Organizers of the Netroots Nation conference to be held in Providence in summer 2012 have taken steps that would keep a conservative group’s traditional counter-event at a distance.Wimps.
Raven Brooks, Netroots Nation’s executive director, said Tuesday the group has a non-compete clause in its contracts with the Rhode Island Convention Center and two Providence hotels.
The conservative group RightOnline has staged its annual meeting in the same city and around the same time as Netroots Nation since 2008. Bloggers from both groups shared a hotel this year, and Brooks said some Netroots participants were harassed.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Nutroots To Run and Hide in Rhode Island Next Year
The annual Nutroots Nation event, in which a bunch of wacky left liberals are overcharged to hear crazy speakers, and which has been held in the same city with RightOnline for a few years, has decided to run and hide next year:
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Can't stand the competition. they find out they're just not...special.
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