{"id":450,"date":"2021-11-06T16:43:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T20:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/?p=450"},"modified":"2021-11-06T15:15:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T19:15:31","slug":"occupy-walton-ky-turnout-lower-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/politics\/occupy-walton-ky-turnout-lower-than-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Walton KY turnout lower than expected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WALTON, KY<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Community organizers seeking to push the \u201cOccupy Wall Street\u201d movement around the country have been disappointed by the turnout in Walton, Kentucky. The \u201cOccupy Walton\u201d protest has been labeled the movement\u2019s biggest failure thus far.<br><br>\u201cWe envisioned the streets of Walton packed,\u201d said Occupy spokesman Vince Salitoro. \u201cFrom the Dairy Hut to the Tractor Supply store and all the way over to the Porter family\u2019s fishing hole. What we ended up with was, well, significantly less than that.\u201d<br><br>The protest consisted of regional organizer Ben Dugan who was briefly joined by two Walton residents. It was soon discovered that the two residents were not actually participating in the protest, but had mistaken Dugan for a methamphetamine dealer. \u201cWe saw that dude with the beard and thought we could score some big city meth,\u201d said Patrick Bick. \u201cTurns out he was yappin\u2019 about political stuff. Jerk wouldn\u2019t even let me borrow some Sudafed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the turnout was low, there is some support for the Occupy among some Walton residents. \u201cI get mad about that ritsy-titsy one percent, no doubt,\u201d said resident Connie Hawkins. \u201cWe got people in this town showing off with their double wides and fancy windmill lawn ornaments and their shoes that they buy in stores while the rest of us are struggling just to get by. But I\u2019m not gonna go out and protest. At least not while my stories are on.\u201d<br><br>Organizers are having even more trouble putting together an Occupy Detroit event. \u201cThere seems to be a lot of anti-corporate sentiment in Detroit,\u201d said spokesman Kevin Davidson. \u201cBut we can\u2019t find anyone who wants to sit down and occupy the city of Detroit, even for a few hours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALTON, KY\u00a0&#8211; Community organizers seeking to push the \u201cOccupy Wall Street\u201d movement around the country have been disappointed by the turnout in Walton, Kentucky. 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