Cost To Taxpayer For Occupy Movements

The total cost of occupations last fall hasn't been officially tallied by anyone. However, in most cases, each city that hosted a camp has released some information on the estimated cost for policing and cleanup. A tally based on press reports nationwide puts the total at nearly $30 million:

• Occupy Asheville - $170,000
• Occupy Atlanta - $652,000
• Occupy Austin - $800,000
• Occupy Bellingham - $51,000
• Occupy Boston - $1,025,000 plus $50,000 to repair park
• Occupy Charlotte - $447,000
• Occupy Chicago - $49,000
• Occupy Cincinnati - $128,000
• Occupy DC - $1,640,000
• Occupy Denver - $782,689
• Occupy DesMoines - $7,800
• Occupy Eugene - $130,000
• Occupy Fresno - $110,000
• Occupy Hartford - $45,000
• Occupy Irvine - $23,000
• Occupy LA - $4,700,000
• Occupy Lansing - $20,000
• Occupy Long Beach - $40,000
• Occupy Minnesota - $400,000
• Occupy Nashville - $4,500
• Occupy New Haven - $145,000
• Occupy New Orleans - $50,000
• Occupy New York - $7,000,000
• Occupy Oakland - $3,000,000
• Occupy OKC -- $85,000
• Occupy Olympia - $252,000
• Occupy Palm Desert - $88,786
• Occupy Philadelphia - $1,000,000
• Occupy Phoenix - $204,162
• Occupy Portland - $1,290,000 + $130,000 to repair damaged parks
• Occupy Providence - $9,000
• Occupy Raleigh - $60, 000
• Occupy Richmond - $33,691
• Occupy Sacramento - $300,000
• Occupy San Diego - $2,400,000
• Occupy San Francisco - $950,000 plus $50,000 to restore park
• Occupy Santa Cruz - $40,000
• Occupy St. Louis - $2,200
• Occupy Seattle - $625,999
• Occupy Tucson - $170,000

Total: $29,110,827
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/12/report-occupy-la-costs-4-7-million-entire-movement-close-to-30-million