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April 15, In cities across the United States there were more than 750 Tea Parties where as many as half a million demonstrated against spending and bailouts. (SITE NOTE: Some sites tallied 650,000 and as high as 1.2 million. No one knows for sure as there were untold numbers of protests nationwide that were not reporterd.)
Events in15 April 2009 -- TAX DAY. Check Tax Day Tea Party (nationwide April 15 events) for events. On April 15th the DontGo Movement in collaboration with Michelle Malkin, Top Conservatives on Twitter, and Smart Girl Politics will be hosting Tax Day Tea Parties in every state in America. Internet TV media company Pajamas TV has been monitoring the recent Tea Party protests across the U.S. under its "American Tea Party" initiative and has extensive video coverage of the events on its website at www.PJTV.com. Pajamas TV is keeping a schedule of upcoming protests, interviewing organizations and individuals involved, and gathering photos and videos from various events. For the Tea Parties, the Portsmouth Tea Company will be donating one pound for every participating state. They will be providing tea similar to what was used at the 1773 Boston Tea Party. President of the Portsmouth Tea Company, Marshall Malone, says, “It’s an honor to aid in the revival of liberty – fighting socialism rather than imperialism. The number of lives impacted is greater than our founding fathers ever imagined. We will choose our own stimulus package and offer $2 shipping until tax day.”:
On 19 Mar 2009, The American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. This protest is less on the tax aspects of Obama but on the moral and Christian issues with Obama's vision for America. The organization launched a Tea Party Day website just days ago so volunteer organizers may register their protests with AFA. The website also provides a list of other protests across the nation that are not organized by AFA. Michael DePrimo, special counsel to AFA President Tim Wildmon, told WND that AFA has been inundated with e-mails from citizens who want to attend or organize tea parties in their own cities. "We're trying to get people to attend these and we're also encouraging others if there is no tea party in their community to start their own," he said. "All we're trying to do is really generate activity to try to try to get people to attend these rallies to really send a message to Washington." The tea party website asks, Are you fed up with a Congress and a president who:
# vote for a $500 billion tax bill without even reading it
# are spending trillions of borrowed dollars, leaving a debt our great-grandchildren will be paying?
# consistently give special interest groups billions of dollars in earmarks to help get themselves re-elected?
# want to take your wealth and redistribute it to others?
# punish those who practice responsible financial behavior and reward those who do not?
# admit to using the financial hurt of millions as an opportunity to push their political agenda?
# run up trillions of dollars of debt and then sell that debt to countries such as China?
# want government-controlled health care?
# want to take away the right to vote with a secret ballot in union elections?
# refuse to stop the flow of millions of illegal immigrants into our country?
# appoint a defender of child pornography to the No. 2 position in the Justice Department?
# want to force doctors and other medical workers to perform abortions against their will?
# want to impose a carbon tax on your electricity, gas and home-heating fuels?
# want to reduce your tax deductibility for charitable gifts?
# take money from your family budget to pay their federal budget?
Michael DePrimo, special counsel to AFA President Tim Wildmon, told WND that AFA has been inundated with e-mails from citizens who want to attend or organize tea parties in their own cities. "We're trying to get people to attend these and we're also encouraging others if there is no tea party in their community to start their own," he said. "All we're trying to do is really generate activity to try to try to get people to attend these rallies to really send a message to Washington." "While many mainstream media outlets have provided little to no coverage of the nation's numerous tea parties so far, DePrimo said the growing movement is proof that Americans no longer need them to launch a widespread revolution. "I think the media does whatever the media choose to do," he said. "We're all aware that the media have a liberal bias. I suppose if it's big enough, they will report on it. If they think it really may spur some change in Washington that the media elites don't want, they may ignore the story altogether."De Primo continued, "The good news is that with the Internet, Facebook, texting and with all the ways we can communicate today, we don't necessarily need the mainstream media anymore. The message can get out without them."
PROTESTS BEWARE: Liberal Media Sending "Citizen Reporters" A Huffington Post columnist mocked, "Yes, stand up. You've been pushed around by Obama for too long – nearly 80 whole days. You poor long suffering muted people." The latest word is that Huffington Post and other liberal blog media are sending "citizen reporters" to the tea parties and requesting that they send their posts back to them. (Source: Huffington Post.) Nonetheless, the Huffington Post has organized an online sign up for anyone to attend the events on behalf of its organization as "citizen journalists." It asks them to write stories, photograph protests and film the events. Of course, the danger is that these "reporters" will ask leading questions or choose the most embarrassing moments -- or god-forbid even edit and photo-shop photos to gain their fifteen minutes of fame. But the protestors are being forewarned of the possibility and there truthfully is not much that can be done. If the protestors conduct and an orderly and lawful protest -- unlike many liberal hate-mongering demonstrations we've seen -- then there should be no problems at all. (SITE NOTE: After the tax day protests, the Huffington Post put out a series of photos with blatant RACIST intent -- showing ONLY white people with one individual with a sign accusing Obama of "White Slavery" and others with individuals with the "F-word" on their t-shirts or signs. Of course, the other signs of wit and insight were intentionally editted out. You get the picture -- but Huffington Post is a "technically" a blog of Ariana Huffington and not mainstream media per se -- though President Obama calls on its reporters during White House news conferences. It continued to push the Obama line that it was Republican sponsored, FOX News promoted and NOT a grassroots movement. Our answer is simply review the photos and nationwide blog comments on this page to see how out of touch with reality they are -- and the fear that is being generated by this movement that threatens to collapse the liberal power structure.)
Obama supporters are now out if force on every conservative blog attempting to saturate the blogs with their dissenting comments as April 15 approaches. The Obama effort to rally his obots at the end of March to turn out nationwide was an embarassment that Obama headquarters doesn't even want to mention as nobody showed up. Then Obama tried to rally support for his budget and again there seems to be lukewarm interest. Obama can't find the counter strategy that works. What is discouraging is how the mainstream media is INTENTIONALLY not covering the events. Only local tv stations are covering the events for their local areas -- and many are misreporting the numbers involved. For example, one event on 11 Apr reported "over a hundred" protestors -- but police and video footage confirm that between 600-1000 were present. In effect, the protests are being downplayed rather than given positive coverage. But the fact that the protests have grown from 3 cities when Obama signed his infamous Stimulus Package to over a 1000 towns/cities in less than six weeks says it all. This cannot be stopped -- media or not.
On the last week before the 15 Apr protests, the liberal media commentators started showing up on the talk shows to spew their comments. Geraldo Rivera of Fox News went so far as to say that the protests didn't have anyone of "color" involved -- meaning it was somehow racist. Of course, Geraldo was was facing Michael OReilley of TCOT (Pajama TV) who denounced him as "ill-informed" (meaning he hadn't read the FOX NEWS POLLS). On other shows, liberal media showed up to call the Tea Party a "fraud and a sham."
Others called the Tea Party as a "REPUBLICAN" movement -- planned by Republican think-tanks.
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote, "Republicans have become embarrassing to watch. And it doesn't feel right to make fun of crazy people." He said the tea parties are not an accurate representation of public sentiment. "They're AstroTurf (fake grassroots) events, manufactured by the usual suspects," he wrote. USA Today reported that the nationwide protest would number only 500 U.S. town and cities, while a Forbes columnist argued that "federal revenues as a share of the gross domestic product will be lower this year than any year since 1950."
MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show" denigrated the movement with puns for 13 minutes, calling it "insanitea" organized by conservative activists. She laughed out loud as she disparaged "tea-baggers" during the broadcast. MSNBC's David Shuster accused Fox News of "fluffing" the Tax Day tea parties after the news channel became one of few major media outlets to consistently report on the events. (SITE NOTE: As sort of poetic justice, on 23 Apr it was reported that MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has suffered some steep audience of erosion in recent months, down more than 40 percent in viewership from her peak last fall during the election. According to the Los Angeles Times, Maddow's audience has gone from a high of 1.9 million viewers in the fall to just over 1.1 million in March. That's a big drop. Maddow was at her worst last week, falsely minimizing the tea parties held across the country as "the fizzle in the drizzle" and mocking the participants. Though the liberals tried to denigrate the Tea Party it is now being sorted out how many attended the grassroots protest that was up to over 750,000 without the end count from all the small towns yet.)
Newsweek Senior Editor Daniel Gross said the movement was "AstroTurf" rather than grassroots because he alleges it began from the top down, according to NewsBusters. "I think, when it comes to teabagging, the president should probably just ignore this," Gross said. "He's got 10 other things on his plate, you know, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, the banking crisis, the overall economic situation, health care. To get bogged down with a – you know, what seems to be a fringe group of people throwing consumer products into the lakes and rivers of this nation doesn't seem to be worthy of his attention. …"
Of course, having monitored this from the beginning -- and as one who has written to the Republican Party for their LACK of support at the inception and my disapproval of their platform as a life-long Republican -- I will attest that this is a true grassroots movement. It is non-partisan -- and I wouldn't want it any other way now that I see how it has turned out.
According to the World Net Daily, ACORN spokesman Charles Jackson told WND the group has been planning rallies for the same day. "ACORN is going to be engaged in a series of rallies across the country on April 15 in support of the priorities outlined in President Obama's first budget – investments in education, health care, and getting Americans back to work," Jackson said. He continued, "This is the first we've heard of these 'tea parties' and, frankly, a gripe-fest by a bunch of conservatives whose preferred economic policies got us in this mess in the first place is of no interest to us."
Regardless, the protestors are being warned to NOT react to the anti-protestors because that's just what they want. Hecklers and others are a danger, but ACORN and the like cannot be in EVERY protest in America and we believe in our souls that the grassroots movement cannot be stopped.
Guess how DHS defines who is a terrorist now? (May 2009)Two weeks before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security penned its controversial report warning against "right-wing extremists" in the United States, it generated a memo defining dozens of additional groups – animal rights activists, black separatists, tax protesters, even worshippers of the Norse god Odin – as potential "threats."
Though the "Domestic Extremism Lexicon" was reportedly rescinded almost immediately, Benjamin Sarlin of The Daily Beast recently obtained and published online a copy of the unclassified memo, dated March 26, 2009.
While many of the groups listed in the lexicon – such as Aryan prison gangs and neo-Nazis – may indeed be widely considered extremists, others will likely take offense at being described as a potential "threat." For example, the memo defines the "tax resistance movement" – also referred to in the report as the tax protest movement or the tax freedom movement – as "groups or individuals who vehemently believe taxes violate their constitutional rights. Among their beliefs are that wages are not income, that paying income taxes is voluntary, and that the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allowed Congress to levy taxes on income, was not properly ratified."
The report, however, continues in its assessment of tax protesters, asserting that members "have been known to advocate or engage in criminal activity and plot acts of violence and terrorism in an attempt to advance their extremist goals." (SITE NOTE: Though the "tax protestors" are a group that actively refuses to pay income tax and have been associated with "survivalists", the broad definition would now include the 750,000 people who showed up for the Tea Party on 15 Apr were "extremists.)
Similarly, the lexicon concludes its definition of "black separatists" by asserting, "Such groups or individuals also may embrace radical religious beliefs. Members have been known to advocate or engage in criminal activity and plot acts of violence directed toward local law enforcement in an attempt to advance their extremist goals."
In his blog piece titled "Who You Calling an Extremist?" Sarlin writes, "Partisans leapt to decry the first DHS memo as part of a Democratic conspiracy to marginalize right wingers. But it became clear that DHS's broad descriptions of extremists were symptomatic of an ongoing agency problem that crossed ideological lines."
The lexicon states its purpose is to provide "definitions for key terms and phrases that often appear in DHS analysis that addresses the nature and scope of the threat that domestic, non-Islamic extremism poses to the United States." Apparently, the DHS analyzes the "threat" level of Internet news websites like WorldNetDaily, for the lexicon defines "alternative media" as "a term used to describe various information sources that provide a forum for interpretations of events and issues that differ radically from those presented in mass media products and outlets." (SITE NOTE: The broad definition would also include this website as well.)
The term "black power," widely used in a variety of contexts, also merits a definition in the lexicon: "A term used by black separatists to describe their pride in and the perceived superiority of the black race."
For example, the lexicon contains virtually the same broad-stroke language the right-wing extremism report used.
"Rightwing extremism," the lexicon defines as those "who can be broadly divided into those who are primarily hate-oriented, and those who are mainly antigovernment and reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority. This term also may refer to rightwing extremist movements that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration." (SITE NOTE: That means that legislators who propose 10th Amendment sovereignty resolutions in the state legislators are "Rightwing Extremists" too.)
The lexicon further points to those who oppose driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. "Anti-immigration extremism," the lexicon defines as "a movement of groups or individuals who are vehemently opposed to illegal immigration, particularly along the U.S. southwest border with Mexico, and who have been known to advocate or engage in criminal activity and plot acts of violence and terrorism to advance their extremist goals. They are highly critical of the U.S. Government's response to illegal immigration and oppose government programs that are designed to extend 'rights' to illegal aliens, such as issuing driver's licenses or national identification cards and providing in-state tuition, medical benefits, or public education." (SITE NOTE: This means that most conservative blogs and talk radio show hosts are "estremists" as well. At the forefront would be Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh and a slew of other conservative syndicated columnists and talk show hosts.)
