Lindeners turned out in large numbers this morning for the first of a five-day ‘shutdown’ of the town as the protest over the imposition of a hike in electricity rates gathered steam.
At 9 am residents moved off from various points on the Wismar Shore, the main areas being the Wisroc Junction and Christianburg. Those two groups merged at the Silvertown Junction while Mackenzie residents marched from Amelia’s Ward and were joined by others from communities along the way and headed to the Wismar/Mackenzie bridge.
At 10 am the protestors were on the lone bridge chanting, “we aint going nowhere, this is we bridge, we aint going nowhere.”
An early survey of the town showed that there was no evidence of any opened businesses. The hospital had a skeleton staff, GRA staff were seen at work but all dressed in casual clothing.
There was no evidence of any round-the-town transportation or the ferry services working. Taxi drivers and boat captains were all visible among the protesting band.
