Tea Parties to Protest U.S. Sugar 'Bailout' at South Florida Water District

The South Florida Tea Party and more than a dozen other Tea groups are calling on the South Florida Water Management District to reject the Everglades-U.S. Sugar "bailout."

"The deal leaves a bad taste in the mouth of taxpayers and environmentalists," said Everett Wilkinson, the Palm Beach Gardens-based chairman of the South Florida Tea Party.

The Tea groups say they will protest the billion-dollar land deal brokered by Gov. Charlie Crist when the SFWMD board meets July 14. Wilkinson is calling on like-minded opponents to join in at noon at the SFWMD headquarters, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach.