Houston Marathon 2010: Chevron expelled from Expo for Criticism

A group of human rights advocates with a booth critical of the Chevron Houston Marathon’s title sponsor was expelled from the marathon expo Friday for painting the company “in a negative light.”
Steven Karpas, the managing director of the Houston Marathon Committee, said runners from Rainforest Action Network were setting up a booth with “very anti-Chevron placards and pamphlets that absolutely painted Chevron in a negative light,” so he had them booted from the expo.
Brianna Cayo Cotter, one of the runners with Rainforest Action Network, said the group had no plans to disrupt event. They had pamphlets on contamination they allege Chevron caused in Ecuador and stickers that read, “I’m running for human rights. Ask Chevron why.”
Chevron Houston Marathon is set to go in the Houston from George R Brown Convention Center, located at 1001 Avenida de las Americas in downtown Houston. In Chevron Houston Marathon more than 300000 people will participate including many famous figure of the world. The participants from 13 countries and 50 states of USA have registered for the Chevron Houston Marathon 2010. The People of Houston will support and come forward to buck up the marathon runner in Houston for 2010 Marathon of Houston. Collection of 1.5 million USD is expected from the Marathon for the charity.

To watch the marathon live one can visit the website given below which is the official website of the Chevron Marathon 2010.