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"...the government can account for only about 25 percent of the spilled Gulf oil—the portion that's been skimmed, burned off, directly collected, and so on. The remaining 75 percent is still unaccounted for..." (source)
"SANTA CRUZ -- Tensions surrounding a month-long homeless protest in front of the county courthouse are rising, but so far no action has been taken to enforce the city's camping ban.As yours truly worded it a while back:
For the second time this week, sheriff's deputies went to the camp-out late Wednesday to shoot photos, talk with demonstrators and advise them they are violating the city ordinance, according to Sgt. Dan Campos.
"We've got some plans to resist the next time they come too," Christopher Doyon, 45, a homeless man who is the spokesman for what demonstrators call Peace Camp 2010. "They're not going to get this easy."
Most of the 40 people camping on the lawn and stairs in front of the Santa Cruz County Superior Courthouse were cooperative and no citations were issued, Campos said.
Protesters had a different take on the night. They termed the incident a "raid" and said they thought deputies invaded their camp and harassed sleeping people.
"They came in last night and they met some pretty stiff resistance," Doyon said. "We're not going to take this lying down anymore."
Participants argued with deputies Wednesday, telling them they were violating campers' civil rights by waking people. Deputies also had come to the camp early Sunday morning, a calm visit that campers had expected.
The demonstrators are calling for the Santa Cruz City Council to rescind a city ordinance that prohibits camping in Santa Cruz between 11 p.m. and 8:30 a.m., as well as forgiveness for all camping tickets ever issued in the city.
Protesters have vowed to stay on the lawn until their demands are met. If police try to remove them, several have said they will not go voluntarily." [In Full]
...And finally, in Santa Cruz California, also known as "Silicon Beach" due to it's vacation-ready location just 'over the hill' from the Silicon Valley and San Jose, the LEGAL homeless camp-in at the county courthouse known as "Peace Camp 2010" enters it's 24th night of legal sleep for travelers and the displaced workers of the city After a march to city hall the day before, with the city government, whom the sleep-in is targeting due to unconstitutional laws such as a total prohibition, (a "blanket ban" if you would) on sleeping outside at night. The city's leaders are sweating it out in an election cycle full of nightmare publicity aimed at showing the so-called 'progressive' city's government seamy authoritarian underbelly. In a currently headlining desperate attempt, the city is claiming the County courthouse steps are under the jurisdiction of the City's Parks and Recreation claiming it gives them jurisdiction to break up the camp-in, but at this point, and to their credit, the Santa Cruz Police Department is not impressed with the dual-jurisdiction interpretation:
SANTA CRUZ -- The legal loophole that has allowed dozens of protesters to camp in front of the county courthouse for more than three weeks closed Wednesday when city and county officials determined the city's camping ban applied to the county property because it falls within city limits.Visit Peace Camp 2010's blog, and see this IndyMedia article for more information.
However, it remained unclear how the ordinance would be enforced.
"I think what they're going to do is notify all the folks and encourage them to move along," (The current situation at Peaceamp2010) said county spokeswoman Dinah Phillips, who issued a statement Wednesday saying the city's no-camping ordinance would be enforced.
But sheriff's deputies were still formulating a response and city police said it's not their call.
"Why would we go? It's the county's property," Deputy Santa Cruz Police Chief Rick Martinez said. "We're not going to take action on our own on their property." [In Full]
UN extends mandate of UN mission in Iraq for a year
UNITED NATIONS: The Security Council on Thursday extended by a year the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) and urged that country’s leaders to speed up formation of an inclusive government.
The 15-member body unanimously adopted a resolution, sponsored by the United States, Britain, Japan and Turkey, extending the mandate of UNAMI, which expires Saturday, until July 31 2011. It expressed its intention to review the mandate “in 12 months or sooner, if requested by the government of Iraq.”
As UN chief Ban Ki-moon did Wednesday, the council also appealed to Iraq’s bickering leaders to quickly form a government “that represents the will and sovereignty of the Iraqi people and their hope for a strong, independent, unified and democratic Iraq” in the wake of the March parliamentary elections. Ex-premier Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiya bloc finished first in the March 7 polls with 91 seats in the 325-member parliament, with PM Maliki’s State of Law alliance winning 89.
Both, however, fell short of a parliamentary majority, and negotiations over assembling a coalition with other parties appear to have stalled. The lingering political deadlock coincides with an upsurge of extremist violence, with a total of 42 people killed Tuesday, just days after government ministries said more people died in unrest in July than in any month since May 2008. afp [In Full]
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