activists say they had made it clear to the city that they collected no such revenues during their rallies. The Richmond Tea Party stands for constitutional adherence, and clearly this has been unequal treatment under the law, tea party member Colleen Owens wrote on the Right Side News website. Wha
"What did they send to Occupy (Richmond)? Obviously, there's nothing to send to them because they didn't have (a business license or rally permit)," said Colleen Owens, a spokeswoman for the Richmond Tea Party. "It's kind of adding insult to injury. We complained about the unequal treatment, and the
Richmond Tea Party spokeswoman Colleen Owens said it was not fair that her group had to pay fees for permits, portable toilets, police and emergency personnel. The group also had to purchase a $1 million insurance policy.