| Occupy Whatever is Quickly Becoming Occupy Morgue Posted: 11 Nov 2011 09:35 AM PST  The Occupy Whatever has sent another person to the morgue. According to local media reports, an unidentified man died from a gunshot wound just a day or so ago. The protesters prevent local media from reporting on the incident as it happened and even beat a cameraman so badly that he had to be hospitalized.
The Mayor of Oakland responded with a plea for the protestors to voluntarily disband that was as pathetic as anything I’ve ever seen from an elected official. So the fatal shooting near Occupy Oakland last night has finally pushed Mayor Quan to call for the camp to be shut down…voluntarily. She sent an open letter asking the Occupiers to leave peacefully last night, which they promptly ignored. After what happened last time Quan sent the police in to clear out the park, will she have the guts to do it again? We can only hope, but somehow, I doubt it: We asked the mayor's spokesperson what's going to happen if people don't leave voluntarily and she did not answer the question. By the way, a recent Chamber of Commerce poll found that 73 percent of those surveyed disapprove of Quan's handling of Occupy Oakland.
With two-thirds of Oakland voters also fed up with the protests, the mayor's reelection chances all but hinge on shutting down the protest – or at the very least figuring out a way to maintain peace and order among the protesters.
I have talked a few times about the need to elect citizen legislators, and this is just another reason why. Mayor Quan has been very concerned about her political standing among the progressive left because she can not get re-elect without their support. How long, though, do you believe the ongoing crime feat known as Occupy Oakland would have gone on if the city had a Mayor less interested in climbing the political ladder and more interested in delivering good governance to the people of Oakland?          
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