This is a grassroots movement! National People's Action & SEIU has had enough of bankers and lobbyists trying to stop Wall Street reform.
So they took it to the streets and in their front yards:
Huge angry mobs converged outside bank employees' houses on Sunday afternoon to demand banks stop lobbying against Wall Street reform.
"Bank of America: bad for America!" shouted community leaders outside the house of Bank of America general counsel Gregory Baer.
The Chicago-based grassroots organization National People's Action, in coordination with the SEIU, bused more than 700 workers from 20 states to Baer's neighborhood, one of the wealthiest corners of Washington. The action kicks off several days of protests targeting K Street for lobbyists' role in financial reform.
Baer himself apparently tried to blend in with the crowd until a neighbor outed him. The mob booed loudly as he walked into his house. "I don't have time for you," he said, according to Trenda Kennedy of Springfield, Ill. who used a bullhorn to tell the crowd about her trouble getting a mortgage modification from Baer's bank.
And this group are not done! They also got some more protesting tomorrow!
That's an idea for you, GetEQUAL. Get folks out in our haters' (NOT ALLIES) yards and let them know, we don't play.
1 comment:
Love it! It's about time the lobbyists got a little of the anger that is out there.
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