Las Vegas Tea Party on the Strip

Hugh, I would estimate between 500 to 700 participants mixed in among all the weekend tourists walking past the Caesars Palace location.  Because of such strict county rules about blocking the sidewalks for an event like this, there was only a small space right in front of the fountains for folks to stand. (You can see them gathered in the video I attached to the story.) Police enforced the law that anyone on the sidewalk MUST keep moving or they could be arrested.  Those carrying signs were peaceful and obedient as they walked up and down the pathway from The Mirage to the corner of Flamingo and Las Vegas Blvd.  If the event had been held in a larger venue like the one earlier in the summer, I am sure there would have been several thousand there.  Please consider that finding a parking place so that a person could walk to join the rally is almost impossible on the Las Vegas Strip unless, of course, you valet your vehicle.  I personally had to park a mile and a half away. So it was amazing how many did show up.  The good news is that because it was held in public view on The World Famous Strip, thousands of tourists from all over the globe were able to see what the Tea Party People were trying to express. I am sure those who oppose the Tea Party protests would have preferred it had been held in a cow pasture ten miles outside the city where coyotes and  vultures would have been spectators.