The Occupy Dallas website offers some welcoming words:“We invite you to come down to City Hall Park and see what we’re up to. Hang out and get to know us.”
OK. We’ll see.
It’s a chilly Thursday. The coffee tent has drawn a small early-morning group. Two “peacekeepers” walk a perimeter around the 60 or so tents sheltering some 120 people outside City Hall.
An electricity generator drones on as Richard Souza putters about the food tent, ice chests and jugs of water. Pots from last night’s supper await cleaning. Peanut butter and snacks await hunger. Dead flies dot adhesive traps.
Occupy Dallas launched its protests against Wall Street greed, corporate power and economic inequality on Oct. 6. After camping at Pioneer Park downtown, the group accepted an offer from the city and moved near City Hall on Oct. 17.
An agreement allows the group to remain there through Dec. 11 with the possibility of an extension, but it also prohibits cooking and toilets at the site, among other conditions. That agreement was in jeopardy after the city sent a letter to leaders Tuesday, saying the group has until Saturday to correct what the city called breaches of the agreement, or face possible removal from its City Hall campsite.
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