City of Asheville Staff Emails: Occupy Asheville

From: Tom Downing

Subject: RE: Following up on Occupy Asheville

Date: 2011-10-12 16:42:52

To:

Mayor Bellamy,

I checked with everyone on the second floor (Phil, Natalie, Maggie,
Sandra) and we have NOT received a letter to the mayor from a person
discussing their ejection from last night's meeting. In fact, we have
received no letters for you today relating to the topic of "Occupy
Asheville."

APD Capt. Tim Splain said that nobody was ejected from the City Council
meeting on 10-11-11. Tim said that there were a group of people who
were in the alcove area in front of the entrance doors and they were
advised that they needed to leave that location prior to 10 pm. They
left the area without incident.

Thanks,

Tom Downing
Administrative Assistant
City Manager's Office
828-259-5604



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Asheville, North Carolina 28802

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From: mayorbellamy@avlcouncil.com [mailto:mayorbellamy@avlcouncil.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:41 PM
To: Bob Oast; Tom Downing; Phil Kleisler
Subject: Fw: Following up on Occupy Asheville


Did anyone receive the letter on my behalf that is mentioned below?

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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From: Jen Foster
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:32:44 -0400
To: ; ;

Cc: ;
Subject: RE: Following up on Occupy Asheville

ya'll should take a minute to watch this short fllm. this is very real
and I can only hold them off for about 24 more hours, and frankly, I
feel the same way....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGRXCgMdz9A&feature=share



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From: fosterthejen@hotmail.com
To: mayorbellamy@avlcouncil.com; wwood@ashevillenc.gov;
kwhitlock@ashevillenc.gov; scole@ashevillenc.gov;
terrybellamy@avlcouncil.com
CC: rosettastarshine@gmail.com; gjackson@ashevillenc.gov;
boast@ashevillenc.gov
Subject: Following up on Occupy Asheville
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:19:37 -0400


Good morning Asheville leaders! I just wanted to write this morning on
a few points. First, Bob, we just want to be clear, in response to
Esther's comments, that "beggars can't be choosers," that we strongly
believe we have the right to do exactly what we are doing under the
First Amendment Assembly rights, and we are seeking your cooperation
rather than mass arrests and court challenges to so prove, but that, as
always, is an option.

Second, ya'll really should come to our General Assembly meeting.
Council does in fact need a "direct response" mechanism, that the
occupier who was ejected last night has written you about madam Mayor.
"Direct response" is insertion of factual information to a point that
would clear something up immediately. For example, whether we were
asking for night camping, that was again misunderstood by Esther. This
is an occupation, and the only ordinance in the way is the curfew. The
point is not night camping, but an ongoing occupation. 24/7

Oh, and thank you for coming out last night Chief Wood. Very good
experience.

Our group is very serious about public park access space, not a side
city parking lot etc. I suggested the upper northwest corner of the
park, from the Arcade, McGuire little amphitheater up to the top street,
thinking that other permitted events would not be impacted as seriously
there. We also would likely agree to move between now and the "month"
break for any events that actually needed that space, and then occupy
that space thereafter. There may be other city park space you may
suggest. I still think this upper McGuire space is perfect, especially
after the date the park is vacant. When was that again?

Obama is coming to town as you know. We need to have our peaceful
assembly firmly established by Saturday. Obama, as well as you guys,
needs to come see what this people's movement is about. Perhaps that is
why he is coming?

We would like to create a working group to discuss by day's end. We do
have a lot of children involved in this movement and are very excited
about Mark Case and the AFL-CIO's offer to build our infrastructure and
keep everybody safe.

This IS what democracy looks like! We can all learn from each other!
Thanks again! Let's make history!

Jennifer

828-279-9538; office 828 255 7703

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