Mayoral phone tree

Mayoral phone tree

by digby

A little "if you build it" piece of evidence:

Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, speaking in an interview with the BBC (excerpted on The Takeawayradio program–audio of Quan starts at the 5:30 mark), casually mentioned that she was on a conference call with leaders of 18 US cities shortly before a wave of raids broke up Occupy Wall Street encampments across the country. “I was recently on a conference call with 18 cities across the country who had the same situation. . . .”

Many witnesses to the wave of government crackdowns on numerous #occupy encampments have been wondering aloud if the rapid succession was more than a coincidence; Jean Quan’s casual remark seems to clearly imply that it was

I suppose it makes sense that they might want to share tips and insights. But if they are coordinating, we're dealing with something else entirely. It would be very interesting to know if any government entity is coordinating this. It makes a big difference if it's the National Conference of Mayors or Homeland Security.

I can certainly see why the authorities might think that it would be great to have this whole thing just end with one big national sweep. But if they think that could actually happen they are too stupid to hold their jobs.

Right now, I'm reading reports that the police are roughing up the press in New York --- which would seem to validate my last comment.


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