Posted on 11/28/2011 4:07:35 AM PST by RightSideNews
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.First some back story: 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. The Mayor not only allowed the Occupiers to break the law, but he visited them in the city-owned park. “Jones said that as a ‘child of civil rights’ and protests, he had allowed the group to remain in the park but understands his mayoral responsibility to uphold laws of the city,” reported the Richmond Times Dispatch.
(Excerpt) Read more at rightsidenews.com ...
He’s a Democrat.
I wonder if Occupy will protest this corruption? /s
Hire an accountant to audit the city’s books. I guarantee you’ll find corruption, theft and embezzlement. It’s in the rat’s blood.
The OWS has the government on their side.
The Tea Parties are the true dissenters.
I’m sure Occupy will begin protesting this as soon as their Own audit has been completed.
What is it about people who feel entitled to their double standards?
sounds like a reasonable chore in basic civics.....
Daniel Webster
How about charging a lodging tax to the people camping out in a public space?
YES, YES and YES!!!
Something special is happening with the Tea Party Movement of today. Of course people will try to gain control of it because it is a very powerful source of energy. But the concern that it is “not controlled” and therefore “doomed” is unfounded. It needs not be nor should it be confined ... to a leader, to an organization or to a specific plan. Such activity would nullify the greatness of what it has become to date and could grow to in the future. One needn’t worry ... one only need to join the energy, shun people who attempt its control and allow plans to be spur of the moment. With a leader, there is a target, with an organization, a counter-organization, with a plan, a thwarting of the plan. But as pure ENERGY ... nothing can stop it. Think of it as energy ... join it, and be a part of this historical change-making effort.
The emphasis is mine, but the thoughts expressed back then are proving true today. With all the methods of communications we have today, when ghetto whelps are capable of assembling hundreds on a moments notice, when a national uprising can be formed using these methods as happened in Egypt, who needs leaders and an organization? They are a hindrance and a target for the forces of evil that we call government today.
While I no longer live in Virginia, I am not aware of any law that allows a municipality to audit a private organization.
However as a taxpayer, you can certainly file a complaint about an offical that does not follow the laws or local ordinances with the local common council, county, district attorney, etc
In addition you may ask file for FOI request for documents related to OWS within the Mayor’s office.
You can also consider a recall of the Mayor.
From Virginia code:
§ 24.2-684.1. Requirements for voter petitions to call for referendum elections.
In addition to other applicable requirements of law, the following requirements shall apply whenever a referendum election is initiated by voter petitions. The requirements of this section shall be construed to override any requirement of general or special law in conflict with this section, except requirements set out in charter provisions to govern the exercise of recall, initiative, or referendum powers in a county, city, or town.
The requirements of this section shall apply to petitions calling for any referendum which is ordered to be held on or after January 1, 1994.
1. Prior to circulating any petition for signature, an individual shall file a copy of the petition with the clerk of the circuit court for the county or city in which the referendum will be held. The individual shall be a qualified voter of the county or city and shall file, with the petition copy, a statement giving his name; residence address and, if different, his mailing address; and the name of the organization, if any, which he represents in circulating the petition. The copy of the petition shall be filed on or after the effective date of the law which authorizes the referendum for which the petition will be circulated. The clerk shall certify, within 10 days of such filing, that he has received and accepted the petition copy and statement.
2. If the referendum will be held only in a town, the copy and statement shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the town, or larger portion of the town, is located, and the individual shall be a qualified voter of the town. If the referendum will be held only in part of a county, city, or town, the copy and statement shall be filed with the clerk of the appropriate circuit court, and the individual shall be a qualified voter of the part of the county, city, or town in which the referendum will be held. If the referendum will be held in more than one county, city, or town, the copy and statement shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of any one of the localities in which the referendum will be held, and the individual shall be a qualified voter of that locality.
3. Each qualified voter signing a petition shall date
“In the audit letter signed by Cynthia Carr, Field Auditor for the City of Richmond, it states that our Tea Party is delinquent in filing of Admissions, Lodging, and Meals Taxes with the city and as such our group has been targeted for a comprehensive audit. ..In fact, as part of the Business License we have with the City, a form is filled out by our treasurer every month (as required). We have never charged admission, or had lodging or meals associated with our rallies...”
Wow! Big mistake:
“42 U.S.C. § 1983
Every person who under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, Suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress,”
Bump
No secret which the establishment supports
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