Unlike the right-wing extremism report, however, the lexicon includes definitions of extremism across a broad spectrum of issues: anarchy, animal rights extremism, black nationalism, Cuban independence, environmentalism, Jewish extremism, Mexican separatism, right-wing militias, white supremacists, the anti-war movement and more.
Among the more curious groups the DHS appears to be monitoring is the "racial Nordic mysticism" group, defined as "an ideology adopted by many white supremacist prison gangs who embrace a Norse mythological religion, such as Odinism or Asatru."
Among the more comical definitions is the description given of what "racist skinheads" wear, enabling law officers, it appears, to identify skinheads by their preferred brand of footwear: "Dress may include a shaved head or very short hair," the report states, "jeans, thin suspenders, combat boots or Doc Martens, a bomber jacket, and tattoos of Nazi-like emblems."
Sarlin, who first publicized the memo, reports that a spokesperson for DHS told him the memo was recalled "within minutes" of being issued but declined to offer any details on the reasons for its withdrawal. (Source: WND.)
AUBURN UNIVERSITY Tea Party (AL) -- When: April 15, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Where: Samford Lawn Contact: cwren5024@gmail.comUPDATE .More than 600 people gathered outside of the Auburn University Library Wednesday for one of hundreds of Tax Day Tea Parties across the nation with a message for our government: Stop overspending. Private citizens and public officials took the microphone at the protest to voice their concerns, while others threw tea bags into a plastic pool. The main theme among speakers and spectators was that the government is overspending and that Americans will be paying for government bailouts and the stimulus plan for years to come. “This is for all Americans, no matter what affiliation, who don’t agree with spending in Washington,” said Paige Collins, one of the event organizers. “I do believe Washington should spend our money wisely. Thomas Jefferson said, ‘Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have.’” Opelika Municipal Judge Ben Hand, who spoke at the event, said, “We run the government. We are the government and we’ve had enough.” Tim James, who plans to run for Alabama governor in 2010, also stopped by. “In a blink of an eye we’ve become Europe,” he said. “They lay that debt on the back of our children and grandchildren. It’s not right.” (Opelika and Auburn Now.)
BIRMINGHAM Tea Party (AL) -- Birmingham When: April 15, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Where: Verteran Park, Hwy 17 Valledale Road Hoover Email Contact: bhamteaparty@gmail.com. UPDATE “Estimated 3000 at the Birmingham party.” More photos here. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3446961896_89b5d6d307_b.jpg
CULLMAN Tea Party (AL) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Cullman County Courthouse Contact: austonns@aol.com Nan Auston Phone: 256.775.1266 UPDATE ABC 33/40 is reporting the crowd at 7,000, but Fox6 in B'ham reported several hundred. ---It is hard to estimate the crowd. Maybe 3000-5000. It was A LOT of people. The crowd extended way past the designated area, to the pavillions, behind the stage. The Birmingham, Alabama Tea Party at Veteran's Park in Shelby County. (One of the most Conservative Counties in the country.) My wife and I were there and were amazed at the crowd and the program... wow. All the speakers were great and Dominick rocked the house! The organizers did a truly outstanding job—the ladies can go pro any time they want to as far as I'[m concerned. They did a much better job than any pro could. --
FAIRHOPE Tea Party (AL) -- April 15, 3:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Fairhope Pier, South Beach Contact: fairhopeteaparty@gmail.com Gene Labrato Phone: 251-979-5805 UPDATE More than 500 people attended Wednesday's Tax Day Tea Party at the municipal park by the city's pier, far more than organizers had expected. "It started becoming clear yesterday that we should have arranged to have buses shuttling people here from the grocery stores out on Greeno Road, but by then it was too late," said Gene Labrato, one of the Fairhope event's organizers. Labrato said he is a fan of nationally syndicated talk show host Glenn Beck, a self-described libertarian and conservative Christian. Labrato made a point of saying that he and the event's other organizers did not hold the same views as some who attended Wednesday's rally who distributed anti-Semitic literature or bore signs calling President Barack Obama "the anti- Christ."
FLORENCE Tea Party (AL) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon - 1:00pm Where: Protest at County Courthouse, then march to Post Office to mail our tea bags Contact: ShoalsTeaParty09@shoalsbiz.com Phone:(256) 757-6682 UPDATE About 500 people gathered for a tea party in the city of Florence Wednesday. Several speakers took the stage, including Pastor Bill Monroe, State Representative Phillip Lowe, and Florence County Treasurer Dean Fowler.
HUNTSVILLE Tea Party (AL) -- When: April 15, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: TBA Contact: Christie Carden P: 256.603.9676 Email Contact: christie.carden@yahoo.com UPDATE Police estimate 2300 people came out for the Tax Day Tea Party held in the vacant lot across from the U.S. Post Office on Clinton Avenue --- An estimated 2,000 protestors jammed into a vacant parking lot in downtown Huntsville Thursday, protesting recent government spending by the Obama administration.
The "Tax Day Tea Party" off Clinton Avenue overflowed into the streets, and featured speeches by radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Madison County commissioner Mo Brooks. The event was one of several hundred across America, giving voice to a taxpayer tirade that has reached a boiling point in recent weeks. "Taxed Enough Already", or "TEA" for short, harkened back to the Boston Tea Party of 1773, hoping to draw on historical sentiment against unjust taxation and wasteful government spending. Those who attended slammed this year's record setting federal budget pushed by President Obama and passed by Congress, along with the recent bailout and stimulus plans. Plenty of signs could be found slamming the president and Democratic congressional leaders. "We're not getting what we want out of government..Government is telling us what they want, they don't hear what we want" said protestor Mark Guthrie. "Somebody's gonna listen, somebody's gonna hear us, and I think that's the best we can do.
"I hope Congress and the government will wake up," added Christina Gaylord. "The main concern is we do not have the money to support this massive spending bill that's going on." Other "Tax Day Tea Parties" in larger cities such as New York and Atlanta drew several thousand people. In response to the rallies, the Obama administration issued a statement defending the president's recent tax cuts. (WHNTV.)
MOBILE Tea Party (AL) -- Mobile When: April 15, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Where: USS Alabama Battleship Email Contact: mobileteaparty@yahoo.com. UPDATE On this tax day, there were tea parties all across the nation including right here along the Gulf Coast. That's tea as in taxed enough already, that's the message protestors want Washington to hear. There was a huge turnout in Downtown Mobile. Hundreds of people carrying signs marched from Government Plaza to Cooper Riverside Park where they held a rally and tossed tea in the water reminiscent of the Boston Tea Party more than 235 years ago," this is about saying no to government spending, no to taxes, no to the bailouts, lowering taxes and you know getting the boom back in the economy, getting back to the Constitution and what our forefathers shed blood for," said organizer Nikki Carey-Nicholson. (WKRG TV.)
MONTGOMERY Tea Party (AL) -- April 15, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: Alabama Statehouse, 11 South Union Street 36130 Contact: P: 334.354.4867 Email Contact: politicsalabama@hotmail.com. UPDATE More than 1000 showed up at the Montgomery Tea Party yesterday. Pictures (courtesy of Derek Trotter and the blog ToxicCulture) show a mixture of mainstream Republicans, political theater, and the just plain jarring at the Montgomery event.
SPRINGDALE Tea Party (AL) - Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in downtown Springdale, exact location to be determined
TRUSSVILLE Tea Party (AL) --When: April 15, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: TBA Contact: LACorvin@aol.com Other Info:FREE LUNCH BEING SERVED, MUSIC, SPEAKERS, CHILDREN’S STATION WITH KITES & BUBBLES, and VOTER REGISTRATION TABLE UPDATE Spent a good bit of the day yesterday on the mall in downtown Trussville, Alabama, where we had a fantastic tax day tea party. About a thousand people showed up to wave signs and flags, eat hot dogs, drink — of course — tea, and listen to the likes of Stan Cooke, Anita Briles, Jeremy Walker, Rosemarie Musso, Lester Phillip, Lee Davis, Matt Murphy, Hank Erwin, and George and Martha Washington (no, really!). There were voter registration booths, and a place where you could sign up for information about future events.
The shindig was conceived and executed by the Republican Women of Trussville, who put the whole thing together in about three weeks. It was a lot of fun, and they're looking at doing it again, perhaps on the Fourth of July.
ALABAMA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Alabama organizers:
Dianne Cline (205) 620-3846 Alabaster AL
Mundy Wilcoxson (205) 901-6695 Alabaster AL
ANCHORAGE Tea Party (AK) -- When: April 15, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Where: Federal Building, Anchorage Contact: AlaskanTeaParty150409@gmail.com
Other: http://sites.google.com/site/alaskanteaparty/Home UPDATE More than 1,200 protesters crammed the corners of Seventh Avenue and C Street in Anchorage today as part of a national Tax Day Tea Party organized by a coalition of conservative groups. "(This is) the first time I've ever been to a protest in my entire life," said 45-year-old fitness instructor Amy Brun, who says the federal government should let the free market save the economy rather than going deeper in debt in an attempt to spur recovery. "I don't want any more bailouts," she said. "I didn't want the one Bush imposed, I didn't want the one Obama imposed. ... I really think something like that should have been brought to the people." --- “In Anchorage, Alaska more than 1,000 people met at the Federal Building starting at 11 am. Scores of people drove by, honking and yelling. Many great signs, but one of the best was “Don’t Tax Me, Bro’” I was told there were other events around the state, including 2 in Fairbanks, Wasilla, Juneau, Ketchikan and Kodiak.”
FAIRBANKS Tea Party (AK) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon - 2:00 pm Where: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. — Corner of Airport Way and Noble
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. — Federal Building, 101 12th Avenue Contact: alaskanteaparty@yahoo.com UPDATE Several hundred Fairbanksans marched on the Federal Building Wednesday afternoon as part of the nationwide protest against the federal government’s recent bailouts of Wall Street firms. As part of the event, protesters collected more than 5 pounds of tea bags in a large garbage bag, which was delivered to the office of Sen. Mark Begich. The protest was meant to evoke the imagery of the Boston Tea Party, Begich, a Democrat, was the only member of Alaska’s congressional delegation to vote for the $787 billion economic stimulus package passed earlier this year. The protesters, who mostly identified themselves as conservative or independent, first gathered on Noble Street, near Airport Way. Hundreds waved signs, proclaiming “Give me liberty, not debt,” and “Let bad bankers fail,” among dozens of other slogans. “The taxing of us and future generations is getting out of hand,” said Myrna McGhie, who helped organize Wednesday’s event in Fairbanks after hearing about tea parties in other cities around the country. “I don’t want my kids in debt for the next couple of decades.” Longtime Fairbanks resident Bert Samson, standing on the side of Noble with a bright red “$top $pending” sign expressed outrage at the federal government’s recent fiscal policies, and wondered if his children would pay an income tax as high as 90 percent. “(Obama) fired the head of a private company,” said Samson, referring to the president recently asking the head of GM to resign. “What the hell is going on here?” Most of those in attendance flatly denied the assertion by top government officials that allowing major banks or insurance giant AIG to fail would lead to an economic crisis as bad or worse than the Great Depression. “I believe that in capitalism, and companies need to fail is what needs to happen,” said Les Mitchell. “It’s still going to happen, they’re just delaying it.” After rallying on Noble Street for an hour, the crowd moved to the Federal Building where “Proud To Be an American” blared on loudspeakers as they waved signs on the building’s footsteps. Afterward, the group chanted “Enough is enough” and “Stop spending my money.” “I wish it wasn’t our tea,” said Schaeffer Cox, who has recently organized a local Second Amendment Task Force to fight gun possible legislation. “They didn’t have to buy their tea at the first tea party.” Despite warnings from security guards at the building that they would not let in more than five protesters at a time, Cox and Fairbanks North Star Borough candidate Rick Sikma led a group of more than a dozen to Begich’s office to present the senator with the tea bags. Begich was not in Fairbanks on Wednesday, but an office worker accepted the tea bags. “They told us that groups larger than five were going to be arrested,” Cox said. “We decided that if you can’t walk in groups of five, then you’re a prisoner already. What does it matter if you’re in jail?” “They knew that if they arrested us they would have to let us go,” added Sikma, who compared the tactics employed by building security to those used by Hitler. Begich spokeswoman Julie Hasquet said that the senator has received a handful of tea bags in the mail in recent weeks. Protesters in Anchorage marched outside of Begich’s office, but did not give their tea bags to him. “We appreciate the message today and place a high value on freedom of speech,” she said. “At the same time, millions of dollars in tax cuts apply to Alaskans as well.” Someone from the group originally planned to return to the Fairbanks office today to retrieve the tea bags and donate them to the homeless, but Begich’s office disposed of the bag when several moose nuggets were discovered mixed in with the tea bags, Hasquet said. (Source: Fairbanks Daily News Miner.) --- “In Fairbanks we had 300 at the first rally (sign waving) and 200 at the second rally (Federal Building). (Count from Fairbanks Newspaper).”
