Failed tea party rally leaves organization with $748,000 bill

[proud2BlibKansan]

FRANKLIN Two years after the Franklin-based Tea Party Nation organization failed to lure tea party activists to a rally in Las Vegas, a judge is ordering the group to pay the bill for a slew of hotel rooms booked for the event.

Earlier versions of this story incorrectly stated that local attorney Judson Phillips, the founder of The for-profit corporation, was liable for the debt.

Tea Party Nation owes the Venetian Casino Resort more than $748,000, according to the ruling. The hotel alleged that the group reserved 1,637 room nights for a July 2010 event but then canceled the gathering just a few weeks prior.

A claim was filed against Tea Party Nation in July of last year..

more . . . http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120808/WILLIAMSON/120808008/2275/RSS05?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

[russspeakeasy]

1. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!

Show them the money !!!!!!!!

[Skidmore]

2. The Koch bros. could have the check to them in the mail if they would just skip the middle man.

[freshwest]

5. +1,000

[malaise]

3. Good- Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

This is delish

[physioex]

4. Not sure who to root for....

Especially when Republicans dupe each other.

[Raster]

6. 1,637 rooms at the Venetian??? Perhaps they should have just reserved 92 at the Super 8.

[KansDem]

28. Or simply parked their bus at the KOA Campground...

There's one in Las Vegas, near Circus Circus!

[freshwest]

7. Remember the GOP eviction for not paying rent? I'll bet they never did.

Party of fiscal and personal responsiblity?

Running with the likes of 'I'll just file bankruptcy, I should have to pay my debts' Donald Trump and 'Take the Money and Run' Mitt Romney?

[arcane1]

8. Haha! Such is the risk of astroturf: over-inflated popularity

[Scuba]

23. Bingo.

[MNBrewer]

9. Freeeeeeee Market Solutions, Baybeeee!

Hells yeah! (Tea Party Losers!)

[KurtNYC]

10. That is $457 per room

No wonder these guys need a tax cut so bad.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. And it's Vegas

where you can get the cheapest hotel rooms in the country.

[hifiguy]

21. The Venetian ain't cheap.

Part of the Consumer Electronics Show exhibits there. It is a very posh hotel.

[Egalitarian Thug]

24. Living in the past. Since the corporations took over we're quite pricey.

The corps don't give a rat's ass about small people and imposed a form of austerity on the industry.

In the days you are talking about nobody has to make money except the casino. Every department's goal was to keep people happy and gambling so the the restaurants rooms banquets showrooms bars were all about keeping guests happy, no matter how much it cost, because the organization overall made profits at the machines and tables.

You can still get a cheap room @ Excalibur or Circus-Circus, Riviera, etc. when there's nothing much going on in town, but if there's an event, prepare to pay as much or more for a room here as you would in LA.

[siligut]

14. Not rooms, but 'room nights'

I took it as the event would last a few days. Because yes, that is too much to pay for a room in Las Vegas.

[Brother Buzz]

15. Might have been a four-day three-night package sort of deal

[Initech]

11. Tea Party Epic Fail!!!!

[JaneyVee]

13. Failed Tea Party Rally is redundant.

[MrScorpio]

16. The Venetian is a Sheldon Adelson hotel

So every time these Teabaggerati punks see his name in the paper they know that their own fellow wingers are fucking them over this unpaid bill.

[progressoid]

20. I'm sure they'll find a way to rationalize it.

But the irony is kind of funny.

[rocktivity]

17. How's that Koch-y Adelson-y think working out for ya?

750 large is tip money to those guys -- after two years, you think they would have helped you out by now!

On edit: Just read post #16 -- we posted within two minutes of each other. Adelson owns the hotel, LOL!


rocktivity

[chollybocker]

18. What happens in Vegas...

...shows up on next month's credit card statement.

Pull up them bootstraps, bagheads!

[DCKit]

22. And you gotta wonder, what's the draw of Vegas for a bunch of self-professed, family values Xtians?

The pretty lights?

[jmowreader]

19. They seem to be as good at predicting room needs as they are predicting portable toilet needs

[Blue Owl]

25. Suck it, Fuckos

And the rest of the GOP can eat shit and die!

[Sheepshank]

26. Fiscal Repsonsibility!!!!!!

...oh, not for them silly....for everyone else!

[klook]

27. Alternate link,

which should work for non-Tennesseean subscribers: [br]http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120808008&nclick_check=1

The judgment, handed down last month by the Clark County District Court, represents the unpaid bill of $554,000 plus nearly two years of interest charges for another $194,300.

Maybe now they will want to push for debt forgiveness. Or usury laws?

[kestrel91316]

29. Tea Party Nation is a FOR-PROFIT corporation????

(headdesk)