Tom Palumbo went to court in Virginia Beach to contest his arrest for trespassing when he attempted to "wait" for Thelma Drake's office to re-open (after it abruptly closed when constituents arrived to present Thelma with their written opposition to her supporting an escalation of the Iraq War).
BUT....Drake's landlord did not show up in court today. Lots of folks are sorry about that. We couldn't wait for Drake and/or her staff to take the oath and then either have to "take back some of their outrageous statements to the media" or end up being caught for plagiarism....
So the trespassing charges were thrown out....and Drake's landlord will have to pay court costs.
I hear the folks then went to Drake's office where they were able to gather for the FIRST TIME without the landlord showing up and threatening to press trespassing charges on them.
Maybe all it took was one person to sit down, take a stand, to stop these right wing anti-democratic bullies from continuing their outrageous behavior.....Imagine arresting a constituent for wanting to communicate with his representative....what have they done to "our" America?
If I get more info and pics I'll post it.....
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