HAINES Tea Party (AK) -- April 15th, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Where: TBA Contact: vigilantekrew@aol.com
HOMER Tea Party (AK) -- April 15, 12:00 pm Where: Veteran's Park Contact: 2larryz@alaska.net
SOLDOTNA Tea Party (AK) -- April 15, 5:00 pm Where: at the “Y” Contact: brooks53@mtaonline.net UPDATE Dozens of protestors, many toting large American flags or waving signs with anti-tax slogans, stood in a brisk wind and blowing dirt Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Bridge Access Road and the Kenai Spur Highway, showing their displeasure with federal government spending. The crowd of demonstrators in Kenai was not thwarted by a city street sweeper that decided Wednesday would be an opportune time to sweep up sand that had accumulated at the intersection over the winter. Another anti-tax rally was planned for later in the day at the "Y" in Soldotna. Similar rallies, fashioned after the Boston Tea Party tax protest, were conducted across the country on the national deadline day for filing federal income tax returns. A notice sent to the Clarion said the "Alaska Tea Party" gathering is to send a message to leaders of both parties that taxpayers are angry about the bailouts, increased debt, pork projects and other wasteful spending rampant in Washington, D.C. "We're not anti-tax," said Carol Keller, one of the organizers of the Soldotna rally. "We just know the new taxes coming down are going to be overwhelming." ... (Peninsula Clarion.)
WASILLA Tea Party (AK) -- April 15, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Wasilla Lake Contact: brooks53@mtaonline.net UPDATE The Wasilla Tea Party was extremely well attended yesterday. There were close to 1,000 people at the event in the middle of the afternoon. That's pretty good for a small town. It was at the Wasilla Lake Park at the corner of the Parks Highway and Crusey Street. Don Young showed up to give a speech and there was also an open mike for people to have their say. Looks like this will likely be an annual event. (Valley Market News.)
ALASKA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Alabama organizers:
karen perry (907) 688-2153 Chugiak AK
Larry Anderson (907) 458-0480 Fairbanks AK
Cheryl Brooks (907) 373-5242 Wasilla AK
BATESVILLE Tea Party (AR) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE I counted 180 in Batesville, but people were still coming in. I’d say 200 turned out.
BELLA VISTA Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 12:00 p.m. until … Where: Sugar Creek Center by the theater Contact: kay327@cox.net
BENTON Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 pm Where: Benton Post Office Contact: ehairston@gmail.com
CAULKSVILLE (Between Paris and Charleston) Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 5:30 p.m. until … Where: Highway 22 just east of the Hwy 22/Hwy 23 junction. Other info: We plan to have a barbecue pork meal, a few speakers and live feed from Fox News. Contact: Debbie Robberson at (479) 847-5958
CONWAY Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Where: Simon Park Contact: rossteam@conwaycorp.net (Terry Ross) Contact: patriot@conwaycorp.net (Bill Duvall) UPDATE The Wasilla Tea Party was extremely well attended yesterday. There were close to 1,000 people at the event in the middle of the afternoon. That's pretty good for a small town. It was at the Wasilla Lake Park at the corner of the Parks Highway and Crusey Street. Don Young showed up to give a speech and there was also an open mike for people to have their say. Looks like this will likely be an annual event. (Valley Market News.)
FAYETTEVILLE Tea Party (AR) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4 pm - 7 pm Fayetteville Square downtown
Fayetteville, AR 72703 Contact Info: Laurie Masterson laurie@mtconstruction.com We want to encourage other like-minded citizens who are interested in standing united as Americans to protect the principles and values of the greatest nation ever created; to oppose giant government programs that will reach deep into our pockets, creating huge economic burdens for ourselves and our children. UPDATE Dylan Ferrell twitters from Fayetteville that about 1,000 were on hand there.
FORT SMITH Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Where: Ross Pendergraft Park, 200 Garrison Ave Contact: tom@spmihr.com UPDATE I just got back home from our Tea Party, & the 1st thing I thought I'd do is write a report on how well it went. I hope I'm doing this correctly, 'cuz I've never written a vanity post before. It turned out to be fantastic! Earlier in the day I thought to myself, "Wow, I hope we can get 20-30 folks to show up". Boy, was I wrong! One estimate said there was 600 people in attendance, while another said that anywhere from 1200 - 1500. It was a really exciting event & I am thrilled that I made it. To my surprise (& pleasure), there were no left-wing Code Pink / ACORN idiots there to try to spoil the fun. I found several other RON PAUL supporters there, & one of them handed out copies of "The Obama Deception" DVD. One of the guys @ the mic poked fun of what he called "Big Government Conservatives" & mentioned that such a concept is a total oxymoron. I likened them to "athiestic Christians", & a lot of people agreed w/ me. People were lining up so they could sign their names & e-mail addresses to a list that would keep them informed on any upcoming events such as this....& I eatimate there were over 250 signatures! Since I am just now getting home, I have yet to hear about how well other places around the country have done....but I can't wait to find out, & I hope that the success that we has was only a drop in the bucket when it comes to the anger that is being felt against President Obama's socialist, anti-Constitution goals. Yes, we may have some enemies abroad, but we must NEVER forget that America's domestic enemies are here, they are in power right this very moment, & we must do something to stop them before they destroy our once-Constitutional republic!
HARRISON Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 5:00 pm Where: Boone County Courthouse Square Contact: evanshorseshoeing@yahoo.com
HOT SPRINGS Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, time TBA Where: in front of the Garland County Courthouse Contact: winter00001@yahoo.com UPDATE I talked to one fellow who had been down at the Hot Spring event and he said they’d had 350-400 people demonstrating at the courthouse there.
LAFAYETTE COUNTY Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 12:00 noon Where: Lafayette County Courthouse Contact: blandes@whti.net
Info: We encourage folks to bring homemade signs expressing their concerns. This will be a strictly non-partisan event and only issues pertaining to the financial crisis and our legislators’ and Washington’s responses to it will be highlighted. We have leadership from both political parties participating.
LITTLE ROCK Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 3:00 pm Where: Arkansas State Capitol Contact: research@alohapontoons.com Phone:501.258.4210 UPDATE Just back from the Arkansas Tax Day Tea Party event at the State Capitol in Little Rock and, damn, did those guys pull it off. Crowd estimates are always a dicey proposition (this AP report smartly plays it safe and puts it at “hundreds”), but I was there about 90 minutes and a steady stream of people kept filing in. If it didn’t hit a thousand folks, I’d be surprised.
Overall, the atmosphere was fairly low-key — the speakers were spirited but not angry. Organizer Tom Cox, a local business owner, made an effort to play down the partisan politics and strike an ecumenical tone reaching out to Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians. I mean, yeah, it was mostly right-winger types, but they did make an effort to move the message beyond that. Arkansas Project contributor Rep. Dan Greenberg was the only elected official to speak, and he let loose with a fiery anti-tax speech that was well-received. --- I say there were 2,500-2,700 people at the State Capitol. I got that from the State Trooper on site who’s job it is to estimate a crowd. Steady stream of people from 2:00-6:00. This was just the first of Rally’s, next one will be around Flag Day, June 14, 2009. We are going to stay on the political scene and keep the pressure up when it comes to voting by our elected officials. They work for us and they will be held accountable to know what “We the People” want, or we can give them unemployment. --- The Arkansas Tea Parties for Central Arkansas went well today. Several organizations participated in the events. The meeting at the State Capitol had over 2,000 people attending and had most media outlets covering it. KeepArkansasLegal members attended and handed out information about illegal immigration. We also had an anti-amnesty banner. Afterwards, we went to the North Little Rock mailing facility and waved signs. Attached to this is a slideshow from both Tea Parties. Here are some news links below along with a description of how they covered the event: http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/?cid=211612 Our local NBC affiliate KARK 4 -Kept partisanship as the main subject by claiming most of the people were Republican and of course the loaded Obama question. Also gave coverage to the half-dozen pro-taxes protest at the Little Rock mail office. We do need to remember Snyder's comments that he supports the Obama spending plan for 2010. http://cfc.katv.com/videoondemand.cfm?id=38133&cat=news ABC affiliate KATV7-Did a better job but underestimated the numbers and could do would some better video. http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=83447&catid=2 CBS affiliate KTHV11-Best coverage from local TV. Several different people were interviewed and filmed. Only needed to mention that over 1,000 attended. http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Protests-on-Obamas-budget-planned-throughout-Ark/Qufc_8AKgke5kV3BF722rA.cspx Fox16-Couldn't find any Tea Party coverage, only a story that announces them along with the pro-taxes event. On the same link, there's 3 photos of the Tea Party at the Capitol. Our local fox station has been shown to be liberal in the past, which is why they won't update the story or include video. --- I thought Channel 11 did a decent coverage piece in their 10pm news. I didn’t detect any bias. Too bad I couldn’t leave work from downtown until 5:30pm. By the time I got to the Capitol they had just finished and people were starting to disperse. I estimated the crowd around 2,000 from what I saw. People were well behaved, but vocal. It was encouraging to see that some folks are finally waking up. I hope this is just the beginning of a growing event.
MONTICELLO Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 3:00 pm
Where: Monticello Town Square Contact: RLVCorker@hughes.net UPDATE At noon, yesterday,an estimated 200 citizens met in what is described as "a modern day 'Boston Tea Party'" to hear speakers, and show their unity against what was described as "taxes that begin when you get up and turn off your alarm clock". (Monticello Live.) Site has links to videos of event.
OZARKS/MOUNTAIN HOME Tea Party (AR) -- When: April 15, time TBA
Where: TBA Contact: arteaparty@hotmail.com UPDATE Attended local Tea Bag protest at the town square Mountain Home ar
Approx 1500 people A young man approx 30 yrs was the "emcee" Had 3 prayers and invocation from Christian minister (denomination ?) NO Democratic speakers 1 local Republican state Rep spoke Talk of repeal of "estate tax", capital gains tax Strong anti-EFCA speech Bashed the 2 Democratic US Senators Bashed the districts Dem Congressman and 2 adjoining district Dem Congressman No criticism or mention on ANY Republican officerholders past or present I arrived at approx 530 CST and left a little before 6PM If this is any indication of any other "tea bag" protests they seem to be pretty one side Just a quick observation from small town America --- An estimated 1,000 people converged on the Mountain Home Plaza here Wednesday night for the Ozark TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party. The tax-and-spend protest theme was consistent with similar events nationwide that had been heavily promoted for weeks by the Fox News Channel and FreedomWorks, a conservative nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington and led by former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas. The local event was coordinated by 18-year-old Richard Caster of Mountain Home. Most of the speakers took the microphone to vent frustrations about government bailouts and stimulus spending that now totals more than $3 trillion. Calls to return Congress to a fiscally conservative majority in two years also was a frequent theme. "This is not a Republican event. This is not a Democrat event. This is an American event," Caster, a member of the Baxter County Republican Committee and president of Baxter County Teenage Republicans, told the group at the outset of the party.
Before the event, a table near the stage was covered with 3,000 pink fliers styled "Pink Slip." There were 750 each which were directed by name to four members of the state's delegation to the U.S. Congress — Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Rep. Marion Berry, Rep. Vic Snyder and Rep. Mike Ross, all Democrats and up for re-election in the next Congressional election cycle in 2010. The pink slips' text included, "We The People Say, Shape Up or Ship Out" followed by a blank area for a signature. Of the panel of speakers, only former Cabot mayor Mickey D. "Stubby" Stumbaugh, expressed disappointment in President George W. Bush's spending habits as president. Caster was giddy about the turnout. "I expected, realistically, 200 to 300," he said. The speakers' panel included two notable Republicans — Arkansas Sen. Johnny Key and District 81 Rep. Karen Hopper. Caster said he caught a little flack for having elected officials on the speaker's list. Spectators were equally impressed by the turnout. ... (Baxter Bulletin) --- “1,500 In Mountain Home Arkansas!!!!!! Im the 18 year old organizer it was amazing! In a town of 11,000 WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?”
PARAGOULD Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, Time TBA Where: TBA Contact: arutead@gmail.com http://artaxteaparty2.blogspot.com/
ROBERTS Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Downtown Rogers, Frisco Stage Contact: sjohnston@daisy.com
ROGERS Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Where: Downtown Rogers, Frisco Stage Contact: john0327@gmail.com UPDATE Rep. Duncan Baird twitters that "hundreds" were gathering in Rogers.
RUSSELLVILLE Tea Party (AR) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE Breanne writes in from Russellville that 300 people attended the Tea Party event there.
SEARCY Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, 11:00am - 6:30 pm Where: Berry Hill Park Contact: jrmrtn90@yahoo.com
WHITE HALL Tea Party (AR) -- April 15, time 5:00pm - 6:00 pm Where: White Hall Post Office on 7400 Dollarway Road
Contact: splux@msn.com Phone: Steve Lux 870-550-1832
ARKANSAS Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Arkansas organizers:
Rodney Hopson (870) 881-8503 El Dorado AR
Laurie Masterson (479) 957-8742 Fayetteville AR
Kaye Roach (479) 575-9455 Fayetteville AR
Gregory White (479) 928-4770 Fort Smith AR
Larry Willis (479) 782-7886 Fort Smith AR
Josh Evans (870) 577-4830 Harrison AR
Mike Overstreet (318) 245-5648 Hot Springs National Park AR
Dale Morison Hot Springs Village AR
Travis Cowell (479) 774-2028 Lamar AR
Cheryl Dearing (501) 499-0089 Little Rock AR
Charles Johnson (501) 821-2886 Little Rock AR
Secure Arkansas Jeannie Burlsworth (501) 250-6474 Little Rock AR
Danny Layton (870) 234-0102 Magnolia AR
Russell Corker (870) 460-9433 Monticello AR
scott west (870) 692-7403 Pine Bluff AR
ashley weaver (870) 378-0087 Pocahontas AR
Sherryl Line (479) 544-3495 Rogers AR
Chaplain Paul Northcut (479) 270-1945 Russellville AR
CHLORIDE Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 8:00pm Where: Yesterdays Restaurant Contact: miners4251@frontiernet.net
COTTONWOOD Tea Party (AZ) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12 :00P - 1:00P Hyw260 & Hwy89A (Intersection) Cottonwood, AZ 86326 Contact Info: Bob Windsor windsorbob@msn.com Parking secured. Walking distance to six eating places. Come one,come all. Stand up for your rights!!
