Did you know our country was founded on a protest, the Boston Tea Party;
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest on December 16, 1773 during the American Revolution. Initiated by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, one of the Thirteen Colonies of British America, it escalated hostilities between Great Britain and the Patriots, who opposed British policy towards its American colonies.[1] Less than two years later, on April 19, 1775, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, also in Massachusetts, launched the eight-year American Revolutionary War, which resulted in the independence of the colonies as the United States.
That’s right folks, our country was founded on protest. So when I hear elected officials on all levels of government bemoan protesters I get angry, then I get even.
After watching the testimony last week at the council meeting and now a petition drive, I think to myself, this is the time to keep the momentum moving. Trust in local government is below 50% according to the latest survey, this is the time to pile on. Someone asked me if I had anything to do with all the testimony and petition drive. No. It was all organic. I did encourage some advocates behind the scenes that this would bring the community together and maybe finally get the council to vote accordingly. Because push back now from the council comes with consequences. Like 5 hour meetings and petition drives, and there are more plans for more civil disobedience.
Last night at the Mankato, MN council meeting, the council was so paranoid about the 300 people who showed up to chew ass about ICE raids in their city they slipped out a back door of the Ballroom and the citizens took over the dais and the meeting. (I am trying to find video). Pretty pathetic when your local government can’t even show up because they are SCARED of their constituents who dared to use the F word.
I told someone if SF would have pulled this, Paul would have called in SWAT, he really is that freaking paranoid.
How about you just listen? Oh, that’s right, you can’t do that. I was listening to those two dopes who run the government subsidized Tid-Bits tabloid you can find at Burger King and they said the council had to pass the rezone due to legal requirements. LOL. The compatibility study said N/A, which gives them EVERY legal authority to vote it down, but you see it the opposite way because you have to kiss the ass of your Masters. They also made fun of some of the arguments against it, all were legitimate, though Jeff and Mutt had to make fun of them also. I keep telling people I could care less about the 10 million arguments against a data center, the facts are reality, it will drive up utility costs across the state and region. And when you are voting against the financial interests of the entire community, we might have something to say about it.
This gentleman decided to use reverse psychology on the Dais, this happened last night also in another part of the country;
“If you can’t pay your taxes…don’t be poor.”
the perfect act of disobedience at a council meeting would be to sit during the pledge of allegiance.