Greenwood City Leaders Don’t Think Much of Having a Tea Party in Their City

Apparently the Democrats who run the city of Greenwood don’t think too much of protestors who they don’t agree with. I suppose ACORN or the NAACP would be able to protest all day about how the government isn’t spending enough, but if a group is opposed to massive new spending they get blasted by the Democrat run city council.

Cindy Saulter is organizing the event, and went before the council on Wednesday to request permission to hold the rally outside City Hall. Apparently that is prohibited thanks to a city ordinance, but it can be held at Whittington Park provided she gets the necessary paperwork from the Parks Department.

This is where it got interesting:

The planned protesting of taxes drew an immediate response from City Council President David Jordan, who first asked Saulter if former President George W. Bush was responsible for out-of-control Washington spending.

Saulter replied that Bush was responsible for some of the deficit spending that has taken place over the last few months. Jordan said the state of Mississippi benefits a great deal from federal tax largess.

“Do you know that for every dollar Mississippi sends to Washington we get five back?” he asked.

Saulter, a resident of Carroll County, said the issue was bigger than Mississippi’s slice of the federal pie.

“It’s not just this state, sir. All states should be treated equally,” she said.

And more…

Ward 3’s Ronnie Stevenson took up where Jordan left off.

“Why are you here now saying the government is out of hand and you weren’t here last year when the government was out of hand?” he asked.

The councilman said the planned Greenwood TEA party was just an excuse to bash the incoming Obama Administration.

“You’ve got a new administration. It’s only been there like two months, you’re not giving him a chance, but you’ve got billions and trillions of dollars being spent on a war . . . bail-outs” under Bush, Stevenson said.

“The national TEA party was organized after December. That’s the reason I was not here,” Saulter said.

Stevenson also asked Saulter why she was holding the party in Greenwood instead of Carroll County. Saulter said she works in Greenwood.

Saulter assured Jordan and Stevenson that if the party takes off, other events will be held in Carroll County.

Alan at Y’all Politics pointed out a couple interesting facts. David Jordan, the council president, is also a state Senator. And the mayor of Greenwood is Sheriel Perkins, wife of state Representative Willie Perkins.

With leadership like this, it is pretty easy to figure out why Greenwood is in the shape it’s in…