another person had their premiums go from $1,200 a year to $12,000 a year.People protested and wrote their Congressmen and the law was revised to spread out the increase over a longer period of time than the original 4 years. 

As a cellular minority (android), I MUST protest :) No, seriously Joshua Dorkin instead of fighting the android development drama, maybe consider using a Linux developer to put BP on ubuntu OS.

I was so nervous because I had no idea people would protest it.  

No protests so far.

He can kill a deal if enough residents protest your project.

Evidently they are protesting the foreclosure.

See if there is a redemption period or a protest period.

(I, personally, would itemize and deduct it from my tenant's deposit and see if they legally protest it, pay it back if they do).

Although I've talked to the tenants a few times about cleaning up, I haven't sent them any formal letters or threatened to take money from their deposit for the state of the apartment during the showing period, which I feel like would be important documentation if they protested my damage assessment in court.

(a) A landlord may not retaliate against a tenant by taking an action described by Subsection (b) because the tenant: (1) in good faith exercises or attempts to exercise against a landlord a right or remedy granted to the tenant by lease, municipal ordinance, or federal or state statute" Last I checked, freedom of speech and protest was both state and federal statute that could be used against a landlord.