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Petz meets the #Occupy Crowd

By Jeff — Jeff Wilson

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Dirty hippies belong in Newhall, don’t you know?

At first I was outraged at Petz’ outrage. But then I thought to myself, would I be welcoming if a bunch of elderly Santa Claritan Tea Party malcontents -waving signs about keeping the government’s hands out of Medicare and gun rights- showed up to protest on Lyons Avenue?

Well, I doubt that would happen. We’ve already established that most people in the SCV view anything south of Lyons as unsafe and brown, so I bet the Tea Party people would stay away from “gang infested Newhall” and go back to their old haunt in front of safe City Hall.

But if they did, I’d probably welcome them. And point. And snicker a little bit.

That said, I can see Petz’ point of view. If you value a safe, sleepy and ultra-boring place  -where nothing interesting happens…ever- then Saugus is where you want to be. And so I’d like to extend an invitation to the #Occupy Santa Clarita crowd to leave Petz and his Saugus neighbors alone and head on down to Hart Park or Newhall Park and we’ll #Occupy Newhall!

Comments (53)

  1. ToddOctober 12, 2011 at 3:14 pm
    Hey Petz, first amendment. Look it up.
  2. Phil EllisOctober 12, 2011 at 3:48 pm
    He understands the First Amendment and was exercising it. Are you trying to stop him from exercising that right? Look it up.
  3. NateOctober 12, 2011 at 6:13 pm
    Wait this is fun… Are you trying to stop todd from stopping Petz?
  4. Phil EllisOctober 13, 2011 at 8:56 am
    Nate, you catch on quickly – thank you. And yes it is fun.
  5. ToddOctober 13, 2011 at 8:00 am
    Not at all. I’m merely trying to get him to save his breath, his efforts, and his time. Really, I’m trying to do him a favor.
  6. Your Web GuruOctober 12, 2011 at 3:16 pm
    My “Spidey Senses” were tingling when I saw that Petz liked the Occupy Santa Clarita Facebook page. This unfortunately points out Petz’ restrictive, marginalized point of view regarding “freedom for some.” “Some” being those who agree with Petz and Petz only. Yes, you unwashed, uncouth malcontent RABBLE! Stay out of sleepy, whitebread Saugus. Save that park for the dogs…and crappy cover bands who play there!
  7. Your Web GuruOctober 12, 2011 at 3:21 pm
    Petz is beginning to sound like that crotchety old man who lives at the end of the street who constantly yells at kids to “Get off my lawn!”
  8. ScottEOctober 12, 2011 at 4:20 pm
    Beginning? Where have you been?
  9. NateOctober 12, 2011 at 6:01 pm
    #GetOffMyLawn
  10. Say WHAT!October 12, 2011 at 3:25 pm
    Petz needs a reality check. Some of those 99% pissed off “malcontents” may be some of his own neighbors or family members. Maybe if kids saw that not everybody is satisfied with the way things are in their sanitized bubble of a city, they may ask the hard questions like: “Why?”
  11. PetzOctober 12, 2011 at 3:28 pm
    Petz may take advantage of the situation to bring public awareness to the health effects of artificial lighting.
  12. VenturanOctober 12, 2011 at 4:17 pm
    There are two types of people that have “circadian rhythms” in their primary lexicon. Petz is one of them.
  13. ToddOctober 13, 2011 at 8:01 am
    The other are Alaskans?
  14. the way it should beOctober 12, 2011 at 3:52 pm
    who care about this stuff. if you do, get a life.
  15. ScottEOctober 12, 2011 at 4:23 pm
    Why you no get off my lawn?
  16. Scoop the NewshoundOctober 12, 2011 at 8:58 pm
    You can always tell it Sterling by the way he talk.
  17. Mr PerezOctober 12, 2011 at 9:43 pm
    #Draper
  18. MikeOctober 12, 2011 at 4:00 pm
    This encapsulates all that I like about Petz, and all the ways he irks me. Pure Petzold. Thanks for the chuckle.
  19. NateOctober 12, 2011 at 6:04 pm
    I wanted to apologize to Jeff for being quite rough yesterday, it was a rough day and I took it out on you. #MeaCulpa
  20. 4eyedsueOctober 12, 2011 at 6:44 pm
    UPDATE: LETS BOYCOTT BANKS AND CREDIT CARDS. OCTOBER 20TH DONT USE ANY CREDIT CARDS AND PULL YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS! TRANSFER YOUR FUNDS TO LOCAL BANKS! STOP CORPORATE GREED! I love this post from Occupy Santa Clarita on fb. They are so cute… thinking that I actually have any credit or money
  21. Your Web GuruOctober 12, 2011 at 6:51 pm
    True that. My mattress runneth under!
  22. Mr PerezOctober 12, 2011 at 8:37 pm
    Sorry, I’m down with USAA for my banking but then again I am an agent of The Man. KISS IT MALCONTENTS! lol
  23. Need for Involved CitizenryOctober 13, 2011 at 6:13 am
    Transfer your funds to Credit Unions. They are non-profit and have pretty much all the services of a bank.
  24. Mike MOctober 13, 2011 at 5:42 pm
    SCV Bank FTW!
  25. Valencia MomOctober 12, 2011 at 8:24 pm
    Why is being a upper middleclass family a target? We are not rich. We just went to college and got jobs like we we were expected to do. We pay our bills & don’t get in debt. We live modestly with kid in college & save for retirement. We have a great gardener & housekeeper & pool guy who we pay well & respect. Each has been with us for 10+ years. Take us down & they will suffer too. Please leave us alone.
