From the LVRJ: Clark County management will not renew a permit for the Occupy Las Vegas encampment once it expires Feb. 20.
The decision comes days after internal squabbling among protesters made a splash online. Organizer Sebring Frehner demanded his name be removed from the permit that allows protesters to camp on 1.4-acres of county land near Paradise Road and Swenson Street.
Frehner, who tried to cancel the permit earlier this week according to emails obtained by the Review-Journal, did not return calls seeking comment. It is unclear why Frehner wants his name removed from the permit. Online posts point to an alleged increase in drug and alcohol use on the site as well as fighting, but protesters at the site contest the allegations.
One protester alleged that Frehner tried to have the portable toilets removed so that the group would be evicted for not complying with the county permit. According to protesters, about 50 people camp at the site. About a dozen are activists with the movement while the majority are area homeless who rely on the food, shelter and portable toilets. The place that once served as an outlet for Occupy Las Vegas, a local chapter of the Occupy Wall Street movement against corporate greed and influence in politics, appears to now have turned into an extension of social services. http://www.lvrj.com/news/permit-won-t-be-renewed-for-occupy-las-vegas-camp-137797558.html
It's not surprising. The Democrats on the Clark County Commission no longer need the Occupy movement in Las Vegas for political purposes, so they are literally throwing them to the curb.
We have seen this throughout the country. The liberals in the major cities no longer see the Occupy movement as politically beneficial to them, so they are kicking them out of their encampments and now it is Las Vegas's turn.
Of course, you could have read the news about the Las Vegas Occupy movement on this blog yesterday. Welcome to the party, LVRJ. I wonder when the Las Vegas Sun will get around to reporting this news?
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