Friday a small collection of gray-haired, sign-toting, whistle-blowing members of Occupy Bernal delayed the potential sale of a dozen foreclosed properties at the auction. Stardust - real name Will Doherty - declared victory.
"No one lost their house today," said Doherty, who says he has a degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"I think that's the real story," said Buck Bagot, a longtime community organizer, who helped found the organization when a neighbor, porn performer Annie Sprinkle, alerted him to a neighbor about to lose his house. "We're activists in the neighborhood taking on issues that affect us day to day."
"The tactics are a sign of the frustration almost everyone is feeling with the current system," Ting said. "The current system is broken. Hopefully, given all the dialogue and action going on, we will see more underwater families being able to refinance their loans and take advantage of these record-low interest rates."
That's the dream, and Occupy Bernal, although older and grayer, stands ready to fight until a modification can be made.
"If you'd told me six months ago I'd be working with Annie Sprinkle and a guy named Stardust," said Bagot, "I'd have told you I haven't done acid in a long time. But now, well, it may sound a little cocky, but we feel like we're the future of the Occupy movement."
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