  26. Say WHAT!October 13, 2011 at 6:48 am
    Valencia mom, do you realize that you are part of the 99% that should be angry right now? If you make less than $1 million/year and are arguing for no taxes on the rich, then you’ve been duped.
  27. Phil EllisOctober 13, 2011 at 9:00 am
    Or perhaps, she is just a rational person. But then I am sure by the standards of the current Administration, she is rich.
  28. ToddOctober 13, 2011 at 8:11 am
    Valencia Mom- What about those of us who did exactly everything you did the exact way you did it, and yet, we’re about 25 years younger, and are left holding the bag? Why did the “ME” generation of the 80s get to enjoy the spoils of profitability and now their children work just as hard, if not harder, to enjoy LESS prosperity. This is about the fact that the Upper Middle Class may be a dying breed. There will be upper, there will be lower. Nothing left in the middle because the middle can’t keep up.
  29. spineflower2October 13, 2011 at 12:26 pm
    They never got the chance, since their jobs were outsourced by the 1% running things.
  30. Mr PerezOctober 12, 2011 at 8:53 pm
    Perez is jealous and slightly offended that Petz doesn’t engage him in similarly thoughtful dialogue and only gets called an “ass.”
  31. PetzOctober 13, 2011 at 4:06 am
    This just in ….the city of Santa Clarita is arranging for food trucks to be in place for Sundays event.
  32. Mr PerezOctober 13, 2011 at 4:09 pm
    Food trucks find a way to be every event that exists in So Cal. Just waiting for the day when they start setting up shop uninvited at funerals, kinda like Westboro.
  33. Mike MOctober 13, 2011 at 5:43 pm
    Except food trucks showing up unannounced will be much more acceptable than Westboro…
  34. PetzOctober 13, 2011 at 5:09 am
    Update….Marsha Mclean will speak at 3 pm about the need for more Arts in the community , high speed rail , chloride removal, and CEMEX.
  35. FredOctober 13, 2011 at 5:41 am
    They’ll want to make sure they keep their Macbooks at home in case the SWAT team unleash those futuristic, non-lethal crowd control weapons we see showcased occasionally on Discovery Channel. They play havoc on the electronics.
  36. PetzOctober 13, 2011 at 6:09 am
    Attendees are reminded that Smoking is Prohibited in all city parks.
  37. CCOctober 13, 2011 at 6:46 am
    you mean cigarettes, right?
  38. Mr PerezOctober 13, 2011 at 4:12 pm
    Left hand cigarettes….
  39. PetzOctober 13, 2011 at 6:28 am
    Lucy is thinking the whole thing is a hoax based on the “friends” list. But she is good to go for Central Park all the time.
  40. CCOctober 13, 2011 at 6:49 am
    Oh Petz, I love you when you are ornery. Of course I will get extra glee knowing that you are up in the hills behind your cross in your camouflage observing the rabble that has intruded on your beige solitude. I always enjoy a healthy civil picket-line and often see them near my house in Valencia where the grass is green, the roads are paved with milk and honey, and the speech is free. So come on down Petz with your tri-corner hat, but leave the chain-saw at home.
  41. PetzOctober 13, 2011 at 6:57 am
    You have to se my new Morph suit.
  42. Your Web GuruOctober 13, 2011 at 7:01 am
    The irony of this whole post and thread is that, without Petz’ interference, this would probably be a non-story. The Facebook page itself boasts only 163 “likes” (Petz included). Not to mention that what’s going on Sunday is a preliminary meeting to TRY and organize a future rally. I’m guessing it will be so small that Petz will need his astronomy telescope to pick it out.
  43. PetzOctober 13, 2011 at 7:26 am
    Most of the “likes” are not even people-they are other #occupy groups. Please don’t say this was a trick-because Petz thought it was a treat.
  44. 4eyedsueOctober 13, 2011 at 8:16 am
    oh crud! I had my tie dye and Birkenstocks all ready to go! Guess I can shave my legs today after all.
  45. Mr PerezOctober 13, 2011 at 9:06 am
    Are you saying that Petz is a Liberal plant?
  46. ToddOctober 13, 2011 at 9:35 am
    #OccupyPetzYardAndTurnOnHisHose
  47. CCOctober 13, 2011 at 9:44 am
    LOL! I’m game!
  48. PetzOctober 13, 2011 at 10:11 am
    Lucy is on guard for private property violators, and you better not mess with Petz hose.
  49. Mr PerezOctober 13, 2011 at 12:27 pm
    Petz makes Perez giggle
  50. Your Web GuruOctober 13, 2011 at 1:18 pm
    Your Web Guru believes that Petz has Mr. Perez referring to himself in the third person!
  51. Mr PerezOctober 13, 2011 at 4:11 pm
    We need to organize a group and call it the Society of the Third Party Odd Fellows Lodge.
  52. ToddOctober 13, 2011 at 2:48 pm
    Amended. #OccupyPetzYardAndTurnOnHisHoseButFirstBringTreatsToDistractLucy
  53. 4eyedsueOctober 13, 2011 at 6:55 pm
    I could bring Ralphie to distract Lucy. He’s not a purebred, but the girls love him just the same… <3

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