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Mar 21, 2008 6:46 am US/Mountain
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Protest Group Plans To Go Ahead Without Permit
DENVER (AP/CBS4) ―
A lottery to determine which groups will receive permits to use Denver parks around the time of the Democratic National Convention in August was held Thursday. One protest group didn't get all the times and locations it wanted. Recreate 68 plans to protest in those places, even without a permit.
"Like I said, we're having our protest in Civic Center Park so you can figure it out," said Glenn Spagnuolo of Recreate 68.
The process was halted Tuesday as city officials responded to complaints that members of a protest group were left out of the process.
"We were able to detect the discrepancies that were in the system and we did not move forward to jeopardize any of the integrity of the process," said Katherine Archuleta of the city of Denver.
A member of Denver-based Recreate 68 said her name was left off applications for four of the five days she sought a permit for Civic Center Park in downtown Denver. City officials then suspended the lottery while they verified their lists.
The dispute added another hitch to the contentious race for access to public areas near the convention, which will be held at the Pepsi Center west of downtown August 25 through 28.
If the organizations selected in the lottery decide they don't want the site, the second group to be drawn will be awarded the permit.
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