DUNCAN Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15, 4:00pm Where: Duncan Town Park on Highway 70 Contact: gahackney_az@yahoo.com
FLAGSTAFF Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Flagstaff City Hall, 211 West Apsen Contact: Equust@aol.com
GILBERT Tea Party (AZ) - Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Gilbert administration building UPDATE Slideshow of the Gilbert Protest at http://www.examiner.com/examiner/examinerslideshow.html?entryid=192651 UPDATE An enthusiastic crowd of as many as 800 to 1,000 people gathered Wednesday at Gilbert's municipal complex for the Southeast Valley portion of the national protest against excessive taxes and government spending.
Even organizer Jean Gerstner of Gilbert was surprised by the number of people who turned out for the Gilbert TEA (Taxed Enough Already!) Party Rally, which, like hundreds of similar demonstrations across the country, was scheduled to coincide with the deadline for filing federal and state income taxes. "They blew us away," she said. "They exceeded our expectations." The protests were called in opposition of federal spending levels as well as federal bank bailouts and other parts of the economic stimulus program. Gerstner addressed the crowd, likening a government bailout to a parent giving their child an allowance when they can't afford to make mortgage payments. State Rep. Andy Biggs and Sen. Majority Leader Thayer Verschoor, both Gilbert Republicans, were among several speakers who addressed to the lively crowd. "Taxation has caused us tremendous problems," Biggs said. Former Gilbert councilman and mayoral candidate Dave Petersen also spoke. "It warms my heart to see this many people concerned about taxing," he said. "We cannot tax ourselves into prosperity" Rally participants held signs that read things like "Born Free, TAXED to Death" through the strong breeze. A few people threw dozens of tea bags in the air.
Catherine Armstrong, of Mesa, held a sign that said "No More Bailouts." She said she heard about the rally through the Internet and participated because she is concerned about excessive government spending. (SNIP) The peaceful rally was advertised as non-partisan, though many protesters held anti-Barack Obama signs, and local politicians like Verschoor criticized liberals, calling them socialists to a cheering crowd. Still, participants remained optimistic, chanting, "Yes We Can" and "Yes We Will." (Arizona Central.)
GREEN VALLEY Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15, 10:00am - 12:30pm Where: Esperanza and La Canada Contact: jonid@esedona.net UPDATE Senior Citizen Community 20 miles south of Tucson. Produced a rough head-count of 250-300 at the intersection of Esperanza and La Canada on tax day….. great success! With comers/goers the count may have reached 400-500.
KINGMAN Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15, 2:00 pm - 6:00pm Where: Locomotive Park Contact: markhzimmer@gmail.com
LAKE HAVESU Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15, 5:30 pm Where: London Bridge Contact: Fairvine@aol.com UPDATE Lake Havasu, Arizona: “The Tea Party at Lake Havasu started at 5PM when over 1,000 people gathered on the south side of the London Bridge the march proceeded over the bridge and ended at a local business where speakers and entertainment were received by an enthusiastic crowd. Organizers had underestimated the size of the crowd and many marchers watched from the London Bridge above.”
PAYSON Tea Party (AZ) - Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in parking lot of Gila County courthouse on Beeline HIghway
PHOENIX Tea Party (AZ) -- When: April 15, 6:00pm Where: Capitol building Contact: Keith Sipmann Other Info: http://www.americanpoliticalanalysis.com UPDATE How many people would you say there were? It was hard to tell on the ground. I would have liked to see an aerial view. Everywhere you tried to walk, it was crowded and difficult to move. I gotta think that tomorrow on KFYI, they might give us an honest estimate. I wouldn’t trust estimates from any other media. I think there had to be 2,000 to 5,000 people there, but as I said, difficult to esitmate from wandering thru the crowd, but it was definitely massive. It was hard to even get near enuf to the KFYI booth to hear the speakers, and they had a reasonably loud sound system — that’s how crowded it was. -- It was happening. It was cool. It was special. I think it is the first protest I have ever attended. Sorry you couldn’t come, but be assured, there will be more events when the Marxists try to push thru Socialized Healthcare and Legalize Illegal Immigrants. --
PRESCOTT Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Court House Square Contact: prescotttaxdayteaparty@gmail.com or prescottteaparty@gmail.com Phone: 928.925.9894
SEDONA Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15, 2:00pm - 4:00pm Where: Sedona City Hall Plaza Contact: jonid@esedona.net UPDATE “Temperatures were in the low 30s with windchill. We had 2000-2500 (police estimate) folks show up for the protest on 15 Apr. These were Libertarians, Independents, Democrats and Republicans. More importantly, they were mostly people who have never held a sign up in protest. It was orderly, on focus, and inspirational.”
SIERRA VISTA Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE A few hundred tea bags will be headed to one of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' offices next week from participants of local tax day "tea party" rallies on Wednesday.
More than 500 people demonstrated and spoke against government spending at rallies at Veterans' Memorial Park and on Fry Boulevard. While inspired by the Boston Tea Party, this modern day Arizona tea party didn't involve throwing tea into a harbor. Zack Taylor of Nogales, Ariz., in a red, white and blue suit covered with tea labels and bags, asked participants to write their names on tea bags. He plans to deliver them to one of Giffords' district offices next week to show that taxpayers have had enough. Participants took turns on a microphone to vent their frustrations on issues, including illegal immigration, and to advocate for lower taxes and a balanced budget. Bob Bookout said the message isn't new, but the tea parties are "waking people up."
TUCSON Tea Party (AZ) -- When: April 15, 10:00am - 3:00pm Where: Downtown Tucson, in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library on 101 N. Stone Ave. Contact: arizonateaparty@gmail.com. Other Info: http://www.publiuspundit.com/?p=3226 UPDATE Tucson, Arizona: Doug wrote, "AMAZING, I thought maybe 50 people would show up in our little lefty leaning town. The silent majority is no more....let's keep it rolling." -- About 2,000 Tucsonans celebrated Tax Day by protesting how those tax dollars are being used by the federal government. The Tucson Tea Party, part of a string of hundreds of protests held throughout the country Wednesday, served as a chance for citizens to voice their displeasure with the various bailout and stimulus plans generated by President Barack Obama’s administration.
YUMA Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Where: Gateway Park Contact: semmons@vcnet.com Other Info: www.arizonateaparty.com More Info: http://coloradoriverteaparty.com UPDATE I attended the Colorado River Tea Party this evening in Yuma, Arizona. I took off from work for a couple of hours so I was able to get there a little early. By 5 pm, there were about 500 people there. I had counted 400 before 5 pm, then counted people as they arrived. At a little after 5:30 we had a bit over 1100 people. This is a pretty good sized crowd for Yuma after the snowbird season. I met a number of people that I knew from my association with local politics, but most of them were new folks who did not like the way the country was going. If there was a common theme, it was respect and restore the Constituion, we have been ignoring it and twisting it beyond recognition for too long! --- “The Colorado River Tea Party had about 1500 in attendance, with 1084 of those signing a resolution demanding that the legislative and executive branches repeal the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, TARP, the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan, the 2009 Appropriation Bill, the President’s 2010 budget proposal, the 16th Amendment, and to abolish the Federal Reserve.”
ARIZONA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Arizona organizers:
Bob Windsor (928) 646-5316 Cottonwood AZ
Dennis Day (623) 326-6760 El Mirage AZ
J Michael Pearson (623) 935-4576 Litchfield Park AZ
Allen Ballard Mesa AZ
Stephanie Dunbar (602) 697-3259 Phoenix AZ
Kathy Bayer (602) 843-0102 Phoenix AZ
Cynthia Hellman (602) 494-0650 Phoenix AZ
kay dish (480) 538-5377 Scottsdale AZ
kay dish (480) 538-5377 Scottsdale AZ
Duy Bui (520) 744-0279 Tucson AZ
Amanda Stoermer (928) 580-3262 Yuma AZ
ALTURAS (Modoc County) Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Where: Modoc County Courthouse Sidewalk, 204 South Court Street Contact: dljankowski@frontiernet.net
ATASCEDERO Tea Party (CA) -- Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Sunken Gardens on El Camino Real
BAKERSFIELD Tea Party (CA) -- When: April 15, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Where: Courthouse @ the Liberty Bell,1415 Truxtun Avenue Email: bakersfieldteaparty@gmail.com UPDATE I came out early to see todays Tea Party in Bakersfield. It had a huge turnout. Hundreds at least with 5 lefties who wondered on in and then went to the fringe. (It got to crowded in the main square to move around by about 4:00 PM!). Congressman Kevin McCarthy came by along with local radio show host Jazz McKay. It got so packed I never even saw the two of them! I stayed pretty busy taking pictures so I have a sample of such below with running commentary. They were selling T-shirts with this. They sold out quickly. I got there early so I got mine! They had a huge flag hanging form a crane. It was hard to capture just how many people were there. I had to step on the other side of the street to get this view. Some lefties did show up. There were 5. The cops formed a barrier around them because they were outnumbered 100 to one. --- Most had never been to a protest. They asked at ours (Bakersfield, crowd of about 2500) how many had never been to a protest before. Between 2/3 and 3/4 of the crowd raised their hands. Very telling. Definitely grassroots and not like ACORN's paying people to attend.
CHICO Tea Party (CA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:00 AM City Plaza Downtown Chico Chico, CA Contact Info: Chico Tea Party clvanauken@mindspring.com Let's go America!
CHINO/CHINO HILLS (Modoc County) Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Where: 11:30 PM Rally at Chino City Hall (Central/Chino Ave) 1:00 PM caravan to rally at Chino Hills City Hall Contact: jscott1943@sbcglobal.net Website: http://TeaPartyIE.com UPDATEFed up tax payers packed Chico City Plaza Wednesday for a tax day tea party. Many in the crowd responded with cheers, while holding signs criticizing President Obama and calling recent economic policy outright socialism. “If my business was belly up there would be nobody there to bail it out.”
CITRUS HEIGHTS Tea Party (CA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:30pm - 6:00pm Greenback Ln & Sunrise Blvd Intersectin
Citrus Heights, CA 95610 Contact Info: Kevin Duewel kevin.duewel@yahoo.com http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=67421955151&ref=ts This event is organized by Sacramento Campaign for Liberty. Please bring your own signs and keep them focused on the stimulus package, overspending, and the CA tax increases.
EL CAJON Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 11:00pm Where: Post Office - 401 W. Lexington Ave., El Cajon, CA 92020 Contact: dmwlaw1@cox.net Phone: 619.606.0337 Other Info: www.socaltaxrevoltcoalition.org
ESCONDIDO Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 5p.m - 7p.m. Where: 403 N. Escondido Blvd. Email: miller6219@sbcglobal.net UPDATE Escondido is located in North San Diego County in sunny Southern California. Today, however, it was windy and cold (for SoCal anyway), and most of us were wondering where all the Global Warming went… we would have welcomed some. Anyway, we had about 1,000 people show up, perhaps a bit more at the peak. The Tea Party was scheduled for 5 to 7 pm outside the post office on Escondido Blvd. I arrived about 4:45pm at which time there were about 300+ folks mostly on the east side of the Blvd. where the Civic Center parking lot is located. By 6 pm both sides of the Blvd. between Washington Ave., and Valley Pkwy (about a quarter mile), were lined with people, 2 and 3 deep in most places. The event organizers had a van with sound system and played music and gave a few speeches. One hot topic of conversation during the protest was the DHS memo to law-enforcement. We are mad that many of us are now considered potential domestic terrorists… especially those waving Gadsen Flags and those of us military veterans. Lots of vets present here today. I heard on the radio before going to the protest that some reporters were calling these demonstrations "racist gatherings" of Obama haters. Not so. There were folks there of all ethnic persuasions. I have opted not to show their faces to protect them from possible reprisals from the Jesse Jackson camp. Common sense Patriots come in all shapes, sizes and colors! (Free Republic.)
EUREKA Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 12:00 PM - ? Where: County Courthouse - 5th & I Streets, Eureka, CA Contact: smlboss@aol.com Organizer: Gwen Morris / Dorice Miranda Phone: 707-498-3101 UPDATE A crowd of between 1,200 and 1,500 gathered today on the steps of the county courthouse in Eureka Ca., (approx 300 miles north of San Francisco), and they were not happy. Eureka is a town of only about 28,000 and the fact that they could gather this type of a crowd on a work day is amazing. This was entirely grass roots, no presence from the local Rep party or any public officials.
