After representatives for the Bulloch County TEA Party addressed the Statesboro City Council at Tuesday's regular meeting, members were visibly and vocally upset about the lack of response from the mayor and council. Heather Merritt and Joe Jennings, two of the TEA Party organizers, addressed the council at the beginning of the morning meeting "to humbly ask for openness and honesty in city government" and to find out what city budgets will need to be cut to make up for the shortfall resulting from the recent settlements. After she spoke to the council and asked them if the recent settlements paid by the city offset the recent budget cutbacks, Merritt, Jennings, and other TEA party members received no response from council members.