re: #459 Killgore Trout

CB1, which is the local community board (and which had previously given a thumbs up to the Cordoba House/Park51 project - that Geller et al characterized as a mega mosque) had a meeting last night, that focused on the Zuccotti Park protests and the effects on the local community. They reiterated the rights of the protesters’ 1st Amendment right to gather and protest, but they also aired quite a bit of angst and anger towards protesters who didn’t care that their rights were infringing on the rights of people living in earshot of the protesters.

These are the same people who have been fighting with the Port Authority to limit the noise emenating from the WTC worksite - limiting hours that the contractors can do demolition (including explosive excavation), and major work is limited to certain hours.