Stadium Upgrades Blocked
January 30th, 2007 by Nick
A judge issued a preliminary injunction against construction of the athletic center based on an outdated seismic safety law. Here is an excerpt from the Chronicle article detailing the response from one of the group of tree sitters that has taken up residence on university property:
Despite today’s ruling, a half-dozen protesters roosting in an oak grove next to Memorial Stadium said they will not be coming down for at least another several months, when a trial will decide the fate of the proposed training center.
Zachary RunningWolf, who has been living in a redwood tree on and off since Dec. 2, choked up this morning when discussing the judge’s decision.
“I’m very emotional,” he said via cell phone from his perch in the tree. “It’s been a long road — 59 days. But we’re going to keep the pressure on. The lawsuits have helped, but we feel that we’ve been the pressure in this movement.”
Grrrrrrr! Don’t these people have jobs (or more important causes) to pursue??? (I’ll leave it at that.)
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