Las Vegas resort sues tea party group over hotel billSource: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Some Tennessee tea partiers are in hot water with a Las Vegas gambling resort that's accusing them of skipping out on a big hotel bill. On Monday Venetian Casino Resort, LLC., filed suit against Tea Party Nation Corporation of Franklin, Tenn., alleging the group owes $642,144 for canceling a conservative conclave last year. The event, which had been scheduled for July 14-18, 2010, was first postponed until October and ultimately canceled.Reports: Tea Party leader arrested on piracy chargesSource: CNET News
leader of a South Carolina Tea Party group has been arrested for allegedly selling pirated software, according to reports.
Anthony Trinca, 61, is accused of selling versions of Microsoft Office, Windows, Adobe Photoshop, and Rosetta Stone language programs that were counterfeit, news site TG Daily reported today, one of several outlets to write about it. Trinca, president of the Grand Strand Tea Party, was arrested after someone to whom he allegedly sold software resold some of it and refused to give a refund when a buyer insisted it was pirated, the report said.
He and his 23-year-old son, Michael, were both charged with unauthorized use or trafficking in counterfeit trademarks and were released on $50,000 bond, according to the report. Late Breaking: Teabagger Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh Owes $100,000 In Back Child SupportDU thread:rofl: Oh, yeah! The "Party of Fiscal Responsibility" (not to mention the "Party of Personal Responsibility") :rofl: