So there are a couple things to respond to, but rather than waste my time responding to provocateurs who like to distract indymedia reporters from doing great work, I just want to point out that I did NOT invite ANYONE (much less my "lonely followers" ) to "disrupt" the hearings. I asked people to testify at a public meeting and participate in the democratic process (as flawed as it is), as I have been doing all week regarding other proposed cuts.

Aside from that, the main post by "hello" basically speaks for itself, starting with numerous factual and spelling errors (including my name), personal attacks, contradictions, misquotes, random stabs at unrelated topics, slander, and empty logic. Thanks for wasting my time.

Thanks, genuinely, to ali for offering REPORTING on the event, as I hoped someone would. Thanks for the links, they were informative and exactly what I hoped would come from my initial post. I suppose I should have expected to deal with the usual prowling snitch who resorts to insulting my intelligence repeatedly and making accusations that are false (and obviously so to most community members who know me).

Thank you ali, also for reporting that the Sheriff "resorted to scare tactics today." This is what all community members need to be aware of. At these hearings, we (community members and workers) are forced to sing and dance, to show the cuts we've already made, to be grateful when the cuts are decreased (but they're still cuts!!), to prove that our services are useful or vital or utilized,... while some (read: police) agencies have a 'get out of recession free' card, and whose budgets sometimes actually INCREASE in hard times in order to deal with the anticipated need for greater incarceration when services to the poor are put on the chopping block.

I'd ask that el sandinista quizas puede ofrecer su cuenta del dia en su bici cuando estaba recibiendo una multa por no tener luz... recuerdas? y una mujer llego para decir algo al policia? La historia puede dar algo a esta conversacion.