FRESNO (Central Valley) Tea Party (CA) -- When: April 15th, 2009 Where: Fresno Save Mart Center Time: 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM Email: fresnoteaparty@gmail.com This event is being organized by the grassroots efforts of Fresno citizen Melissa Wheeler Courtney in conjunction with California State Tax Day Tea Party Coordinator, Mark Meckler, (mark@mecklermail.com) and Chris Daniel of KMJ AM Radio 580. Fresno is joining an estimated 600 cities across America in making our collective voices heard by throwing a huge Tea Party/Tax Protest. It is projected that we could get a crowd of 5,000 people together in Fresno! Wouldn't that be awesome? With KMJ promoting this, who knows how big this could be? UPDATE About 7,500 people showed up at the Tea Party at Save Mart Center, one of thousands held around the country on tax day. Fresno was just one of thousands of cities to host a tea party on Wednesday and was also one of the largest events in the county.
The event is based on the pre-revolutionary war protests in Boston, where Americans took a stance against excessive government taxation. The people at the tea party in Fresno say they don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat. They say everyone, from every background or social standing should be upset about the current trend of big government, big spending policies and huge corporate bailouts. It’s not known if all the protests will have any affect on the politicians but that didn’t stop the people attending from making their feelings known. --- I just don't have words to express what a great event this turned out to be! They are saying it was the BIGGEST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY! The energy of the crowd was phenomenal, the young patriots marching in with flags singing loud and clear.... "We're Not Going to Take it Anymore!", the speakers were great, and the excitement of the crowd was electric! I've never been to anything like this before and it will be a day long remembered as one of the best of my life! Imagine, 7,500 people!!!!
GLENDALE Tea Party (CA) -- April 15th Time: 12 noon - 2:00 PM Location: 613 East Broadway, Glendale CA 91206 Email: 3ddevens@earthlink.net Phone: (818) 497-4901
HESPERIA Tea Party (CA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:30 AM - 7:00 PM Bear Valley Rd & Hesperia Rd
Hesperia, CA Contact Info: Maxwell Britton 74chev@wildblue.net Are you an American citizen? Are you fed up with increased taxes? Out-of-control government spending? If your answer to any of these is "YES" then attend this revolt! Join your fellow Americans in this nationwide movement as we rally our elected officials to repeal the 'Stimulus' package, reduce our taxes and eliminate wasteful spending in government and CA tax increases! Help prevent this generational theft! Bring your friends and signs!
HOLLISTER Tea Party (CA) -- Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., corner of San Benito and 4th St.
LANCASTER Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Senator George Runner's Office, Antelope Valley, 848 W. Lancaster Blvd., Suite 101 Contact: jhfields@hotmail.com
LINCOLN Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Where: McBean Park Contact: lincolnteaparty@yahoo.com
LOS ANGELES South Bay ~ Redondo/ Manhattan Beach Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 1:00pm - 3:00pm Where: Marine Field (Marine and Aviation) followed by a march to Jane Harman’s office on Rosecrans & Continental. Contact: nathan.m.mintz@gmail.com 619.857.4047 UPDATE “Historic Tax Day Los Angeles South Bay Tea Party. 1,200 to 1,500 people attended at Dockweiler Beach in the middle of a Small Craft Warning to Gale force winds with temperatures around 61 degrees. That’s a blizzard for Californians. WOW what a great group of people.” More here. http://southbayteaparty.com/
MERCED Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Where: University of California, Merced, in the Academic Quad
Phone: 559-451-6306 Contact: collegerepublicans@ucmerced.edu Website: www.mercedteaparty.com
MISSION VIEJO Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE "I was not sure if everyone knew that we had a great turn out in Mission Viejo, down in Orange County!!!!! It was great, I was happy to see the street corners packed with people!!!"
MONTEREY Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Where: Window in the Bay Park, Del Monte Ave., across from Estero Lake Contact: speak-up-america@sbcglobal.net Phone: 831.236.0461 UPDATE “We went to the Monterey, CA Tea Party and were astonished and delighted to find about 500 people had turned out! I talked to about eight or ten, all of whom insisted they were unafiliated Independents as I am. While taxes were the focus of getting together, the underlying theme was that both politicial parties have been hijacked by special interests and have forgotten who sent them there.”
NAPA Tea Party (CA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:00 AM 1040 Main Street Mike Thompson's Napa District Office Napa, CA Contact Info: Napa Tea Party napateaparty@yahoo.com
NORCO/EASTVALE Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Limonite/Hwy 15 and Sixth St./Hwy 15 Phone: 951-346-4883 Contact: deanne@ieunderground.com Website: TeaPartyIE.com
OCEANSIDE (North County Coastal San Diego) Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 6PM-7PM - We will march from the Civic Center to the pier at 6:45 Where: Oceanside City Hall, 300 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA Contact: dmwlaw1@cox.net Phone: 619.606.0337 Other Info: www.socaltaxrevoltcoalition.org UPDATE “I attended the Tea Party in Oceanside, CA - home of Camp Pendleton - and the best Marines around! After we marched to the pier to throw our tea ‘aka beach sand’ everyone gathered in an outdoor amphitheatre for a picture. People then started singing patriotic songs and we recited our National Anthem as the sun set. It was very inspiring. There were plenty of veterans there too - upset at being labeled ‘extremists’.”
PALM DESERT (Coachella Valley - Riverside County) Tea Party (CA) -- [AFTERNOON] When: April 15, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Where: Civic Center Park San Pablo Ave. and Fred Waring Drive (Park outside City Hall) Contact: bwinchell@dc.rr.com Phone: 760-610-2516 Website: http://TeaPartyIE.com [EVENING] When: April 15, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where: Civic Center Park Amphitheater on Fred Waring Drive Contact: golditina@aol.com Phone: 760-408-0845 Website: www.wesurroundthempalmsprings.com UPDATE Here are a couple from Palm Desert Ca., one of three rallies that I am aware of. TV3 was there as well as a couple of nosy fed types with their little camcorders.
PALM SPRINGS Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Where: 100 Block of South Palm Canyon Drive Contact: palmspringsevent@aol.com Phone: 760-413-1101
PLEASANTON Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: 4301 Black Ave Amador Valley Community Park
(directly across form the post office) Contact: bridget@melson.com
RANCHO CUCAMONGA Tea Party (CA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:00 12300 Foothill Blvd
Rancho Cucamonga, CA Contact Info: RCTP laura.boatright@msn.com http://TeaPartyIE.com Let's go America!
REDLANDS Tea Party (CA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:00 Intersection of Redlands Boulevard and Orange Street
Redlands, CA Contact Info: Redlands Tea Party lane@gregschneider.com http://TeaPartyIE.com Join us!
REDDING Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay Contact: oddballcatsupmann@aol.com Phone:530-222-4888
Other Info:http://bostonianteaparty.com/ UPDATE “I attended the Redding, CA tea party at the Sundial Bridge. It was a spectacular event. It’s extimated between 1500 - 2000 people were in attendance. It’s possibly the largest event of this sort this community has ever seen.”
RIVERSIDE Tea Party (CA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 4050 Main St 10th to Lime Street
Lime Street to University, back to courthouse Riverside, CA 92501 Contact Info: Dorothy Carlson acreativetouch@yahoo.com
This is going to be a street protest, which goes near a freeway on ramp, down some major streets and near two courthouses, city hall and the DA's office.
(1) SACRAMENTO Tea Party (CA) -- mark.grassroots@gmail.com Apr. 15 Tax Day Tea Party 3:30 PM PDT - 2.5 hours We invite you to join the Sacramento Campaign for Liberty on Tax Day, April 15th, for the second Sacramento Tea Party of the day. If you're ticked off with how the government is spending your hard-earned money, this event is the event for you. If you're tired of bailouts and stimulus plans, take action with the Campaign for Liberty! Please keep signs and/or literature focused and on target. Sacramento Campaign for Liberty -- When: April 15, 12:00pm - 3:00pm Where: Sacramento State Capitol, L Street Contact: mark.grassroots@gmail.com P. 530.274.9900 Other Info: http://site.sacteaparty.com/ UPDATE In what the California Highway Patrol said was a large but peaceful crowd, more than 5,000 people came to the state Capitol today to protest higher taxes in California and the Obama administration's national policies. (SITE NOTE: Organizers claimed 10,000, but the Police estimates were 5,000) Speakers, including Fox News' Neil Cavuto, talk radio personality Michael Reagan and U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, rallied the vocal crowd through and beyond the lunch hour. Many carried "No on 1A" signs, protesting the ballot measure on the May 19 special election that would create a state spending restrictions and extend state tax increases by $16 billion. Billed as a "tea party," the rally was one of hundreds across the nation today, the day income tax returns and payments are due. In California, anti-tax sentiments are running especially high this year after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers made a state budget deal in February that included temporary increases to sales, income and vehicle taxes. The ballot measure would extend the taxes from 2011 to 2013. (Sacramento Bee.) --- Something hugely significant just happened here at the Sacramento Tea Party. Organizer Mark Meckler singled out GOP opportunists who wouldn’t give him the time of day weeks ago — and then wanted to hitch their wagons to the Tea Party bandwagon at the last minute. Meckler said he heard that California GOP chair Ron Nehring was in the audience. Meckler invited him to say hi to the crowd — and then ripped him for waffling on the massive tax hike ballot measures (particularly Prop1A - $16 billion tax hikes). Massive boos from the crowd of thousands here against the Calif. GOP establishment. Will this make the MSM coverage? It doesn’t fit the narrative. But it’s yet another demonstration that this movement is not partisan and equal opportunity when it comes to holding politicians’ feet to the fire for fiscal irresponsibility and fecklessness. (Michelle Malkin.) -- Karen England, executive director of the Capitol Resource Institute, reported that police discarded U.S. flags when citizens attempted to enter the California Capitol building in Sacramento. "We could not believe that they would prohibit the American flag in the Capitol," England said. "I am still not clear why this is prohibited. The guard at the door originally cited safety concerns, but after consulting with his superiors the rationale became a general prohibition on signs and banners."
(2) SACRAMENTO Tea Party (CA) - Hang the Porker! Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12 noon - 2 pm California State Capitol Building - Speakers. Pork Hanging from the Tower Bridge. Sacramento, CA Contact Info: GVnana ancestralyuba@att.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202206/posts Bring your friends and signs. Guest speakers TBA. We had excellent media coverage from our Tea Party on 2/27/2009, and this will be even better!
(2) SAN BERNADINO Tea Party (CA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:00 - 7:00 201 N. "E" St. FROM MEADOWBROOK PARK TO JOE BACA'S OFFICE San Bernardino, CA Contact Info: Laura Boatright laura.boatright@msn.com http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=55120445196 On April 15th, 2009, like EVERY April 15th, Congress requires that you pay your hard-earned money to support waste, bailouts, stimulus, and all their pet pork projects. This year we're showing up at Congressman Joe Baca's San Bernardino, CA, office to protest his support of the current massive debt increase and to send a message to the rest of Washington, D.C. In the spirit of our founders, and the Boston Tea Party Protest, Americans of common sense are coming together across the political divide, from coast to coast and border to border, E PLURIBUS UNUM, to protest the rewarding of failure and corruption. "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." ~ Thomas Jefferson
(1) SAN DIEGO Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 11:00pm Where: Post Office - Sports Arena Midway: 2535 Midway, San Diego, CA 92110 Contact: dmwlaw1@cox.net Phone: 619.606.0337 Other Info: www.socaltaxrevoltcoalition.org
(2) SAN DIEGO (North County) Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 11:00pm Where:Post Office - 11251 Rancho Carmel Dr., San Diego, CA 92199 Contact: dmwlaw1@cox.net Phone: 619.606.0337 Other Info: www.socaltaxrevoltcoalition.org
SAN FRANCISCO Tea Party (CA) -- When: April 15, 11:00am - 1:00pm Where: Civic Center Park, San Francisco
Contact: Sallyzel@comcast.net UPDATE Despite a concerted effort by the MSM to ignore and or belittle the burgeoning conservative Tea Party movement, on this bright April tax day at least 1,200 citizens showed up in the belly of the beast, San Francisco, to protest the Obama administration. Led by a citizen coalition including KSFO firebrand talker Melanie Morgan, the group assembled in front of Civic Center and then marched on Speaker Pelosi's office at 450 Golden Gate Avenue. In dramatic contrast to this city's normal lefty rent-a-mob protests which are usually mass produced events and underwritten by union thugs or the international Marxist movement, this one was a truly organic do-it-yourselfer, featuring colorful hand-lettered signs. Of particular note, the protesters conducted themselves with good cheer and demonstrated a level of civility not often seen on San Francisco's anarchic political landscape. --- We went into the heart of darkness and came out ok.
Started out at Civic Center Park. Then marched to the Federal Building for a rally and then to the steps of City Hall.
SFPD Captain said we were about 250-350, not bad considering it was a work day. Nothing too exciting only about 10 counterprotestors. Maybe there was more but many got scared off seeing the size of the Tea Party crowd.
News coverage ok. ... Above is an interesting little San Francisco scene. These anarchist Black Bloc'ers came to disrupt the protest. When the march started back to City Hall they tried blocking the route. One of them claimed to have been assaulted when jostled by someone in the crowd. Called 911 and the police responded. Strange I always thought anarchist didn't believe in police or the state. The officer said to the Black Bloc'er, "You instigated it and it got more than you could handled...too bad for you."
