The entire kitchen area has been restructured, Cheryl is an experienced food service person and has established best practices for all of the Kitchen staff. The gas generator is gone, Mayor Bloomberg, thanks, but that action has actually spurred what appears to be a far better electrical system. Starting with a bicycle with an attached generator that was shipped from Occupy Boston... Ohh Rah.. Bean Town, and more recently 2 more bikes have been added, all tied into a set of brand new batteries with glistening new cases and hi tech water proof connectors. The guy pedaling the Occupy Boston bike told me about 6 hours of pedaling will charge one battery, that can be used for IIRC 2-3 days. IIRC I saw 6 new batteries, and these are large truck or heavy equipment sized batteries.
If you didnt know, the Occupiers of Zuccotti Park were not allowed to set up tents, of any kind, even one of those backyard party roof only tents with 4 posts.
Its seems the Powers that be are allowing tents. The perimeter of Zuccotti and most of the isle-ways are all lined with pup tents and the like. Hopefully this will make it easier to keep sleeping bags and other personal belongings secure. It also means that in cold weather, the Occupiers can employ all the standard techniques of keeping warm and thusly healthy.
The drumming was more subdued, and a bit improved.
I had taken the train from New Jersey to Wall St to coordinate with the folks running the Kitchen (Cheryl, Megan and Laura) about continued deliveries of food. I've been running a little food drive the last 3 weeks, and deliver on Fridays.
So I've taken care of business and I start walking away headed back to the Trade Center PATH station and who is walking towards me? Just back from San Francisco MOT.... SO we BS'ed a bit, and I got a chuckle from when I said:
The new hashtag is #JesseLaGrecaRoadShow, to which Jesse mentioned there might be a southern tour coming up.
One thing I forgot to mention is another twitter thing that goes like this:
@OccupyDC? YES WE CAN ! @OccupyOakland? YES WE CAN @OccupyLA YES WE CAN @OccupyWallStNYC YES WE CAN @OccupyDenver YES WE CAN
Or this:
@BarackObama @OccupyDallas YES WE CAN ! @Occupy_Boston YES WE CAN @OccupySR YES WE CAN @OccupyNJ YES WE CAN @OccupyMN YES WE CAN
Can we get Jesse his own show on MSNBC? YES WE CAN !