I'll be going to cover it as a transportation story.
Hopefully, I'll be able to avoid an unfortunate misspelling such the one on the event's Facebook page: “With fair hikes and cuts to service at TriMet looming on the horizon, Occupy Portland joins Occupy Boston's call for a national day of action on April 4th in defense of public transit.”
I'm pretty sure organizers don't consider the proposed hike in ticket prices and service cuts “fair.”
Then again, that little slip may be the least of the movement's challenges. There seems to be a good deal of confusion about how the protest for the 99 percent will work.
As Facebooker Bao Vuong put it: “How are we protesting this. How are we going to stand out (to show that we are protesting)? Where are we going to ride from? And where are we going to? This is en (sic) enclosed environment, so we gotta consider carefully of our actions.”
Dane Kingsley responded: “Mass Sit in and Rally at Rose Quarter. Not enclosed.” Others want it to happen on the buses and MAX. And the logistical questions keep rolling in: Just downtown buses and trains? Evening or morning commute -- or both? To blockade or not to blockade MAX trains?
Apparently, there's a planning meeting set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Southeast Portland.
JOE ROSE HERE
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