Occupy Honolulu: Meeting with Mayor Didn't Go Well

By Michael Levine 12/13/2011
Sanjeev Ranabhat for Civil Beat

Occupy Honolulu protesters left an afternoon meeting with Mayor Peter Carlisle unhappy, feeling no better about their prospects for staying at Thomas Square long-term.

The Tuesday meeting at Honolulu Hale was the first between the mayor and members of the movement, who requested the face-to-face.

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One Occupy Honolulu member sitting outside the office, who said he wasn't in on the meeting, told Civil Beat that his compatriots reported that the meeting didn't go well.

The protester said those who were in the meeting left feeling that the city will use the new law banning personal belongings from public spaces to evict the encampment from the sidewalk next to Thomas Square Park at the corner of Beretania Street and Ward Avenue downtown. As the group quickly moved to the elevator, he said the administration has been lying in the media when it's said it has no plans to move in on Occupy protesters.

http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2011/12/13/14220-occupy-honolulu-meeting-with-mayor-didnt-go-well/

Previous Coverage of the Sidewalk Ban Law which passed last Friday after quite a long period of debate: http://www.democraticunderground.com/104734

I can't find any recent photos of the Thomas Square occupation (it's a smaller public area in Honolulu maybe a few acres max). Anyone got some?