City of Philadelphia Grants FIVE Rally Permits For Week of DNC Convention

Short and sweet, cuz lunchtime is almost over, but I had to post this. The way it's reported seems....intriguing to me:

NBC10 first reported Wednesday that an anti-fracking, clean energy group called Food & Water Watch was the first to receive a city permit for public demonstration. A group organizer said more than 5,000 activists are expected July 24 at a march from City Hall to Independence Mall.

For the largest of the four pro-Sanders rallies approved, more than 30,000 people are expected to attend weeklong demonstrations called “March for Bernie at DNC,” which will be held at FDR Park in South Philadelphia. It’s within earshot of where conventioneers will gather at the Wells Fargo Center to nominate their party’s presidential nominee.

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Unlike the Food & Water Watch rally, which has a "sponsoring organization" identified by the city, three of the four pro-Sanders demonstrations have no group named, including the FDR Park demonstration.

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Their permits were submitted by individuals, and the city would not identify them, a spokeswoman for Mayor Jim Kenney said.

She cited personal privacy concerns for the applicants.

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expensive boots. Smile

So are many at TOP. Smile

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will be "nothing to see here" and ignore the protests? Or will they dust off the "Democrats In Disarray" headlines and show the protests with glee?

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I'd bet there will be a good-sized line of satellite trucks parked there hoping that FDR Park turns into Grant Park. Seems like Fox would run with Dems In Disarray, though, hoping to start something.

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Defenders of Seneca Lake, Gas-free Seneca Lake will be in Philly. In NYC protesting ConEd this week, always at the "gas plant" on Seneca Lake, being arrested, no-charge and released daily. And no one will know, except by social media. Until it gets shut down.

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That the party apparatus will be working in a box named for a big bank while the people will be gathering in a park named after the president at the center of this little soiree.

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