Cost of Occupy

The movement's quieted down a bit recently, at least as far as media attention goes, and this article points out one reason why I don't think the simple protest route is really gonna have any affect....the fact that it's actually costing the very people it's claiming to represent through city spending. While some of the larger cities seem to plan for things like this, putting millions aside in the budget for unexpected events that cause  overtime, extra police and cleanup, other towns are really feeling the pinch, especially in a year that, once again finds our economy slow, budgets extremely tight, and political tension rising...

http://news.yahoo.com/occupy-protests-cost-nations-cities-least-13m-073242555.html