U.S.: Ted Glick busted in DC

Ted Glick and Wife, Jane Califf, Arrested in Sen. McConnell's Office. By James R. Carroll, Louisville Courier-Journal, December 11, 2007. "Two
people were arrested in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office
Monday evening after they refused to leave. McConnell, R-Ky., was the
target of a demonstration today in his Senate office by as many as 20
people, including Ted Glick, coordinator for U.S. Climate Emergency
Council, a Washington-based non-profit group that supports efforts to
combat global warming and to promote cleaner energy sources...
McConnell spokesman Robert Steurer said 'the senator is busy with
Senate business today and is not available to meet with him.' However,
McConnell did write a letter to Glick. The senator's Russell Senate
Office Building offices closed to the public at 6 p.m., and U.S.
Capitol Police asked Glick and his wife, Jane Califf, to leave. Glick
and Califf did not comply and were arrested on charges of unlawful
entry, according to Capitol Police. 'Negotiations are going on in the
Senate between Republicans and Democrats as we speak,' Glick said. 'We
are demanding in those negotiations that they have to retain a strong
renewable energy mandate.' To do otherwise, he said, 'is morally wrong,
wrong for the planet and wrong for our pocketbooks'... In his letter to
Glick, McConnell said: 'I could not support a bill that would have hurt
job creation in Kentucky as well as increased utility costs for energy
consumers.'" [Editor's note: We received the following email from Ted
this morning: "Jane
and I got out of jail about 11:15, about 6 hours after we were
arrested. We were charged with unlawful entry and have to go to court
in January. We're both fine."]