Occupy Austin to city: Power wash City Hall less often, please

The Austin Statesman ^ | January 30, 2012 | Patrick George

[cweese]

Members of the ongoing Occupy Austin protest have issued a statement saying they are petitioning city officials to power wash their City Hall site less frequently.

Occupiers say that their area is power washed three times a week between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., which leaves them sleeping on wet concrete in the chilly January weather. About 30 or 40 people still sleep at City Hall every night as part of the protest, police officials have said. Many of them are homeless.

Protest members say they have created an online petition that asks the city to power wash only once a week and during the day. It has garnered nearly 200 signatures thus far.

“Living on wet concrete in winter temperatures is a threat to the health of occupiers,” they said in a statement. They also claim the city is violating stage two water restrictions.

[cweese]

Awwww, poor babies. Too bad the city doesn't hose them down while they're cleaning the sidewalks.

[brytlea]

“Living on wet concrete in winter temperatures is a threat to the health of occupiers,” they said in a statement.

I'm sure it is, which is why living on the streets is not considered a healthy thing to do. We really need to go back to the time when people were not allowed to just set up housekeeping in public spaces.

[petercooper]

Ha ha

[Dallas59]

[Free in Texas]

The City should add a little Parson’s ammonia to the powerwash solution. Cleanliness IS next to Godliness, after all.

[colorado tanker]

We really need to go back to the time when people were not allowed to just set up housekeeping in public spaces.

Oh, they would. Just as soon as a bunch of conservatives tried to do what OWS is doing.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Menehune56]

Occupiers say that their area is power washed three times a week between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., which leaves them sleeping on wet concrete in the chilly January weather.

Time for the city to step up to a daily cleaning. Get those maggots out of there.

[Iron Munro]

Occupy Austin to city: Power wash City Hall less often, please

"Also, Please stop stealing our garbage and killing our rats."

[Spok]

I hear the Occupy crowd isn’t big on washing anything.

[Ron H.]

Awwww, poor babies. Too bad the city doesn't hose them down while they're cleaning the sidewalks.

I was thinking the same thing.

[brytlea]

Probably right, except of course conservatives wouldn’t because they are normal people.