Remember when Tea Party protesters caused millions of dollars in damage, left tons of trash to be cleaned up by others and defaced public property? No? Huh, me neither. Weird, isn't it?
Repairs to City Hall’s lawn where the Occupy group set up camp on Oct. 1 will require an estimated $400,000. The police action to clear out the encampment on Nov. 30 cost more than $700,000.
Additional expenses are attributed to hauling away debris from the camp, and cleaning up graffiti that defaced City Hall marble walls and trees.
Mayor Villaraigosa says more budget cuts will be necessary to offset the costs.
Which is precisely the opposite of what the occupiers claimed they wanted. Congratulations!
From the LA Times:
Sanitation officials said Wednesday that they expect to haul away 30 tons of debris from the Occupy L.A. encampment –- everything from clothing to heaps of garbage to oddball curiosities left behind by the protesters who lived at the City Hall tent city for two months.
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