So much for budget rhetoric: Tea Party skips on huge hotel bills

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.

The Daily Caller reported at the time there was a lack of people willing to pay $399 for a weekend pass or $125 per day to hear speakers such as conservative commentator Laura Ingraham or politician Sharron Angle, who at the time was in the midst of a failed campaign to oust Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Las Vegas. The lawsuit covers the dates for the proposed July event. Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation said he hasn't seen the lawsuit and wouldn't comment on the accusations. Las Vegas Sands spokesman Ron Reese said the company would have no comment on the case.

Documents in the case filed in Clark County District Court allege the group reserved 1,637 room nights in the Palazzo hotel from Wednesday, July 14, 2010, through the following Saturday. The Venetian and Palazzo resorts are owned by Las Vegas Sands Corp., and regularly host conservative political events. Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson is a major Republican political donor.

According to a contract attached to the complaint, the reservation included an agreement by Tea Party Nation to pay the resort $579,148 in the event of a cancellation, of which the resort alleges the group still owes $554,148. An 18 percent interest charge added $87,996 to the amount the resort wants to collect. It's not the first time Tea Party Nation ran into problems hosting an event.

from: http://www.lvrj.com/news/las-vegas-resort-sues-tea-party-group-over-hotel-bill-125851363.html

Be a shame if sumpin was ta happen to it.

I think a Vegas casino is probably the last place you'd want to stiff.

My cousin the Teabagger seems to think that the corporations know best, and they make jobs, and they just generally should have no regulations of any kind because they are so wonderful and take care of us. This story seems to contradict him, but I don't see how he could possibly be wrong. After all the Venetian is a corporation.

They want concessions from their opponents to execute agreements they've already made. Can you imagine what this would be like in business?

"What's the price for the camera and the bag, plus tax?"

"That'll be $853.62."

"Here you go."

"I can't give you the purchase yet, sir. We charge $20 for being willing to honor our posted prices."

"What?"

"And I'll have to charge you another $5 every time you ask any further questions. You can't have the purchase until we are satisfied that you have paid your fair share."

"What?"

"$5 more, sir, and silence until I give it to you."

The only difference being, we're not "negotiating" over voluntary purchases, but over necessities.

it's hard to describe how much I despise those people

those mofos piss me off to NO end

you would think the hotel would "work" with them more ..............:sarcasm:

Darn, the luck................:nopity: