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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster

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To: longnshort who wrote (27968)3/24/2010 10:00:37 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (5) of 103300
 
Gas line’s severing at home of Perriello’s brother prompts FBI probe

By Brian McNeill
Published: March 24, 2010
www2.dailyprogress.com

Federal and local authorities are investigating a severed gas line at the Albemarle County home of U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello’s brother, discovered a day after Tea Party activists posted the address online, mistakenly believing it belonged to the freshman congressman.

Two members of the conservative Tea Party groups in Lynchburg and Danville posted the address on the Internet on Monday so opponents could “drop by” and “express their thanks” for Perriello’s vote in favor of health care reform.

The family of Perriello’s older brother, Bo, smelled gas Tuesday evening and found that someone had slashed the line connecting a propane tank to a gas-power grill on the home’s screened-in porch, according to sources in the congressman’s office.

The family also received a letter in the mail Tuesday that a spokeswoman for Perriello described as “threatening.”...
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