Permit lottery has protesters livid

[Mugu]

By Chuck Plunkett and David Olinger
The Denver Post

War protesters promised a massive conflict at Civic Center on the eve of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, after losing in a lottery process Thursday that awarded a permit for the park to the party planner for Denver's host committee.

"We're having our protest at Civic Center," said a livid Glenn Spagnuolo, a lead organizer for the group Re-create 68. "We're not going to give up Civic Center park to the Democrats. . . . They are creating a very dangerous situation."

Re-create 68 and its affiliates packed the random lottery with applications to better its chances, but the single entry by Jenny Anderson for the host committee won for Sunday, Aug. 24. The convention will be held Aug. 25-28 at the Pepsi Center.

Spagnuolo has been meeting monthly with city officials for a year, hoping to win the right to use Civic Center throughout the convention. He says 50,000 war protesters are coming for a march from Civic Center to the Pepsi Center on Aug. 24. He said Thursday that he would not respect the host committee's permit and would occupy the park, even if it forced police to intervene.



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[Hugabear]

1. Absolute disgrace, can anyone say RIGGED?

What are the chances that the single entry by the host committee won the lottery?

I'd love to see this group and a whole host of other war protesters converge on the park. This is the type of bullshit you would expect to see at the repuke convention, not ours.

[Ikonoklast]

2. These guys are not war protesters

They are anarchists and thugs, more concerned with disruption than protesting the war. They have no use for any political party, and would not be one bit surprised to see them funded by repukes.

Funny how they have nothing to say about demonstrating at the Republican convention.