Hypocritical OWS protesters channel 1%: Stay at $700-a-night hotel

posted at 4:01 pm on November 20, 2011 by Howard Portnoy
[ Double Standards ]   

When the going gets tough the tough get going—to plush hotels. The New York Post reports that Peter Dutro, a member of the powerful OWS finance committee, has been camping out in a $700-a-night room at the W Hotel now that Zuccotti Park has been reclaimed for its intended public use.

Not that he was a stranger to the 1% lifestyle before OWS’s eviction from Zuccotti. Writes the Post:

‘Tents are not for me,’ he confessed, when confronted in the sleek black lobby of the Washington Street hotel where sources described him as a ‘repeat’ guest.

Say it ain’t so, Peter! Actually, don’t bother. The more that is known about Dutro’s seamy double life, the more duplicitous and hypocritical he looks. The Post reveals that the 35-year-old one-percenter in 99-pecenter’s clothing lives only a short taxi ride away in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. He confessed to reporters:

I knew everything was going to be a clusterf**k in the morning [of the Occupy day of action]. How would I get over the bridge when they were shutting it down?

In other words, what choice was left to him but to stay in a five-star, 58-story hotel, with 350-count Egyptian cotton sheets and a 37-inch flat-screen TV in each room? It’s not as though he ordered12-year-old Glenlivet scotch ($375 a bottle) or an $18 pastrami sandwich from room service. Then again…

Dutro is not the only cheater in the 99%’s new world order. Brad Spitzer, a California-based analyst who secretly took part in the protests during a week-long business trip, is also guilty of leading a double life. At least he spread his largesse to a few other protesters, whom he invited to crash in his cushy room.

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