from http://minnesotaindependent.com/view/convention-cops-five
Convention cops: Five weeks out, St. Paul still coming up short on police for RNC duty
By Paul Demko Jul 28 2008 03:15PM
A mere 34 before the opening of the 2008 Republican convention, the St. Paul Police Department still has not finalized arrangements for RNC security, and is continuing to solicit cops from across […]
Entries from July 2008
July 30th, 2008
RNC Park Rentals
July 30th, 2008
By Paul Demko Jun 24 2008 03:57PM, from http://minnesotaindependent.com/view/rnc-protests-16-park
**UPDATED**
The city of St. Paul has issued 16 park permits for gatherings of at least 25 people during the Republican National Convention. The permits have been provided to seven different groups planning events at the five downtown parks where such gatherings will be allowed. Most […]
Bush Speaks on Day One
July 30th, 2008
Bush will address GOP convention on opening night
By BOB VON STERNBERG, Star Tribune
July 23, 2008
President Bush will come to St. Paul to address delegates of the Republican National Convention on Sept. 1, the first night of the gathering.
White House press secretary Dana Perino announced Bush’s plans this morning, noting that the opening night of the […]
Strib Article on Day One Schedule
July 30th, 2008
Session schedule meshes with protest plans
By RANDY FURST, Star Tribune
July 24, 2008
Republican National Convention officials announced Thursday that they will hold an afternoon session on Monday, Sept. 1. Protest leaders said that could alleviate one of the concerns of demonstrators who fear they’d be marching in front of an empty convention center.
Protest organizers had expressed […]
Call for Radical ‘Green’ Space Organizing
July 28th, 2008
Over the course of two pReNCs and many conversations surrounding plans to crash the RNC, members of the Welcoming Committee have heard a lot of interest in the possibility of creating “green space.” It is clear that there will be people arriving to protest the convention who, for a variety of reasons, need to minimize […]
Sector Five: Snow Swarm
July 28th, 2008
RNC Delegates: Foul Weather Warning in Sector 5
A MIDWEST SNOWSWARM IS INEVITABLE
On Labor Day, 2008, as the republican horde descends on St. Paul and their sweating souls push the heat to unbearable levels, the renegade reindeer squadron has announced plans to seed the burning clean-coal clouds ™ above Sector 5 with cold and fluffy justice. […]
Call Two for Sector Activity
July 28th, 2008
The RNC Welcoming Committee is tickled pink that four of downtown St. Paul’s seven sectors have been adopted by organizing bodies throughout the country. Organizers from coast to coast representing a variety of different communities have come to the fore to help show how unwelcome the RNC is in St. Paul, and the growing […]
Sector Four: UA in the Bay
July 24th, 2008
CRASH THE RNC
STAND WITH THE BAY AREA AND JOIN THE RESISTANCE IN ST. PAUL
Bay Area, Santa Cruz, and other Northern California radicals have banded together as “Unconventional Action (UA) in the Bay” and collectively chosen to adopt SECTOR 4 in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota — in alliance with thousands of others nationwide who are collaborating […]
Delegate Hotels
July 20th, 2008
from http://gopconvention.com/news/Read.aspx?ID=521
GOP Convention Names Party Headquarters, Delegation Hotels
Monday, April 07, 2008
Saint Paul’s Hilton Garden Inn to Host Minn. Delegation;
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis to Welcome Republican National Committee
(SAINT PAUL, Minn.) - (SAINT PAUL, Minn.) - With less than five months before the 2008 Republican National Convention gets underway at the Xcel Energy Center, the Committee of Arrangements […]
Sexual Assault Meeting
July 20th, 2008
[ July 26, 2008; 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Second radical community meeting about dealing with sexual assault at the RNC and beyond. At the Franklin Library, Franklin and Bloomington in Minneapolis.