I've been trying to get a good handle on the size of the Lake City Tea Party crowd @ Independence Point Saturday. At OpenCDA.com, Mary Souza said security estimated the crowd @ 1300 to 1500. MamaJD figured 800 to 1000. Her father, who has a background in dealing with crowds, figures 1000. Organizers guesstimated the crowd to be about 1000.

Question: Let's settle on 1000 as the size of the crowd, for argument's sake. What does that number say re: the mood of local residents toward spending by the federal government in particular and taxes in general?