(1) SAN JOSE (Santa Clara County) Tea Party (CA) -- 15 April 2009 PLACE : IRS Offices 55 S. Market St., San Jose, CA ( across the street from San Jose's Saint Joseph's Cathedral ) WHEN : Twelve Noon - April 15th!!! BRING : Signs; Flags; Horns; Drums; YOUR AMERICAN SPIRIT!!! SIGN SUGGESTIONS : WE WON'T FORGET; FIRE CONGRESS; STOP THE THEFT OF AMERICA;...CONTACT : Robert Drobot E-mail Address : robertdrobot@att.net Phone: 408.945.9685 Other Info: http://traditionalpatriot.info/ UPDATE Just got back from the 5pm San Jose Tea Party. It was great. There were thousands of people there!!! The one thing that impressed me was that people driving around where the protest was were all honking in support of the protestors. I have pictures, but need my hubby's help to post them. I can't believe that the protest was that successful in the liberal Bay Area!!!!! --- A good event, despite the counter-protesters trying to start a fight. They assembled first with a half dozen holding up a sheet with a hand drawn and upside down American flag about 45 minutes before the event. It was captioned "F*ck the Flag" beneath. Some brothers who were obviously fellow veterans sized them up and seemed to give them the message that perhaps it was not a good idea to stay around. The black dressed ones returned (I counted 36) and first led a disruption for 40-45 minutes starting about 10 minutes into Melanie Morgan's appearance. They sent out individual scouts into our larger crowd, then massed quickly over 2-3 minutes to the stage right area near the steps. They made a point of crowding and intimidating, displacing those already there...including yours truly. When my wife was surprised that I wanted to yield and move away from them, I explained that I just had no patience today and I did not want to take the chance at swinging at one of them and have some piece of Shinola Lawyer working for Acorn sue me. As it happens, a fellow in a cowboy hat refused to yield his spot, yelling "I have as much right to be here as you"! As they continued to press him, he kicked back at their encroaching feet with cowboy boots that had a steeply undershot heel. His target was some toes in well-worn Birkenstocks. From the looks of things, he got his target. Right on, brother. I would not have been able to stop at just that. San Jose's finest were a little late at separating/standing between the groups. Frankly, the good nature of our side is what prevented any escalation...it was all on the punks, with them notching things up. About a third of the police unit moving in was composed of rather slight women, a mistake of affirmative action on parade (got that hate comment, DHS?). If I can get a little time, I may post some pictures in a day or two so those of you who are unfamiliar with our local professional protesters can get a look and become familiar with who we will be seeing at the coming events later this year. --- I was there with my wife and 3 little boys. I found it odd how the counter protesters came with Amnesty/Pro-illegal immigration stuff like that has something to do with the Tea party. I was tempted to tell the loudmouthed one with the “you are all ignorant” sign that whatever her cause was, she wasn’t going to sway anyone to her side. I was a touch annoyed that the police closed the traffic off to one side. I guess they have their reasoning, but the increased visibility would have been good.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO Tea Party (CA) -- Wednesday, April 15, first from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in front of city hall, 32400 Paseo Adelanto, then from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at corner of Del Obispo and Camino Capistrano; wear red, white blue and bring homemade signs and American flag
SAN MATEO Tea Party (CA) -- When: April 15, 1:00pm - 7:00pm Where: Corner of South El Camino Real and 31st Street in front of the Hillsdale Shopping Center Contact: grassroots007@aol.com Phone: 650.697.1964 Other Info: http://elsiegufler.com/ UPDATE --- In San Mateo, a tea party to protest rising federal spending was held on a thin strip of sidewalk in front of the Hillsdale Shopping Center. By 2 p.m., the number of protesters, many in historical-era costumes, had swelled to around 250, turning a stretch of El Camino Real into a tightly packed corridor of fiscal responsibility-loving, flag-waving tax protesters. Demographically, the crowd tended toward the older end of the age spectrum. Many seemed new to the whole "protest" thing. "This is my first time getting involved in activism," said Sara Dumont, a 76-year-old from South San Francisco. "I've always been interested, but this one really got me." Dumont said she had gotten notice of the protest by e-mail, and advance notice of the event was posted on message boards such as the arch-conservative Web site www.freerepublic.com.
And despite the debate over the whether the tea parties were a true grass-roots movement or merely a cynical political device for the Republican party, it's important to note that, using the tools of grass-roots organizers, the event's promoters were able to pull in an impressive number of attendees, many in their 60s and 70s, in a predominantly Democratic district. And while the protesters' passion was apparent — and yes, we mean you, wiry guy in the baseball cap screaming "How do you guys all like that change now!" while laughing maniacally — the thing that struck us was the sense of relief and belonging that swept over the crowd. That everyone in attendance was thrilled to find like-minded people was obvious. Complete strangers jumped excitedly into conversations about the dubious origins of President Barack Obama with a comment about the broken immigration system. It was like witnessing the simultaneous appearance of a bunch of gophers who had cautiously popped their heads out of their holes, only to be overcome with surprise ... at seeing other gophers! Or like the end of that Blind Melon video, the one with the girl in the bee costume.
Over by the Hillsdale Caltrain station, we came across one lone man in a nearby parking lot, pacing in front of a black SUV. When asked what he thought of the spectacle across the street, he replied matter-of-factly, "Hey man, it's part of what this country does — gets pissed off and then tells everyone else about it." And even though we knew we would be cursing the federal government later that evening as we sweated over W-2s and 1099s and piles of receipts that had faded like the summer sun, at that moment we couldn't help but think: "God bless America." (Inside the Bay Area.) --- This certainly wasn't the biggest event today - maybe about 100 people It didn't have any celebrities and it didn't have any speakers. It was just a bunch of Americans, young and old, standing on the sidewalk during rush hours, protesting the ruination of their country. Others drove by waving flags and honking horns. - A scene probably played out in countless communities throughout the United States today.
But this is how the revolution will be won. City by city. Town by town. Neighborhood by neighborhood. --- I think more folks showed up. I counted about 200 at one point, near 5:45pm. Plus a lot of folks drove by just to see. The sad thing was, when I went home my neighbors saw me walking down the street, sign in hand, and said they wished they had come to the tea party. But they weren't certain it would be safe. Too bad for them. It was great fun while it lasted. Folks stopped at my corner and shouted encouragement. I shouted myself hoarse even with my bullhorn. Kids everywhere, students even. Mall security, Police very friendly and professional. One counter protester on my corner. He ran away when the people in the cars started booing him.
SANTA ANA (Orange County) Tea Party (CA) --April 15, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Where: Plaza of the Flags, Santa Ana Civic Center - Behind the Superior Court Building. Bounded by Flower Street, Santa Ana Boulevard and Civic Center Drive. Contact: nationalteaparty@cox.net UPDATE Turnout was a couple of thousand I think. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7SB9p9zoK4 I've also posted photos of the rally on a Picasa site. Here is the link for the photos. http://picasaweb.google.com/stittfamily5/SantaAnaTeaParty#
SANTA BARBARA Tea Party (CA) -- When: April 15, TBA
Where: Meet at the top of the parking structure off of Canon Perdido, across from Nordstrom. Contact: centralcoastpatriots@yahoo.com UPDATE We had a crowd of at least 300 at Alameda Park in Santa Barbara at our Tax Day Tea Party. We featured Classic Rock Protest Music and had spontaneous remarks from various folks in attendance. There was no media there initially but we got so large the media started showing up. We rallied, then marched to the IRS office and engaged in original rants. We then took our march down State Street where we were greeted in a universally positive manner from the folks on the street and those driving by. Lots of honking and thumbs up. The Silent Majority is alive and well. I feel so wonderful right now. This is one of the best days of my life and I have had a great life.
SANTA MARIA Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 5:30 PM - ? Where: NW corner of Cook at Broadway Phone: 805-934-6674
Contact: mailto:sequim1701@live.com Website: http://www.calchronicle.com UPDATE About 1500 hearty souls braved the strong, chilly winds to send a strong message about "change" and performance to the bureaucrats and politicians across this land. Listen up folks the party is over!
See the slide show. http://s560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/UnderFundedNOW/?albumview=slideshow
SANTA MONICA Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM Where: Santa Monica Pier, 100 Colorado Ave Phone: 818-309-7197 Contact: sequim1701@live.com Website: www.meetup.com/santamonicateaparty
SANTA ROSA Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 12:00pm - 3:00pm Where: Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa Ave between 3rd & 4th St. Contact: roylamx@gmail.com Phone:760-486-3740 Other Info: http://www.meetup.com/bayareateaparty/
SEAL BEACH Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Where: Seal Beach City Hall, 211 8th St Contact: judithwiles@aol.com
SIMI VALLEY Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM Where: Reagan Library, 40 Presidential Drive Contact: jahred25@yahoo.com UPDATE 250+ in Simi Valley at City Hall. I hear there were more at the Reagan Library, but haven’t confirmed that.
STOCKTON Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 7:30pm Where: Weber Point (Downtown Stockton, Center Street) Contact: angeliquepadgett@clearwire.com Website: http://www.meetup.com/bayareateaparty/
TEMECULA Tea Party (CA) -- Taxed to death? Join us on Wednseday, April 15, 2009 at 11:00 am at the Temecula Duck Pond on the corner of Rancho California and Ynez Road. We will be shredding 1040 forms, ridding ourselves of some crates of Obama Messianic Tea, and fighting off the evil ravenous Zombama, the tax eating zombie. See you all there patriots! adelegaryh@msn.com
THOUSAND OAKS Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Where: Main P.O., 3435 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. (at Duesenberg Dr.) Contact: cguillot@roadrunner.com
UKIAH Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Where: Corner of Perkins and State Streets, in front of the Ukiah Courthouse Contact: ukiahteaparty@gmail.com
VALENCIA Tea Party (AZ) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE “I was at the Valencia, CA TEA Party and it was great! More than 4 City blocks’ worth of true Americans…”
VENTURA Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Where: Sidewalks adjacent to Ventura County Government Center Contact: cbonney@west.net (Carla Bonney) 805.652.0667 Contact: dale.dehart@hssegue.com (Dale DeHart) 805.312.2800
VICTORVILLE Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 9:00am - 7:00pm Where: Corner of Bear Valley Rd. / Cottonwood Ave. (Victorville) at 12:00 PM, we will protest in front of City Hall in Victorville (for about an hour), then caravan back to the Bear Valley Rd/Cottonwood Ave. location for the remainder of the day/evening. Contact: Desertbiz@msn.com Phone:760-486-3740
WALNUT CREEK Tea Party (CA) -- (1) April 15, 4:00 AM - 6:00 PM Where: Corner of Ygnacio Valley Road & California (By the Walnut Creek BART station (2) April 15, 4:00 AM - 6:00 PM Where: Corner of Broadway & California Contact: Young-younglkzs@gmail.com
YORBA LINDA Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where: Yorba Linda Community Center Phone: 714-403-1054 Contact: lrubel05@yahoo.com Website: www.yorbalindateaparty.com UPDATE “Our Tea Party in Yorba Linda was attended by an estimated 3500.”
YUCAIPA Tea Party (CA) -- April 15, Time: 5-7 p.m. Location: Yucaipa Boulevard and Oak Glen Road Organizer: Lloyd Rekstad Phone: 909-936-1774 Email: kcop1@verizon.net Website: http://TeaPartyIE.com
CALIFORNIA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The California organizers:
DELTA Tea Party (CO) --April 18, 12:30 p.m. until … Where: on the front steps of the county courthouse
Contact: Brad Davis - 874-4370.
1. DENVER Tea Party (CO) -- When: April 15, 12:00pm - 1:30pm Where: West steps of the Capitol, 200 East Colfax April 15th, 2009 I just received an email from Brian Campbell who organized the First Denver Tea Party. He is organizing a second event to take place on TAX DAY - April 15th, 2009. We only had five days to put together our first event and 150 people showed up. Let's show Colorado what happens when we have TWO MONTHS to plan...Jenny Hatch Email briantcampbellsr@yahoo.com. Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/DenverTeaParty UPDATE Denver 4,000-5,000 strong. -- small anti-abortion protest.
5,000 attend tax-day 'tea party' at Capitol (Denver)
More than 5,000 people crowded onto the west side of the state Capitol this afternoon, as part of a nationwide string of tax-day protests dubbed "tea parties." Speakers at the protest, including a number of Republican activists, lawmakers and candidates, railed against current federal spending, President Barack Obama and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter. They called the economic stimulus package fiscally irresponsible, and they accused politicians who supported it of ignoring the voice of the people. "The people in power deceived us," Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck told the crowd during the rally, "and we were complacent. We are complacent no more."
Protesters at the rally carried signs with slogans such as "Obamanomics: Chains we can believe in" and "We're not Europeans, we're Americans." A number said they believe the president's economic policies are pushing the nation toward socialism and financial ruin. "It's pretty sad that I've lived 65 years and never had a reason before to protest something," said Bertha Holland, who carried a sign that read, "Don't stimulate. Liberate." "What's happening scares me," she added.
