Organizers held the First General Assembly of 'Occupy Elk Grove,' the city's entry into , Friday at .
Eight people—joined by a handful of journalists—gathered on a muggy evening to discuss and plan for their first demonstration. They chose a theme particularly symbolic to Elk Grove: "99% on Highway 99," a reference to the bulk of the U.S. population and the city's major transportation artery.
The march will begin at on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. From there, demonstrators plan to make their way with signs and banners to the Laguna Blvd overpass of Highway 99.
“We want into the conversation,” said Gretel Elving, who attended the meeting with her husband, Todd, and twin babies. “We’re tired of Wall Street representing the one percent when we’re the 99 percent and we haven’t been heard.”
A major concern expressed at the meeting was the high rate of home foreclosures in Elk Grove and the nation.
Elk Grove joins hundreds of cities around the country where demonstrators have held rallies and campouts in recent weeks to protest the concentration of wealth and income among the upper echelons of the population.
Todd Elving, who started the 'Occupy Elk Grove' Facebook page, said he wasn't aware of any organized groups supporting the protest. He had never met any of the other participants until Friday's meeting, he said.
"I just opened up a Facebook page, and people started saying they wanted to do something," he said.
Organizers say they are contacting police to see if they need a permit for Wednesday's protest. Anyone interested in joining the march can go to the event's Facebook page for further information.
BTW, any links to these Craigslist or any other ads for paid 'Occupy' protesters?
Business 1- gay bar/restaurant in Guadalajara Business 2- bed and breakfast in Guadalajara Business 3- Taqueria in Zamora All of the above are in Mexico, all 3 of the above serve food , therefore the 3 restaurants. My gay bar is a bar/dining combo, you can eat on one side and dance and watch videos and get drunk on the other side. Roach Coach business in the U.S. I read your posts on Patch, either you like stirring things up or you are angry inside, i kind of like it, it makes for good reading.
C'mon, Mario. You're a businessman. "Living wage" to you is something entirely different than it is to the employee. To you, it's whatever you feel like paying, to the employee, it is the minimum they need to live on.
The path to a living wage is by eliminating the minimum wage. Productive employees then can bid their value. I think to those that believe in the "living wage" concept, it's defined as "more than I'm getting" which is probably more accurately "more than I'm worth in the current job market." If you can bring value to the table, you will receive pay commensurate with that value.
Thanks, M., but personally I have NEVER found that to be true. One other thing, since you have previously stated here that you are essentially not searching for a job, then why are you poking about on these websites?
See this Occupy movement is working. It has you all discussing issues that were are still are being ignored by the people in power. See the people that make money off of the division in our country are the top 1 percent. They contribute huge sums of money to the political campaigns to fund their issues. Who would have thought that people would say we are paying for protesters? Damn please let me know who is paying. Sure there are people donating food, gas electricity to the Cesar Chavez movement, but if you have been down there there are also churches feeding the homeless. No if you distort the truth, it doesnt make it the truth. All of your distortions, threats, name calling, etc. You know that is just making people more determined. Quit complaining about the people volunteering their time to try to keep this conversation going for change, please dont focus on the knuckleheads, every group has those. I mean look at the person who threatened to run us over. Who cares what you do or dont do to feed your family. Focus on the people that are DOING
Yesterday I saw an Article from "The Bloomberg Report" It was breaking news about Bank Of America after their credit rating dropped from AAA to AA, they transfered their most volatile under rated accounts to the AAA accounts. These are guaranteed by The Government. Billions of dollars. Anyone know anything about this? wont this destroy our country?
Maybe in Mexico, Mario, but try renting or even qualifying for a place in EG on $9hr. Now if you're still having "sleepless nights, there's one you can sleep on...
Mario, that's fine if you're a single guy that already owns his own reliable transportation, has no healthcare issues, no afflictions or addictions, and no other major cost-of-living bills, and can make the security deposit+cleaning deposit+first+last rent just to move in. I guess that's about it, however, one size does not fit all. Do all your employees fall into that category? If I was married w/children, that one empty room wouldn't be looking too good. Is it doable? Maybe, but how long would you want to live like that? I'm about done with this debate now, because it's never-ending, and I think we've hijacked this thread long enough. What say we just agree to disagree, and move on ….?