I invited Ed "Occupy" Jenson to write a post about what's been going on here. It's been a bit intensive, which is why no posts for a couple of days. But Ed sums  it up pretty well....

OK, we are back. It has been a shit storm (thank you Terri... you have me using the term "shit storm" frequently now... this cowboy didn't know this was gonna happen when I signed on with this outfit) here for the last day or so, with a certain small crew giving us lots of grief over procedural issues.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I submit to you that an emergency situation requires SOMETHING BE DONE NOW. Decisive action was taken. We neither took monies from the OE general fund, nor did we solicit said monies. WE DID ask for donations... people ask for donations all the time. Sick cats, sick kids, meds... asking for help in America is nothing new. The issue that confronts us as a movement, I believe, is the MENTALITY in this country that it is a cardinal sin to ask for help. Somehow, as a society we have bought into the notion that when someone is down on their luck, they and only they themselves are to blame for their plight. What about compassion, altruism? What about the greater good?

Someone did, of their own volition, come forward and donate the cost of this particular expense. Nobody solicited this donor directly for ANY support. He took it upon himself to put up the money, which was a substantial amount.

This is what solidarity looks like.