The event was monitored by a number of Colorado State Patrol troopers and Denver police officers, although no incidents were reported. The Colorado event was organized by Brian Campbell, a Republican who said he is challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter in the 2010 election. Campbell said he began organizing such "tea parties" — a name meant to invoke the Boston Tea Party of 1773 — earlier this year after seeing a message on the social-networking site Twitter about similar events around the country. He said he is worried about what the country's future will look like for his five children. "They need to be able to be free," Campbell said. "They need to be able to fail or succeed in a free way. I don't know anything else to do but fight." Campbell said he intended the event to be nonpartisan — he said he also invited a number of Democrats to speak — and strictly focused on financial issues. Rally attendees, though, had broader aims. Some held signs protesting illegal immigration, abortion, a cap-and-trade carbon tax, and the Internal Revenue Service.
Toward the end of the rally, a man on a megaphone began shouting that income tax is unconstitutional. Earlier in the day, one man held a sign saying "Where's the birth certificate," an apparent reference to rumors — deemed false by the state of Hawaii — that Obama was not born in the U.S.
Meanwhile, a number of liberal groups conducted their own counter-campaign during the day, holding a news conference before the tea-party rally, then milling about the crowd during it. Representatives from the groups — which included ACORN, Colorado Progressive Action, Environment Colorado, NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado and ProgressNow Colorado — said they support Obama's budget and the stimulus package, much of which Obama has vowed will go to infrastructure projects. "It's the first time in recent history that I can remember that we can celebrate the investment in our critical public infrastructure," said Jessie Ulibarri with Colorado Progressive Action. "If we want to move beyond this recession, we have to invest in these public structures." Michael Huttner, the founder of ProgressNow Colorado, said the "tea parties" were not the grassroots movements they claim but instead "AstroTurf." "The tea parties are the latest version in a months-long campaign against change, organized by right-wing think tanks and lobbyists who have done well over the last eight years under George Bush," he said. Huttner said national conservative political groups such as FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity have been linked to the movement. (SITE NOTE: SEE Article on how the media treated the 15 Apr Tax Day and you'll find that his remarks parrot that of Associated Press -- meaning that Obama has them under his thumb too.)
But Campbell said the Denver event was locally planned and funded. He said the audio equipment and podium were donated and that any other costs were paid for out of his pocket. "We think the sponsors are all these people who came and brought things with them," Campbell said. (Source: Denver Post.)
2. DENVER Tea Party (CO) -- taxdayteaparty@gmail.com. Organizers of the February 27th events pledged to continue on with an even bigger and better protest to follow the first. With April 15th being "Tax Day", it was decided to schedule the second round of Tea Party protests to ride alongside the tax deadline. And with that, the "Tax Day Tea Party", the second round of the Nationwide Tea Party protests, moved into reality.
DURANGO Tea Party (CO) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon Where: Rotary Park, 1565 E. 2nd Ave Durango, 81301 Contact: velbeth414@yahoo.com or teapartydurango@yahoo.com
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FORT COLLINS Tea Party (CO) -- When: April 15, 12:00 pm Where: TBA Contact: raysfreelancing@yahoo.com Other: Looking for Volunteers! Please contact through email if interested! UPDATE “We had at least 2000 patriots at our Fort Collins march and everyone was so friendly and helpful.”
LOVELAND Tea Party (CO) -- April 15, 4:00pm - 7:00pm Where: Hwy 287 and Hwy 34 Contact: five_toes@msn.com
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PAGOSA SPRINGS Tea Party (CO) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE “For two hours April 15th citizens showed up for the Pagosa Springs tea party. It was organized late, and spread mostly word-of-mouth…Alabama on vacation stopped in to show support . I would say probably 200 showed.”
PUEBLO Tea Party (CO) -- April 15, 4:00 pm Where: Pueblo County Courthouse, 215 W. 10th St.
Contact: JeannieK_wst@q.com.
WALSENBBURG Tea Party (CO) -- April 15, 5:00 pm Where: Huerfano County Courthouse, 401 Main St. Contact: dchenault@pdq.net
COLORADO Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Colorado organizers:
Mark Sowards Alamosa CO
douglas brill (719) 942-3883 Coaldale CO
Julie Collard (719) 649-7413 Colorado Springs CO
Cheri Ofner (719) 522-1153 Colorado Springs CO
Julia Lindahl (719) 390-9833 Colorado Springs CO
Gregg Beecher (970) 739-3323 Cortez CO
Andy Thomas (970) 275-1007 Delta CO
Yvette Thomas (970) 275-1007 Delta CO
JIM MACGUIRE (303) 888-4644 Denver CO
Linda Neese (303) 451-8193 Denver CO
mike smith Denver CO
Paula Barron (970) 247-3450 Durango CO
gina bagbey (970) 412-3966 Fort Collins CO
Dan Booth (970) 314-9043 Grand Junction CO
Grand Junction taxdayteaparty.com Grand Junction CO
Matt Trummer (303) 471-1052 Littleton CO
Kevin M. Salonek (720) 318-4727 Morrison CO
Daniel Lanotte (719) 683-5506 Peyton CO
Pat Reedy (719) 495-6637 Peyton CO
Laura Bauer Westminster CO
HARTFORD Tea Party (CT) -- April 15, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Where: North Steps of State Capitol, Capitol Avenue Contact: hartfordteaparty@gmail.com / gmail.com/mattjacksdesign@att.net UPDATE An estimated 3,000-5.000 anti-tax protestors descended upon the Capitol on Wednesday to chant chants and protest against the government on the day that many Americans pay their federal and state taxes. The protest lasted more than three hours - to the point that anyone who wanted to speak could come to the microphone by mid-afternoon. Chanting "Taxed Enough Already!'' and "Free Markets, Not Freeloaders,'' the crowd was a mixture of young and old - from 88-year-old Margaret Jedziniak, the feisty guiding spirit behind the Enfield Taxpayers Association, to a child in a baby stroller who was not yet two years... --- I started the day at 0600 with my sign and banner announcing the rally near the highway entrance in my town. It was awsome, the responses I got from the drivers...I had several thousand cars go by in the 2.5 hours I was there and over 20% honked their horns or gave me the thumbs up and the others read the sign with no comment. In this blue state, that is a positive thing! :) I got to the capital at 1100, dropped off my signs and banners and discovered I killed my batteries in my loudspeaker, so I went off to Walgreens and spent way too much for 4 lantern battteries and got back to the rally. At 1145 I started leading the crowd in chants and public displays of disdain at the spending policies of the last and present administration and encouraged the crowd to chant with me! From the sounds of it, they did quite well! Our leader, Rick R. did a great job as Emcee. Our first speaker was the talk show host Dan Lovallo who laid it out about the spending practices of the Connecticut government, both republican and democrat and their risky schemes they impress upon us. Next was Bob Jacks, a local business owner who started one of the most successful truck stops in the New England area and local hotel, too. He spoke on the need for risk in work and how the bailouts eliminated the risk and replaced it with pork and government subsidy and took away initiative. I forgot most speakers, One was Susan Kniepp, the former mayor of East Hartford who spoke on the increase in spending and it;s affect on rising taxes. The last formal speaker was WTIC radio talk show host Jim Vicevich who hammered the Pols with truth and facts! Pictures at this link! http://community.webshots.com/album/571109957HEFTWj --- Hartford (Crowd estimate by police is 3,000, but organizers state that 5,000 rolled through during a three hour period). Video and photos from Jim and RVO reader mamaria and dialupPete. -- 5000 American Patriots gathered near the front steps of the State Capitol Building in Hartford, CT. The Hartford Tea Party was a stunning success! The man who warmed-up the crowd is famous among our FR community. We in Connecticut are very proud of Jim. --- “I attended Hartford, CT. 5,000 people came out, complete with Highway patrol taking video of us… ”
NORWICH Tea Party (CT) -- April 15, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Where: Marina Area Near Gazebo Contact: freenorwich@hotmail.com Other Info: There is plenty of parking in the marina area and across the street in the parking garage.
CONNECTICUT Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The CONNECTICUT organizers:
1000 People start to gather at Lafayette Park
1100-beginning of program at Lafayette Park
Welcome
Presentation of the colors
Pledge of allegiance
National anthem and other patriotic music by the Freedom Quartet
Scheduled speakers (to be announced)
Open mic to the public
1200-1330-move to Treasury Building for part 2 of the party and listen to the guest speakers there
1330-1430- back to Lafayette Park for more speakers
Sign parade across the stage
Open mic to the public
Closing remarks and thank you’s
1430-1455- pack up everything
1500-1600- site pick up and socializing.
UPDATE George report: I was able to attend the DC Tea Party for a couple of hours this morning. I arrived at Lafayette Park about 11AM. Even though it was sprinkling and cold, the crowd was beginning to build. Throughout the next hour and a half the crowd continued to get larger even though the rain had started to come down harder. Many American flags were evident and the crowd was polite, but enthusiastic – not at all like the anti-war or Code Pink protests that you seen on TV with unruly people who get into everone's faces. Maybe our side needs to be a bit more assertive to get the attention that is needed. Fox News was there and I got a couple of shots of Griff Jenkins interviewing people. I'm not sure how many people we ultimately had, but the weather definitely had an impact on the numbers. Around noon, some of the folks wandered across Pennsylvania Avenue and put their signs up against the fence surrounding the White House. They were quickly chased back from the fence by the police, but this is standard operating procedure for anyone protesting in the park. They simply don't allow any protesters to take their protests or signs to the White House fence and, over the years, I have seen many people ushered back across the street. --- In Washington D.C., a plan to unload 1 million tea bags in Lafayette Square was reportedly disrupted when organizers were told they lacked the proper permit. One protester tossed a box of tea over the fence onto the White House lawn, so Secret Service evacuated the area temporarily and sent a robot to examine what they believed to be a suspicious package. But with just a few disruptions, organizers say the event was a resounding success. UPDATE Great turnout, but ended abruptly after someone threw a teabag onto the White House lawn. A robot was inspecting the package, which the Associated Press reported appeared to be a box of tea bags. The rally, part of a coordinated event occurring simultaneously in cities throughout the country, was dubbed the "Tax Day Tea Party." Demonstrators said they disapproved of government spending since President Obama took office, and argue it will inevitably lead to higher taxes. Event organizers said they speculated the package was thrown by person or persons not affiliated with the demonstration. Also during this protest, the liberals came in with a hoax of white "rich folks" protesting for lower taxes on the rich -- thought to be sent by the Obama liberal elements seeking to discredit the protests -- and especially because CNN broadcast it so readily without checking the source.
Obama Is Just Not Their Cup of Tea
As a tea party, what happened in Lafayette Square across from the White House yesterday was a washout. There were no buttered scones, none of those dainty cucumber sandwiches and, as it happens, not a spot of tea. Organizers of the conservative protest were told at the last minute that they didn't have a permit to dump a million tea bags in the square, as they had planned.
Instead, they served up a rather noxious brew. "Hey Big Brother: Show us Your Real Birth Certificate," said one sign in the rain-soaked crowd. "Blackbeard Obama, King of the Tax Pirates," said another. A third showed the president dressed up as Steve Urkel, the nerdy black kid with big glasses and suspenders from "Family Matters." "Did I do that?" the sign said, showing a graph of the economy plunging.
Young girls wore T-shirts printed with the message "Don't tax me, bro" -- a play on a protester's famous "Don't tase me, bro" cry at a John Kerry event. Those messages might explain why Fox News, though actively promoting the "tea party" protests for tax day, tried to argue that it was not behind yesterday's coast-to-coast events. But Fox News analyst Tobin Smith, who took the stage in Lafayette Square yesterday, evidently didn't get the memo. "On behalf of Fox News Channel," he told more than 500 mud-spattered demonstrators, "I want to say: Welcome to the Comedy Channel of America, Washington, D.C."
After a few preliminaries, he went into a Fox News commercial for anchor Glenn Beck. "Anybody watching Glenn?" he asked to cheers. "That was a shameless plug, wasn't it? Glenn says hello as well. He's out at another tea party." Indeed he was, as were Sean Hannity and Neil Cavuto.
A small group of counterdemonstrators, wearing ballgowns, tuxedoes and pig snouts, interrupted and were stripped of their signs. Smith seized the display as an opportunity to highlight the Fox News slogan. "You know what 'Fair and Balanced' means?" he asked. " 'Fair and Balanced' means we take our message and try to overcompensate for their lack of message." Smith left with instructions: "Keep watching Fox, will you?"
The theme was echoed in some of the homemade signs the demonstrators carried, including "Watch Fox News," "Thank You Fox News," and even a recommendation: "Move Glenn Beck to 7 PM." Without the spectacle of a 1773-style tea-bag dump in the square, the handmade signs became the focus of the event. Though ostensibly an anti-tax protest, it was more of an anti-Obama festival. Among the messages: "The Audacity of the Dope," "O Crap" and Obama as an acronym for "One Big Awful Mistake America." Some messages were ugly ("Napolitano -- Obama's Gestapo Queen," "Hang 'Em High Traitors," and a sign held by a young girl saying "Victim of Child Tax Abuse"). Others were funny ("Don't Talk to Me! I Forgot My Teleprompter"). Certain ones had sinister overtones ("Tax Slavery Sucks," and "Obama bin Lyin"). Then there was the guy holding a Cabbage Patch doll by its hair with the message: "My kid's growth stunted by your stimulus."
