If you think it's extreme that Paul Ryan is now charging constituents $15 admission to his town hall events, now it appears that constituents can't even pay to be in a room next to a public event hosted by Eric Cantor.
Here's the story. This August, Eric Cantor's congressional office did not hold any town hall events for his constituents. Instead, yesterday his campaign hosted a "Cantor Advisory Council Meeting," which is a quarterly event designed primarily for his supporters. Cantor describes the advisory councils as being "open to the public," but this one was only advertised on a local tea party website. Additionally, media are barred from attending the events.
Sensing an opportunity to confront Eric Cantor over the lack of congressional action on jobs, over 200 local activists led by Progress Virginia and Virginia Organizing rented the ballroom above the one in which the advisory council was being held. However, about an hour before the meeting was scheduled to begin, hotel management appeared with a large police presence and told the activists to leave.
"Hotel management told us we had to leave immediately," saod Anna Scholl of Progress Virginia. Scholl added that about a dozen sheriff's deputies accompanied hotel management to make the demand.

Full Story Here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/01/1012506/-Police-remove-Eric-Cantor-protesters-from-a-hotel-ballroom-they-rented?via=blog_1