Word: spagnuolo
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Dates: during 2008-2008
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...Spagnuolo says he expects that protesters will attempt to convene at Invesco Field as well, though he does not know of specific plans to disrupt the event itself. But with just weeks remaining before Denver hosts the Democrats, he says the behavior of the Democratic mayor's office has called into question the party's election-year message. "They want to look like they are the party of the people," Spagnoulo says. "And they don't want the public to see these protests...
...Both cities are also grappling with the establishment of a permanent public demonstration area that is both large enough and close enough to the delegates so that protesters can be seen and heard. "We are very upset by it," says Glenn Spagnuolo, 37, a law student who is helping to organize Recreate '68, a group that plans to march on the Democratic convention, calling for an immediate end to the Iraq war, among other issues. "The [Denver] mayor guaranteed that we would be in sight and sound of the delegates at the convention, neither of which he has provided...
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