Reminders: A Rally for Information Freedom tomorrow afternoon at City Hall

A Rally for Information Freedom, in support of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and the hacktivist group Anonymous, will be held at City Hall tomorrow at 3 p.m. John Penley has been instrumental in organizing the event, which will feature speakers such as Barrett Brown, Jennifer Blowdryer, Jim Fouratt, Heidi Boghosian and Gregg Housh.

Runnin' Scared has more on the rally here. The official news release is here.

City Hall, 5:31 p.m., Jan. 13

Reminders: Bake-in Rally at City Hall today

Parents whose children attend the East Village Community School, one of four progressive public schools in the East Village, are among the organizers of a bake-in (not that kind) at City Hall this afternoon.

A quick overview:

On Thursday March 18th there will be a protest against Regulation A-812, limiting the sales of home-baked goods at public school bake sales. It’s from 4-6pm at City Hall. Activist parents will have two tables: one with home-baked goods, and another with the “approved” items: Doritos, Fritos, Pop-Tarts, and Snapple.

EV resident Marjorie Ingall has more on the issue on her blog. And there's more information here on NYC Green Schools.

Robot lawn mower works OT at City Hall

Or so it seems! I've walked by City Hall several times of late. And each time, this damn robot lawn mower is out tooling around. How often does this grass really need to be cut? It's already like a putting green...






At least the tourists seem to enjoy the machine.

Posts that I never got around to posting: "Little pig, little pig, let me come in!"

Got my first glimpse (like a month ago now!) of the Public Art Fund's latest exhibition at City Hall Park. It's by British artist Richard Woods. Went up at the end of June. And it gives me that "Three Little Pigs" vibe for some reason.




For further reading:
New City Hall Santaland-looking guardhouses: Cute or crazy? (Daily News)

John Penley update

John Penley hasn't left town just yet...just saw him at City Hall.

THURSDAY OCT 30, 2008
3:00 to 4:00 PM
NYC CITY HALL
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COME TO THE STEPS OF CITY HALL DOWNTOWN NYC NEXT THURSDAY

YOU MUST HAVE AN I.D. TO GET ONTO THE CITY HALL'S STEPS TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THIS VILE ACT OF POLICE BRUTALITY.

SPEAKERS: DANA BEAL, RANDY CREDICO, JOHN PENLEY AND MORE TBA
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MICHAEL MINEO, AGE 24, OF BROOKLYN WAS ATTACKED BY THE COPS FOR ALLEGEDLY SMOKING A JOINT. HE AND HIS LAWYERS REPORTED THAT THE COPS RAPED HIS RECTUM WITH A POLICE RADIO ANTENNA IN BROAD-DAYLIGHT IN A SUBWAY STATION. THE COPS CLAIM THEY OBSERVED HIM SMOKING A JOINT AND THAT HE SWALLOWED THE JOINT AS HE WAS RESISTING ARREST.

ORGANIZED BY THE AD-HOC COALITION AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY

VIPs leaving City Hall

Bet I know who the Mayor was with!



Wonder what Elmo thinks of the third term...