Richmond Tea Party Wants Refund from VA Capitol for Land that Occupy is Now Using for Free
Really? I'm guessing the city will tell them to go to
Really? I'm guessing the city will tell them to go to
for it.
Posted on 10/27/2011 12:13:22 PM PDT by Mozilla
RICHMOND -- The Richmond Tea Party wants its money back from the city of Richmond for the cost of permits and other fees to use the same area in which Occupy Richmond has settled for nearly the past two weeks for free.
The local branch of the Tea Party says it should be reimbursed for all the fees accrued and paid over the past three years for use of Kanawha Plaza, a city-owned square across from the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank and a few blocks from Virginia state capitol buildings. Occupy Richmond, an affiliate with the Occupy Wall Street movement, moved into the square on October 15 and has not been charged a bill from the city.
A city employee who worked with the Tea Party to get permits for the plaza "told us that the occupiers have not paid for the park, have not paid for the permit, there's no sanitation, there's no trash pick-up -- nothing we had to pay for. They've done none of that," Colleen Owens, spokesperson for the Richmond Tea Party, told WMAL.com.
Owens says an invoice is not complete, but so far the Tea Party is looking to collect about $8,000 from the city of Richmond.
"It's obvious, it's so blatant, that basically we're punished for following the law -- which, of course, we didn't complain, we complied with everything they asked for," Owens said.
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Richmond ping!
Love it!
Do it and do it everywhere the same situation applies.
Occupy Permit Fees!
Gotta love it. :)
Exactly!
Made this point this morning to a prayer group that was denied a “permit”.
JUST GO!
Expose the corruption and collusion.
I’m proud to say that I’m a member of the Richmond Tea Party! A feisty bunch!
actually, what someone needs to do is get a permit now to use it... then force the police to clear the area so they can have their permitted function :)
Every Tea Party group should do similar lawsuits.
OK - I’m clueless.
Who’s the babe?
gotta love it! :)
Helen Hunt?
Yep.
exactly!
And if they refuse, then sue the bastards
Richmond ping.
If you can’t gather to pray in public, then your republic hasn’t got a prayer.
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