Tea party protests

Taxpayers angry about the federal government's multibillion-dollar bailout of financial institutions and other businesses plan to demonstrate today at City Hall as part of a national "tea party" protest. Sue Doyle in the Daily News.

Organized by the New American Tea Party, a nonpartisan coalition, the protests are aimed at sending Washington a message that banks, the car companies and others getting bailouts should have been left to fail.

"It's time for them to stop spending," said Debi Devens, a Glendale resident who spearheaded the local rally. "That's what got me involved in this."