Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Occupiers' Tantrum Cost Cities Millions

Big Government.com has published a list displaying the cost to cities that had the misfortune of being occupied

The total cost of occupations last fall hasn't been officially tallied by anyone. However, in most cases, each city that hosted a camp has released some information on the estimated cost for policing and cleanup. A tally based on press reports nationwide puts the total at nearly $30 million:

· Occupy Asheville - $170,000
· Occupy Atlanta - $652,000
· Occupy Austin - $800,000
· Occupy Bellingham - $51,000
· Occupy Boston - $1,025,000 plus $50,000 to repair park
· Occupy Charlotte - $447,000
· Occupy Chicago - $49,000
· Occupy Cincinnati - $128,000
· Occupy DC - $1,640,000
· Occupy Denver - $782,689
· Occupy DesMoines - $7,800
· Occupy Eugene - $130,000
· Occupy Fresno - $110,000
· Occupy Hartford - $45,000
· Occupy Irvine - $23,000
· Occupy LA - $4,700,000
· Occupy Lansing - $20,000
· Occupy Long Beach - $40,000
· Occupy Minnesota - $400,000
· Occupy Nashville - $4,500
· Occupy New Haven - $145,000
· Occupy New Orleans - $50,000
· Occupy New York - $7,000,000
· Occupy Oakland - $3,000,000
· Occupy OKC -- $85,000
· Occupy Olympia - $252,000
· Occupy Palm Desert - $88,786
· Occupy Philadelphia - $1,000,000
· Occupy Phoenix - $204,162
· Occupy Portland - $1,290,000 + $130,000 to repair damaged parks
· Occupy Providence - $9,000
· Occupy Raleigh - $60, 000
· Occupy Richmond - $33,691
· Occupy Sacramento - $300,000
· Occupy San Diego - $2,400,000
· Occupy San Francisco - $950,000 plus $50,000 to restore park
· Occupy Santa Cruz - $40,000
· Occupy St. Louis - $2,200
· Occupy Seattle - $625,999
· Occupy Tucson - $170,000




Total: $29,110,827

Charlotte’s ordeal isn’t over with yet. The Democratic National Convention is being held here, and you know damn well that flies follow an ass.


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