…as reported on the front page of the Richmond Times Dispatch, the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice for charges incurred in our previous three Tax Day rallies at Kanawha Plaza because Mayor Jones chose to allow Occupy Richmond protesters to convene in the same park for two weeks.
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On November 14th, representatives of our Tea Party attended the City Council meeting to speak to the Mayor and Council during the citizen forum. Mayor Jones, apparently too busy to listen to his constituents, got up and left before we spoke. He had no problem inviting members of the Occupy group to his office for a closed door meeting days later, at the same time refusing to meet with us.
His administration, however, found the time to send us an audit letter…
(Via PJ Tatler)
…then I think that Instapundit is correct: it sounds like this sort of thing that should require the attention of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. I mean, ‘obnoxious’ does not even begin to cover it. ‘Gross abuse of office’ is much more accurate. The city of Richmond is claiming that the letter was coincidental and that the audit is justified; but the city’s case is probably not helped by the minor detail that Occupy Richmond had been and continues to be effectively immune from the permitting process itself.
All in all, it’s probably going to need the attention of the state government to straighten out this mess at this point. Which I suspect that the Richmond city government probably didn’t want to have happen.
Moe Lane
And the Democrats don’t understand why nobody likes or trusts the Government anymore. Well they themselves have provided the answer to the question.
So the Richmond Tea Party is being audited for not paying taxes on income you never made on work you never claimed to do. Awesome. I live near a festering shithole. I knew it, of course, but things like this make me think that nuking it from orbit is the only way to be sure.
Don’t take it personal Geek we ALL live near festering cesspools of corruption and we can only, occasionally do something about them. It’s a “The Stars Have To Be Right” sort of thing, and the stars are moving into accord.
I was going to comment that this seems like a civil rights violation and thus a federal matter. Then I remembered who is currently Attorney General. I started laughing uncontrollably and friendly people took me away to a quiet place and gave me pudding.
Look on the bright side, countrydoc: at least there was pudding.
I want pudding! *brings out his corked fork*
Mother? OKLAHOMAOKLAHOMAOKLAHOMAOKLAHOMAOKLAHOMAOKLAHOMA!
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was indeed an awesome movie.
Now how can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat? C’mon already!