Beginning of the End?

Posted by: Avinash on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

reportertreesWhile the slow, slowwww judicial process of stadium renovation continues, at least the disgusting sideshow seems to be dying down. Unfortunately, the pain itself is not completely over.

In what they said was an effort to clean up, police officials began removing some of the tree-sitters’ belongings from the Oak Grove at Memorial Stadium this morning.

At 6 a.m., a tree climber began removing equipment left in the trees by protesters.

About 30 tree-sit supporters had congregated in the area as of 8 a.m.

Despite rumors, a police official said there are no plan to remove the protesters today, only their excess belongings.

So basically the treesitters are down to ropes and platforms. We can rename it the treehouse protest, methinks. Certainly would sound a lot less formal and gratuitous, and the Berkeley police could just say it was just kids up there playing tricks on them.

Naturally, I expect this farce to go on as long as the lawyers of the Berkeley City Council twiddle their thumbs in court. Until the UC knows for certain they have precedence to start the renovation process, Cal fans will have to deal with the shameful remnants of this city’s ignominious past.

There is an excessive amount of bureaucratic waste in this city that smells just as bad as the feces those cops had to dig out of the area. And they’re probably going to have to do it again in three months when the judge will likely delay judgment.

Any thoughts on when and how the treesitters might be forced to leave?



Topics: Berkeley, Cal Football, Hippies

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pbear · 893 weeks ago

damn, i was hoping the protest over the marines would have drawn everyone out to city hall.

well, since the area needs to be cleaned up... can we recruit the fire department, or perhaps some cal engineers, to ensure a constant flow of water over the treesitters? doesn't have to be a lot, just a constant dribbling has been used as torture.

of course, high pressure water hoses would be fun too...
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Avinash · 893 weeks ago

I think they usually get it when it rains. I could be wrong though.
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Reno Bear · 892 weeks ago

How about a napalm strike by the Marines!
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Avinash · 892 weeks ago

Although that sounds horrible, it's amazingly surrealistic to picture in my mind. Hippies plopping down one by one. Jeff Tedford staring in horror. The trees festering and dying. Code Pink running around in terror. Tom Bates staring at porn.
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