Way back when, a few months ago, Santa Rosa City Hall was the focus of a huge Occupy rally and march - the sixth largest in the country. It was a middle-class affair - my friends and I were there - filled with a happiness that people had been moved to come and protest and speak out. Here's a pic from that day:
After the rally, Occupy Santa Rosa organizers vowed to occupy City Hall. They did.
But anyone who has driven past the encampment, as I do every day, since CalTrans has been tearing up Third Street, can see what the Press Democrat reports today - that City Hall is nothing but a homeless encampment.
It's important, as someone said, that Occupy be a movement that welcomes "my mom." No one's mom wants to be associated with a homeless encampment.
