The top story in today's New York Post is about people from Occupy Wall Street who have been staying in the ultra luxurious W Hotel in downtown Manhattan not far from the demonstration in Zuccotti Park. Suite cost $700 per night, and one of those staying in the hotel just happens to be the man in charge of the $500,000 in donations that the protest has received so far. When asked why he was in the hotel on the night before the big "day of action" last week, Peter Dutro, the protest money man said that he lives in Brooklyn and was afraid that if the Brooklyn Bridge got shut down, he could not get back to the protest. As anyone who lives in New York can tell you, that is nonsense. Even if the bridge were shut to taxis, the subway would still run. It would be simple to get back to Zuccotti Park. I have to wonder whose money this guy used for his hotel room; he says it was his own, but was it?
That Post also spoke to an analyst for financial services giant Deloitte who was staying at the same hotel. This guy's company was paying for the room and he was alternating between work and going to the protest. Others from the protest were staying in the hotel as well. Still more were at the Marriott downtown.
The best part of the article, however, was the headline: "Occupy Wall Suite" and the second lead: "What do we want...room service; when do we want it ... now!"
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