Richmond responds to Tea Party complaints…by auditing them?
There’s either a perfectly rational explanation for this, or the Richmond city government is sleazy, hypocritical, and bullying.
I will sum up: in Richmond, VA, the Tea Party followed all the rules and laws when organizing their rally in Kanawha Plaza. They met all the requirements. They paid all the fees.
The Occupy crowd…didn’t.
The Tea Partiers, somehow expecting even-handedness and equal protection under the law (rubes!), complained about this. If this other group can just move right in without complying with the rules or paying the fees, they reasoned, then we should get our money back!
The result of their complaint:
Two weeks after the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice to Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones for costs incurred for previous rallies; we received a letter from the City of Richmond formally stating that the city is auditing our Tea Party. Coincidence? This audit is an obvious attempt to intimidate and harass us for standing up against the unfair treatment and discrimination against our Tea Party.
You can see a copy of the city’s letter and the Tea Party’s explanation of why it’s all complete crap at the link.
In fairness, we are making a bit of a leap, here, assuming that the Tea Party’s righteous complaint and the city’s underhanded bullying are directly related. A very short leap, maybe. Or even a hop. But still.
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