This morning the local media has begun fomenting a confrontation
between the "Occupy Portland" and the "Portland Marathon".
The annual PM has about 14,000 runners, and took out a permit last year to use Lonsdale Square all day today.
The OP is conciliatory to sharing the Square and supporting the PM runners and it's volunteers.
The PDX police say the OP has been quiet and peaceful all night.
Local TV sees this as an opportunity for a media event by asking provoking questions
about who has the "rights" to the Square, and what is OP going to do IF...
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