[Lamplighter]

PDX Mayor Sam Adams is between a rock and hard place.
The Portland Police Association (union) is one, Occupy Portland is the other.
So far, our Mayor has made the right decisions.
Hopefully, Mayor Bloomberg can continue to do the same.

ABC News
Nov 6, 2011

It would seem that Mayor Michael Bloomberg would be a natural foe
for protesters now in their seventh week on Wall Street's footstep
But the billionaire mayor has thus far avoided taking decisive action
against the encampment protesting economic inequality and corporate greed.

Bloomberg may not be able to keep that distance for long, however.
Local officials displeased with noise and sanitation complaints
at the site have been notching up the pressure on City Hall.

And park owners may yet choose to clear out the group
on trespassing charges, causing a potential showdown with police
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The mayor has made clear he fears that anger driven by economic
dissatisfaction can breed chaos.
He has declared violence that befell California will not happen in New York.

That's part of the reason the mayor won't step in to evict,
said one of the protesters, Justin Stone-Diaz.
"He may try, but he also knows that if something goes wrong
we can't control what happens," he said.

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