The Idaho House Passed the final version of the Bill to Evict Occupy Boise on Friday afternoon. The Bill did not make it to Governor Butch Otter’s desk by Friday evening. It could be signed any moment. But a lawsuit and Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order has been filed in Federal Court by Occupy Boise.

It’s been a whirlwind week for Occupy Boise. The week began with another day of compelling testimony in the Idaho Legislature, and overwhelming public support was expressed for the Occupy Boise Vigil. Just listen to what the public had to say!

An Occupy Roundup, including reports from New Haven, Newark, Nashville, Syracuse and Boise, Idaho.

A hearing in the Idaho Legislature with public testimony on Representative Scott Bedke’s bill to evict the Occupy Boise Vigil from public property began at 8:30 Friday morning. Occupiers packed the hearing room. Everybody was ready to testify. The House State Affairs Committee planned to speed the bill through.

But delay set in, as the Committee Chairman tried to resolve a snafu. They needed a correctly worded printed bill in front of them for a hearing and vote out of Committee.

Martin Luther King Day in Boise began with a parade, and a short celebration of diversity, in a state still struggling to escape a reputation for racism.

Free red MLK T-shirts from Coke had been given out at the start of the March by someone. Occupiers then took the opportunity to conduct public education about corporate practices.

Well, there have only been four new diaries since the last Occupy the Blog on Wednesday. Fortunately for us, all four of these are excellent reports from all over.

On January 9th, Occupy Boise took a message about Citizen’s United and the general scuttling of Democracy in the U. S. to the Idaho Statehouse. It was the day of Idaho Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter’s State of the State address. This marks the official start of the Idaho Legislature – which meets in Boise for 3 or so months in winter.

We’ve received some excellent Occupy related diaries these last few days that are a joy to read. They span the country, including some of the more conservative areas, and even up into Canada.

Many thanks to everyone who has donated to Occupy Supply and kept the supply pipeline flowing. I know the supplies you’ve donated have kept more than one occupation going when the forces urging them to shut down were otherwise overwhelming. What a great way to start the New Year.

Katie F. is the FDL member liaison to Occupy Boise. She is one over 110 liaisons who are helping Occupy Supply to provide holiday meals today to occupations across the country. Yesterday the local Channel 6 news was at the Boise encampment reporting on 10 die-hard occupiers who will be there over Christmas. Katie happened to be there as well and was also interviewed for the segment.