I don't know, Troll but I doubt that count would be that accurate either. All "counts" are based on "yeah, looks like xxxxx, what do you think, Joe?" Ditto for counts of pictures of crowds, and give the huge number of out-of-town buses coming in and carpoolers, counting vehicles wouldn't be much help.

Usually the organizers double what they think the count is, and the police dramatically undercount... so somewhere in the middle is probably close to accurate :) In this case though, police said 150,000 and organizers said 250,000. If there's a police force on the planet that can make a decent protest crowd count, it's probably the SF Dept. They've have enough experience.

I can't find any news reports on this searching the various wire services and web. If true, I'm glad I don't pay taxes in the city, What a horrendous waste of money.

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