All ” fired up”, Obama’s purple army strikes again.
(The Olympian) Seventeen people were arrested after trying to storm the governor’s office in a third day of mounting protests over state budget cuts Thursday.
SEIU "anti-government" mob thug mentality in living color.
In a prelude to what unions say will be an even bigger rally Friday, a protest organized by the Service Employees International Union brought about 500 people to Olympia to call on state lawmakers to end corporate tax exemptions before cutting state services.
Most protesters rallied in the Rotunda of the Legislative Building Thursday afternoon. Several were eventually arrested when they tried to push past Washington State Patrol officers guarding the governor’s office and refused to leave.
Protesters pushed against troopers stationed at the governor’s door shouting “let us in” and “we want the governor.”
Memo to the DNC, Pelosi et all: THIS is what an "ANGRY MOB" looks like.
[Call the DNC at (202) 863-8000 and "tell them you've had enough of the mob." -Heh.]
“They (legislators) need to listen to us,” said Sharon Kitchel-Perdue a home-care worker from Olympia and one of the protesters arrested.
Sgt. John Sager, one of the troopers on the scene said that some of the protesters had said they wanted to be arrested, and eventually, their actions gave troopers no choice.“It was getting pretty hairy in here,” Sager said.
State patrol spokesman Bob Calkins said one protester was cited with two counts of third degree assault for hitting two state troopers, and the other 16 were cited for disorderly conduct and released.
Calkins said the two troopers who were hit by the protester were not seriously injured.
SEIU spokesman Adam Glickman said the arrests showed union members wanted to send a message.
“We hope that elected officials will take this for what it is, which is a statement about the severity of these cuts,” he said.
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Protesters Thursday said they were particularly concerned about the consequences of a $97.5 million proposed cut to the home-care workers’ hours and an $18.2 million cut to mental health services for low-income Washington residents that were included in Monday’s budget proposal.
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The biggest protest of the week is planned for Friday, when Washington Labor Council spokesman Sam Ross said he expects 5,000 to 10,000 union representatives and others to come to Olympia from around the state. Major issues that protesters are likely to focus on, Ross said, are salary and pension cuts for state workers and reduced funding for the Basic Health Plan. >>>
Update: NWCN reports the Washington State capitol was placed under lock down.
OLYMPIA, Wash. -More than a dozen people were arrested Thursday at the Washington state Capitol as part of protests against proposed budget cuts, disrupting the work of legislators trying to close a $5 billion budget deficit.
It was the third day of demonstrations by labor groups at the state Capitol, calling attention to budget cuts they called “immoral.”
About 30 people were escorted outside by state troopers for making outbursts during the session. House members had to take a 30 minute break because of it.
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The Capitol was placed under lockdown Thursday night and was expected to stay that way until Friday morning. That means the main entrances are locked. The building remains open to the public, but only through one side door. Legislative business is going on as scheduled.House lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a budget plan that would slash state spending by $4.4 billion for the 2011-2013 budget cycle. The Senate will follow next week with its own budget proposal.
NWCN video report at link.
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YOU call it a “Mob”, I call it a HUGE GROUP of MOTIVATED LOCAL CITIZENS aiming to TAKE THEIR COUNTRY BACK!
Tea Party is NOTHING! This is what a GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT looks like, NOT some 1/2 dozen or so WELL PAID HICKS bused in from ANOTHER STATE.
The TEA PARTY is ON NOTICE!
This is the SUMMER of the SHOWDOWN!
Get your popcorn, and your peanuts, pull up a chair, and let the @$$kicking BEGIN!
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