The Bulb: 'Defenders of Art' strike again

The saga of the Bulb is winding down.  A week ago, a posting on the Facebook page Share Bulb noted:

"Well...This is it.
Apparently, there is only two of us left.
Now, we have been asked to give a specific date for when we will be gone by."

That date, apparently, was yesterday.  But instead of 'being gone', the two remaining campers put out a last-gasp call for a rally and campout for the 'Re-occupation of the Albany Bulb', to begin last night.  Social media postings for the rally emphasized the value of the campers as the stewards and defenders of art, nature, and canine companionship. 

The protesters works were on display this morning.  The Albany Beach's beloved 'Cove' (aka 'the Keyhole', aka 'the Firepit'), a work of public art that also serves as a small public gathering space at the waterfront, apparently bore the brunt of the protesters' 'love' of art and nature . . . it is now adorned with a large green and yellow slogan (Defend the Bulb! etc.), festooned with trash including over a dozen old rusting paint cans (lead poisoning, anyone?), and a piece of wood spray-painted motto of 'Death to Pigs'.  Nice. 

Is this how the campers want their time on the Bulb to be remembered?  I doubt it.  One camper, Amber, seemed to aspire to become the Hiroo Onoda of the Bulb (http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/soldiersurr.htm) as a kind of grand gesture. But the vandalism on display this morning has made her effort untenable.  At this point, leaving the Bulb is the only way the remaining campers can effectively disassociate themselves from this poisonous act of destruction. 

Let's hope they do the right thing and move into housing (yes, they have the income at least  to get a shared room).  If they won't do it for themselves, then they should do it for the art, for the environment, for the kids and dogs and the rest of us who visit the Cove - and for the reputation and the legacy of the Bulb community that departed peaceably a few weeks ago. 

If they need assistance, there are plenty of us standing ready and willing to help.