebody minimum wage to clean up after them.
Patriot Act commented:
I might feel sorry for them losing personal belongings, except for the fact that they were warned in no uncertain terms, and more than once, of what was going to happen. Anyone who left valuables unattended at their campsite was not using their brain.
And regarding us blog readers all being 1%-ers. Riiight, I have so many billionaire friends. Haha, that’s a good one.
amerika the beautiful commented:
maybe the protestors would’ve cleaned up after themselves if they hadn’t been beaten out of the park. does anyone think that garbage receptacles were provided and maintained for the protests? use your heads and stop being delusional about you being part of the 1%. and by all means, denounce any american citizen who dares to invoke YOUR 1st amendment right, since it’s clearly not for ALL americans, just for those who do armchair protesting.