An organization that promotes downtown businesses is prodding the National Park Service to have a heavier hand in monitoring the growing encampment of the Occupy D.C. protesters in McPherson Square. In a letter to businesses this week, the Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District Executive Director Richard Bradley said he has contacted the park service to express his concern.

“While the Downtown BID recognizes First Amendment rights, we question NPS allowing overnight stays, structures to be erected in the parks and cooking using flammable materials,” the letter said.

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