Republican Convention confusion
/The informal deadline for the
dozens of anti-Republican, anti-war, anti-Bush protesters to apply for
permits to demonstrate during the party's convention came and went
Tuesday without anyone getting closer to knowing what routes, streets
and parks will or won't be sanctioned by the city. Leslie Cagan, head
of United for Peace and Justice, the anti-war group organizing a march
of an estimated 250,000 people, the largest of the demonstrations, said
she is worried that the institutional lethargy is a deliberate ploy by
the city to prolong the process. [more
