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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Inconvenient lefties
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 01:33:22 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>May 2, 2024 at 5:14:49 PM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:
>>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>>>As you may recall, Gov Pritzker had kindly offered to run for president
>>>in 2024 if Biden weren't running and if anybody in the party wanted him
>>>to. The party very much DID NOT want Pritzker to run for president in
>>>2024 under any circumstances.

>>>So Chicago got the Democratic convention instead.

>>>For those who don't know, the United Center (1994), home of the Bulls
>>>and Blackhawks, was built to house the 1996 Democratic convention.

>>>We have the usual ritual. Protestors seek a permit to protest. Cops
>>>claim there aren't enough cops to police both the convention and the
>>>protestors.

>>>Will the protestors kindly relocate into the middle of Lake Michigan?
>>>Well, they were offered Columbus Drive in Grant Park. Now, protestors at
>>>the 1968 convention did not care about the International Ampitheater, on
>>>the near south side. They did march in Grant Park, because it was across
>>>the street from the convention hotel the Stevens Hotel (ok ok, it's been
>>>the Hilton since 1951) and downtown tv stations could film them.

>>>The protestors are suing to march near the convention.

>>ACLU of Illinois has filed suit.

>>Nearly every parade permit application filed for marching during the
>>convention has been denied. This group of protestors wanted to march on
>>Michigan Avenue which passes by numerous hotels but were denied. They
>>said they'll march without a permit.

>>Chicago has yet to say what security perimeter it will establish. It
>>will likely include my office building and home in the suburbs, and
>>reach as far west as San Diego.

>>https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/05/02/aclu-democratic-national-convention-protest-united-center

>Chicago won't be in charge of the depth and breadth of the security
>perimeter.

I'm suggesting that whatever the Secret Service designates will be
greatly enlarged by local police as an excuse to deny parade permits to
inconvenient lefties that will seek to embarass the governor and the
mayor.