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TEA PARTY UPDATE: Port St. Lucie apologizes to Treasure Coast Tea Party. ?After a week of complain?

By Glenn Reynolds

TEA PARTY UPDATE: Port St. Lucie apologizes to Treasure Coast Tea Party. “After a week of complaints about a sign at Freedomfest on July 4, city officials apologized to the Treasure Coast Tea Party. . . . About 75 members of the anti-tax group attended the City Council?s Monday night meeting looking for an apology. They have said their civil rights were violated when they were singled out at the festival by being put into a special area with a sign nearby stating Port St. Lucie did not back their views or opinions.” The fact that — in keeping with Jim Geraghty’s advice — they showed up en masse at a City Council meeting probably helped.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on July 15, 2009 (boomark / email).