City Council President Steve Murphy talked about Occupy Boston on Channel 25 today. While he said he agrees with some of the points protesters are making - banks got bailouts, Big Oil nearly bankrupted the US auto industry - he said police are now on target to spend $2 million a month on patrolling the area, and that money has to come from somewhere.
Whether it's snow plowing or street cleaning or educational needs or summer jobs for kids, frankly, it's all in the same bucket and we only have so much wheat in that barrel. ... Wall Street isn't picking up the tab on this it's Boston taxpayers. ... I just don't think it's good to try to bankrupt a city as you're trying to make your point. And I think that might be where we're headed.
Murphy also echoed comments by Police Commissioner Ed Davis after the Tuesday-morning arrests, that "professional agitators" have joined the occupation and want to cause trouble.
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Waaaa Waaa, Combating Anarchists
By anon²
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 2:21pm
is expensive!
the hyperbole coming from the city politicians and police is getting worse and worse. Hopefully it'll start turning some heads.
Good thing Coakley's in their pocket.
What year is this?
By anon
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 2:55pm
The media and the authorities need to stop talking about mythical "outside agitators", "dirty hippies" and the like. This is not 1967. How OLD are these people? How soon before they drag Richard Nixon into it? This whole protest is going to fizzle out of it's own accord quite soon as the weather turns more inhospitable and the trust fund protestors return to the warmth of their dorm rooms and parents basements.
Oh councilor Murphy ...
By anon
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 5:26pm
There's a professional agitator in your washing machine ...
Sooooo much respect for Councilor Murphy
By jitterbug
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 9:21pm
The one and only time I met Council President Murphy, I, alas, didn't know who he was. He showed up an event I was running where Menino was speaking. Murphy was late, and he's really giant and he was kind of standing in the middle of the room. So I slipped up beside him and said quietly, Welcome, Sir, I have a terrific seat for you right over here. Seriously, right in front as it happened. His reply was, "Um, I'm Council President Stephen Murphy. And I'm here to be recognized."
Um. Gross.
Sooooo much respect for Councilor Murphy
By jitterbug
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 9:23pm
The one and only time I met Council President Murphy, I, alas, didn't know who he was. He showed up at an event I was running where Menino was speaking. Murphy was late, and he's really giant and he was kind of standing in the middle of the room. So I slipped up beside him and said quietly, Welcome, Sir, I have a terrific seat for you right over here. Seriously, right in front, as it so happened. His reply was, "Um, I'm Council President Stephen Murphy. And I'm here to be recognized."
Um. Gross.
it looks like a helicopter
By davidvandamage
Fri, 10/14/2011 - 12:08am
it looks like a helicopter view of a Counting Crows concert, I wonder what if you can see them on Google Earth.
BPD releases actual costs to date
By adamg
Fri, 10/14/2011 - 5:12pm
Just a tad lower than $2 million - like, oh, $1.6 million lower.
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