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First 'Occupy Elk Grove' Meeting Set for Friday Night
Supporters will gather in Miwok Park at 6:00 p.m., according to a Facebook page for the event.
Last week, Elk Grove Patch .
By this Friday, we had our answer. A group of Elk Grovians has set up an 'Occupy Elk Grove' Facebook page and plans to meet Friday evening in to hash out the details for an anti-corporate protest right here in chain-store-heavy, foreclosure-plagued suburbia.
"Time to join America and be part of the 99 percent solution," reads the description for the page, which had about 30 fans as of early Friday afternoon.
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The group's 'first general assembly' is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Participants will discuss protest options including gathering near highway overpasses under the slogan "the 99 at 99," according to posts on the page. There's also a Facebook event page for the gathering.
Elk Grove Police Department spokesperson Jim Kang said the department had been in touch with organizers and was sending officers to the event to "monitor the situation and see that things are peaceful."
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None of the protest organizers could be immediately be reached for comment, but we're hoping some of y'all will chime in in the comments section and let us know what inspired you to bring this movement to the Grove.
For the rest of our readers: What do you think about this new group? Would you get involved?
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