Cockrel volunteers protest at Bing HQ?

Posted by Minni

The event organizer Derrick Sanders said Cockrel's team of supporters marching in front of the Bing headquarters in the rain were donating their time. The volunteers had planned to spend their Sunday afternoon canvassing for Cockrel but changed gears when Bing did not release the names of people he appointed to his crisis management team.

Two of the volunteers had a slightly different story. They both said that they (and others there) were getting paid to be there. They said they were slated to go door to door to canvass for Cockrel but were sent to the protest instead, though they were on the clock to canvass. "We're getting paid, believe that," said one volunteer.

The Cockrel campaign responded saying they did not pay anyone to show up and that the event was not related to the Cockrel campaign but put on by organized labor and community groups. They called the allegations of paid protestors "misleading".



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