AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Protests that started on Wall Street have spread to Augusta, with more than two dozen people camping out over the weekend at Capitol Park and vowing to stay indefinitely.

A spokesman for Occupy Augusta, Will Neils of Hope, says the group is refining its issues but wants to focus on what’s wrong in Maine. He says corporations “have taken over our government and that’s unacceptable.”

Another group member, Hillary Lister of Athens, says protesters also believe that corporations are “not people and should not be treated as people.”

Neils says Capitol Police Chief Russell Gauvin is working with the group in a cooperative manner to prevent any problems.

Protesters from the group holding signs in front of the State House say most of the reactions from motorists have been positive.