Occupy Everett group has a permit to camp in courthouse plaza

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Love it when there's cooperation by the local government. Everett for those of you who don't know is north of Seattle.

EVERETT -- The Occupy movement has arrived in Everett.

Several dozen people met Wednesday evening at the Snohomish County Courthouse plaza to sort out the logistics of a long-term sit-in.

The county has granted the group a facilities use permit that allows people associated with Occupy Everett to set up tents in a grassy area in front of the courthouse.

Nobody needs a permit to protest but one is necessary to camp overnight at that location. There's no end date to the permit.

The county also plans to provide portable toilets, garbage cans and Snohomish County deputies on scene for the protection of people protesting, Snohomish County Deputy Executive Gary Haakenson said.

"We believe in their right of free speech, and we're trying to allow them to do that," Haakenson said.

Two deputies will be assigned at all hours as needed, Snohomish County Sheriff's spokesman Kevin Prentiss said.

"That means if nothing is going on, those resources will be sent back to their normal assignment," he said.

Those deputies won't cost taxpayers extra because they would normally be working the same hours.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20111027/NEWS01/710279817#Occupy-Everett-group-has-permit-to-camp-in-courthouse-plaza-

[Ken Burch]

1. Good. Let it grow.

I hope some Wobblies are gonna be there(given past history in Everett, and given that events have proven that they were right about a lot of stuff).

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Wobblies?

You're talking about nearly 100 years ago.

[Ken Burch]

5. They still exist, though.

And, among other things, they've been trying to organize Starbucks.

[stevedeshazer]

2. That's a hell of a lot better deal than Occupy Seattle got.

Good to hear.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. The Constitution is our permit.