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| Occupy Las Vegas, December 12, 2011 |
Occupy Las Vegas, also known as Area 99, in an anomaly among the Occupy camps. Not only does it still exist, but the Obamaville, which I visited last month, actually has a permit.
But bickering among the campers is leading to its downfall, as the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Clark County management will not renew a permit for the Occupy Las Vegas encampment once it expires Feb. 20.Drugs, alcohol, homeless people, and arguing about port-a-potties..."This is what democracy looks like."
The decision comes days after internal squabbling among protesters made a splash online. Organizer Sebring Frehner demanded his name be removed from the permit that allows protesters to camp on 1.4-acres of county land near Paradise Road and Swenson Street.
Frehner, who tried to cancel the permit earlier this week according to emails obtained by the Review-Journal, did not return calls seeking comment. It is unclear why Frehner wants his name removed from the permit. Online posts point to an alleged increase in drug and alcohol use on the site as well as fighting, but protesters at the site contest the allegations.
Area 99
One protester alleged that Frehner tried to have the portable toilets removed so that the group would be evicted for not complying with the county permit. According to protesters, about 50 people camp at the site. About a dozen are activists with the movement while the majority are area homeless who rely on the food, shelter and portable toilets. The place that once served as an outlet for Occupy Las Vegas, a local chapter of the Occupy Wall Street movement against corporate greed and influence in politics, appears to now have turned into an extension of social services.
I saw two homemade Palestinian flags flying over Area 99. But as they used to say in the newspaper business, it will soon be 30 for them.
Related post:
Occupy Las Vegas Obamaville and its Palestinian flag
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