John Sears | March 9, 2011
While the new permitting/rally system downtown is being hashed out, things have quieted a bit. Next Saturday is slated to be an *enormous* rally, with farmers converging on the Capitol from around the state. In the meantime, apparently the DOA is up to its old tricks, trying to suppress democracy with trickery. Sigh. They’re catching [...]
John Sears | March 5, 2011
The first one is up, a short speech and song from a member of Vets for Freedom, who I previously caught on video inside the Rotunda. As Stephanie Miller would say, ‘Oh yeah, he’s good.’
John Sears | March 5, 2011
Hey gang. We had a great time downtown today for the ZRC, carrying out signs, getting pictures taken, spreading some outreach on behalf of the Differently Animated. As usual, I have a big crop of photos to share with you as well. The whole Flickr set for today is here, and the collection of all [...]
John Sears | March 5, 2011
John Sears | March 4, 2011
Well, the Capitol opened back up today – kind of. I have to admit, the DOA buckled a lot more than I thought they would. I went down to the Capitol today before lunch and, indeed, I was able to get in. They’ve resorted to low-grade, airport security style harassment, but it’s not nearly as [...]
John Sears | March 4, 2011
I shot these two videos this afternoon; I apologize for the first one, I had trouble finding a good spot to stand and then the focus wouldn’t adjust the way I wanted. As you can see, this movement isn’t running out of steam anytime soon, access to the Capitol or not.
John Sears | March 3, 2011
I think it’s worth noting tonight, as people prematurely celebrate the alleged reopening of the Capitol (which is allowed to take up to five days, and enforcement is up in the air even then), that these protests have been a bit, more than a bit really, TOO polite. For instance, if I hear one more [...]
John Sears | March 3, 2011
First, the obvious big news. In what is being billed as a victory for the protesters, Dane County court judge John C. Albert ruled that the Department of Administration *has* been in flagrant violation of the law, and has to reopen the Capitol during business hours. Just not anytime soon: his allows open access to [...]
John Sears | March 3, 2011
Due to constantly changing plans, I didn’t get down to the Capitol until late, but had a great time hanging out for a few hours in the bitter, bitter cold. I almost frostbit my index finger using the camera, I think. The set of last night’s pictures is here. I didn’t get that many, but, [...]
John Sears | March 2, 2011
They never did open up the Capitol yesterday, in flagrant violation of a court order. As far as I know at this moment, it is still not open. Heading down within the half hour. Pictures below. Set of pics from yesterday is available here. New: all sets of pictures from protesting will go in a [...]