Tea baggers in Los Angeles take it on the chin
Posted By Chal Pivik On July 2, 2009 @ 8:11 pm In Politics | Comments Disabled
It appears Los Angeles tea baggers will have to contain their overtaxed ire this weekend. Their planned participation in the nationwide (according to Fox News [1] anyway) “tea party” tax revolt demonstration could not secure a permit from the city for the event.
Emails to three representatives on their site [2] went unanswered as of this evening. I’ll update this post if I hear from them.
From their Facebook page:
Sorry, Folks. After much difficulty it appears we will not get a permit for the event. Because of the late date now we are unable to find another suitable location for July 4th.
Atlanta organizers also had to cancel [3] their July 4th event planned at a shopping mall parking lot due to the mall’s owner not wishing to host a political event.
UPDATE: According to the Washington Independent [4] (via HuffPo), overall this time around for the anti-tax demonstrators it’s a bust. But the July 4th Dallas teabaggers event “will combine political speeches from columnist Michelle Malkin, Bosnia war hero Scott O’Grady, and local conservative activists with entertainment from ersatz Monkees drummer and singer Mickey Dolenz, a bluegrass Beatles cover band, and a program that lets kids edit themselves into rock videos (’Be a star — no talent required!’)” Still no word from the Los Angeles crew.
Related posts:
- Annoyed at increase of Los Angeles visitors parking permit price [5]
- Open casting call for visual artists in Los Angeles July 11th and 12th [6]
- Anti-gay infomercial airs in Los Angeles market [7]
- A Bullet Train from Los Angeles to… New York? [8]
- Where will you be celebrating the Inauguration, Los Angeles? [9]
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URLs in this post:
[1] Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/glennbeck/
[2] their site: http://losangeles.reteaparty.com/
[3] had to cancel: http://www.peachpundit.com/2009/06/22/july-4th-tea-party-canceled/
[4] Washington Independent: http://washingtonindependent.com/49616/tea-party-movement-loses-steam
[5] Annoyed at increase of Los Angeles visitors parking permit price: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/01/09/annoyed-at-increase-of-los-angeles-visitors-parking-permit-price/
[6] Open casting call for visual artists in Los Angeles July 11th and 12th: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/01/open-casting-call-for-visual-artists-in-los-angeles-july-11th-and-12th/
[7] Anti-gay infomercial airs in Los Angeles market: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/06/23/anti-gay-infomercial-airs-in-los-angeles-market/
[8] A Bullet Train from Los Angeles to… New York?: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/04/16/a-bullet-train-from-los-angeles-to-new-york/
[9] Where will you be celebrating the Inauguration, Los Angeles?: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/01/19/where-will-you-be-celebrating-the-inauguration-los-angeles/
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