Though the left and right will fight over whether the protests were organic or fake AstroTurf, there can be little doubt that the grass roots were well nourished yesterday. The Secret Service informed the protesters that they could not set up their stage in front of the Treasury Department, as they had planned, so they wound up in a muddy patch of grass on the hindquarters side of Andrew Jackson's horse. The legs of the stage began to sink in the mud, and, as the lawn turned into a lake, several of the demonstrators had to wiggle their feet free of the muck.
"I don't think it could rain any harder," one of the organizers said. He urged the crowd to embrace the adversity: "When they tell you you can't bring a million tea bags to Lafayette Square, you work with it -- you find a place to put them."
For somebody, the "place to put them" turned out to be the North Lawn of the White House. As the protest began to break up, a demonstrator hurled what appeared to be a box of tea bags toward the executive mansion. The Secret Service, much like His Majesty's government in Boston, was not amused. The White House was locked down while a robot examined the tea.
Before the main acts, organizers allowed a bit of open microphone time, which resulted in one man telling Obama "You're an idiot!" Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, in a drenched business suit, rallied the crowd before some counterdemonstrators with whistles interrupted; Norquist scolded the "loud brownshirts." Alan Keyes, another headliner, railed against the "orgy of selfishness," the "orgy of debt" and "the scourge of immigration." Americans for Prosperity's Phil Kerpen directed his anger at Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner: "The tax cheat got our permit revoked." And Fox's Smith colorfully described Congress as "the only whorehouse in the world that fails to make a profit."
Talk-show host Mike Church treated the crowd to a mock fascist salute and said that "it's time to have a little revolution, I think. We don't have to fire weapons. You should own them, you should have a lot of ammo to go with them, but you don't have to shoot them." "Unless we have to!" somebody called out. "No, you're not going to have to," Church answered. That's because these rebels, unlike the patriots of 1773, have Fox News. (Source: Washington Post.).
Tea Party Takes D.C.
The DC tax day tea party suffered from partisan infiltrators, an oppressive city government, and the kind of weather that usually keeps people at home. But you wouldn't know it from the turnout - 3,000 people showed up, stomping through the mud in Lafayette Square while holding umbrellas and protest signs in the 50-degree weather. And you wouldn't know it by talking to Patrick, a stay-at-home dad from Oak Hill who attended the event with his daughter. "We have to pay taxes on the same money 3 or 4 times," he complained, donned in a soaked poncho and baseball cap. "It makes me feel like our government no longer serves us."
In fact, the rain only seemed to harden the resolve of the protesters, reinforcing their belief that something had to be done about the tax-and-spend policies of the administration and Congress. "If you tax me, I hire less," said Tony, of Washington DC. He said the amount he paid in taxes for his small business serving court summons prevented him from hiring two or three additional employees, and that he was there to fight back. Tony was surrounded with signs with slogans like "Fun with numbers: millions, billions, trillions…" and "For real stimulus, bring jobs and capital back home."
Alan Keyes, Grover Norquist, and Laura Ingraham were among the speakers who manned the stage from 11-3pm. By the end of it, organizer Rebecca Wales was soaked and shivering. "It is what it is," she said of the circumstances. Wales had been there since 6am, about the time when DC metro police told organizers that they could not erect the temporary stage in front of the Treasury - one of the two locations where protests were planned - as had been confirmed at 11pm the night before. Then a truck load of tea bags was turned away from Lafayette Square, which organizers had planned on dumping onto a huge tarp to headline the event. The truck didn't have a permit.
"Somewhere out there, a truck full of teabags rolls on, destination unknown, into an uncertain future," wrote Jason Linkins at the Huffington Post. Linkins was more generous than many other liberal commentators. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow nicknamed tea party protestors as "teabaggers," a name that caught on like wildfire, and a host of liberal commentators and politicians derided the protests as silly and pointless. (SITE NOTE: "Teabagging" is a slang term that refers to oral sex of either a male or female. The liberal hosts of CNN, MSNBC and ABC insulted the hundreds of thousands -- though they claim "tens of thousands" -- of protestors nationwide. Their "cute" remarks were not funny and FOX News ratings soared while their ratings dropped by as much as 40 percent.)
Andrew Langer, President for the Institute for Liberty, was responsible for shutting down a group of DC protest infiltrators that reminded him of the group "Billionares for Bush." Several individuals in formal wear came to the protests, walked to the edge of the stage, and tried to obstruct the view of the crowd by holding large signs. Langer's strategy for dealing with the infiltrators was to get them out in the open.
"I got up on stage and told them that they had really legitimized our event today, and that we weren't going to shut them down, though I did ask them that they not hold their signs up in front of people so other people can see," said Langer. "I killed them with kindness."
A little after 2pm, the police made everyone in attendance move to the side of the park after a package was thrown from the crowd. A police robot examined the package before the event was allowed to resume, but it still provided the incentive for the majority of protestors to make their way home.
Not Karyn Skaggs, who had come from Columbia, MD. She said she was still there because she was "frozen, and couldn't move." "I think it's more than Obama," she said. "I think it's a runaway Congress passing bills they don't even need. I've sent letters to Congress about it, and I always get the form letter back. You can tell they don't even read my messages," she said. Maybe they'll get the message this time. (Source: Townhall.)
(2) WASHINGTON DC Tea Party (DC) April 15th
Where: US Treasury Department - National Stage 12:00pm-2:00pm; Lafayette Park - Grassroots Stage 11:00am-3:00pm Contact: dctaxdayteaparty@gmail.comOther Info: Media Inquiries - rebecca@smartgirlpolitics.org NOTE: On 27 Mar 2009: "Eric’s been doing a massive job coordinating national efforts, so be sure to check out his site: http://taxdayteaparty.com. But since this site is dedicated to the DC effort (and helping out however we can with other efforts as well), we’re pleased to tell you we just got the permit to hold our tea party in front of the Treasury, on April 15th, from noon to 2. We’ll even have a stage and a sound system — weather pending. Stay tuned." UPDATE Protesters were also evicted from the Treasury Department when Secret Service officials said they did NOT have permission to rally there.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The DC organizers:
Brian Summers (202) 368-2009 Washington DC
DOVER TEA PARTY (DE) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4 pm - 6 pm Legislative Mall Dover, DE Contact Info: Chris Shirey
Delawaretaxteaparty@gmail.com delawareteaparty.org
GEORGETOWN Tea Party (DE) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12 noon - 2 pm The Circle Georgetown, DE Contact Info: Chris Shirey Delawaretaxteaparty@gmail.com delawareteaparty.orgUPDATE "The Delaware Tea Parties were a great success! We had 300+ in Georgetown, 150+ in Laurel, 300+ in Middletown, 400+ in Dover and between 750-1000 in Wilmington. The weather was horrible with torrential rain all day. It didn't dampen the spirits of the participants though. A great time was had by all."
LAUREL Tea Party (DE) -- When: April 15, 4:00pm - 7:00pm Where: TBA Contact: delawaretaxteaparty@gmail.comUPDATE "The Delaware Tea Parties were a great success! We had 300+ in Georgetown, 150+ in Laurel, 300+ in Middletown, 400+ in Dover and between 750-1000 in Wilmington. The weather was horrible with torrential rain all day. It didn't dampen the spirits of the participants though. A great time was had by all."
MIDDLETOWN Tea Party (DE) -- April 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Town Square Contact: Sgell@verizon.net UPDATE "The Delaware Tea Parties were a great success! We had 300+ in Georgetown, 150+ in Laurel, 300+ in Middletown, 400+ in Dover and between 750-1000 in Wilmington. The weather was horrible with torrential rain all day. It didn't dampen the spirits of the participants though. A great time was had by all."
WILMINGTON Tea Party (DE) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4 pm Riverfront Wilmington, DE Contact Info: Chris Shirey
Delawaretaxteaparty@gmail.com delawareteaparty.org UPDATE "The Delaware Tea Parties were a great success! We had 300+ in Georgetown, 150+ in Laurel, 300+ in Middletown, 400+ in Dover and between 750-1000 in Wilmington. The weather was horrible with torrential rain all day. It didn't dampen the spirits of the participants though. A great time was had by all."
DELAWARE Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Delaware organizers:
Libby Gregg (302) 379-9701 Hockessin DE
Jonathan Sherman (302) 463-1853 Newark DE
BARTOW Tea Party (FL) -- April 15 @ 4:30 - 5:30pm Where: Fort Blount Park, South of Courthouse on Broadway, Bartow, FL Contact: :mccroak@verizon.net
BIG PINE KEY Tea Party (FL) -- April 15 @ 8:00 am - ? Where: US-1 and Chapman Street Contact: :islandgirl7@aol.com
Other Info: Bring signs, drinks, water, snacks. Thank you!
BOCA RATON Tea Party (FL) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE There were maybe 50 or so people.
BRADENTON Tea Party (FL) -- (1) April 15 @ 5:00 - 7:00pm Where: Mixon Fruit Farms, 2712 26th Ave. E., Bradenton, FL 34208 Contact: mailto:BradentonTeaParty@gmail.com Other Info:http://bradentonteaparty.weebly.com/ (2) Bradenton, FL 34205 When: April 15 @ 5:00 - 7:00pm Where: Old Main Street, Downtown Contact: rg.bedford@yahoo.com UPDATE A TeaParty in Bradenton Fla. was put together in a hurry. The owners of a local citrus company let us use their facility for the get together. We had speakers from local citizens to politians from local and state organizations. The best part of the whole event had to be the kids that will be featured below. The kids seemed to be as excited as the parents that dressed them up. Fun was had by all, and the event was uplifting for all that I could see.
BRONSON Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon Where: Levy County Courthouse, 355 S. Court Street, Bronson, FL
CLEARWATER Tea Party (FL) -- April 11 @ 11:00 am Where: Clearwater Courthouse Contact: centralpinellasrepublicanclub@live.com
CRESTVIEW Tea Party (FL) -- Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Main Street in front of courthouse
(2) DELAND / DAYTONA BEACH Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00 pm Where: Deland City Hall Contact: teapartydeland@cgidesign.net Other Info: Join us at lunch to “Pull the Pork and Cut The Tax.” Pulled Pork & Tea $5.00. Wave your homemade sign and speak your mind.
EUTIS Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon Where: Ferran Park, Downtown Eustis Contact: WSSullivan@aol.com Other Info: http://northlaketeaparty.weebly.com/
FORT LAUDERDALE Tea Party (FL) -- When: April 15, 5:00pm - 8:00pm Where: Federal Building, 299 East Broward Boulevard Contact: browardteaparty@gmail.com Phone: 954.547.1489 UPDATE Local news at 11 said crowd estimated at 5,000 people!!! Originally had only a relatively small section of 1 corner barricaded off, but had to move further and further down the street, then up the street, then across the street!!!
FORT MYERS Tea Party (FL) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Centennial Park Downtown Fort Myers, FL Contact Info: See URL gerberb58@yahoo.com http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=62844557015&ref=mf UPDATE The Fort Myers Florida Tea Party, held at Centennial Park at 5pm, was a well organized affair, spearheaded by WINK Radio’s Mandy Connell. Not only is she an outstanding conservative talk host, she is simply an outstanding person. Also on the agenda was Henry Mihet, formerly from Rumania and now a US citizen, who gave a rousing talk on what the US means to him. There were formation flybys by smoke equipped T-6s and live music, mainly patriotic songs. The crowd estimate given at the event was at least 6000. --- “Wow, what a turnout! It was amazing…..I would est about 3000-3500. It was GREAT!”
JACKSONVILLE Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Where: The Jacksonville Landing Contact: mjgarcia972@aol.com Website: www.FirstCoastTeaParty.org
Other Info: Begin gathering at 11:30 a.m. The event will start promptly at 12:00 noon and end around 1:00 p.m.
UPDATE Some of the signs presented punchy phrases like “boot the bankers.” Then there was the play on words: “Give me liberty, not debt.” Another was part revolutionary, part pop song: “Gonna party like it’s 1773.” The placards protruded from a bulky crowd gathered Wednesday at The Jacksonville Landing to shout they’d had enough with the way the government handles money. Among the speakers at the First Coast Tea Party was a young boy who described how his personal share of the national debt would rise by tens of thousands of dollars as he grows older.(Jacksonville.com.) --- News4Jax gave the estimate at thousands. Firstcoastnews didn’t give any estimates, and spent half their article talking about reminding people to PAY their taxes. ---
LAKE CITY Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 11:30am - 1:30pm Where: Olustee Park on Marion Avenue Other Info: http://www.lakecityteaparty.com
LAKELAND Tea Party (FL) -- Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Kryger Overlook Park (Lake Mirror), one block from city hall
MADISON Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 5:30pm - 7:00pm Where: Court House, on the Lawn Contact: madisonflteaparty@gmail.com
MARIANNA Tea Party (FL) -- April 15 @ 12:00 Noon Where: Courthouse on Route 90 Contact: gelainethompson@yahoo.com
(1) MELBORNE Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 8:00 am - 12:00 Noon Where: Viera Government Center, Melbourne, FL
Contact: csmith52@cfl.rr.com Other Info: Sign & Flag waving event on the 4 corners of Stadium Parkway & Judge Fran Jamieson Way
(2) MELBORNE Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Where: City of Melbourne City Hall, 900 E. Strawbridge Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901 Contact: krahmk@yahoo.com Other Info: Additional parking by the Melbourne Public Library
(2) NAPLES Tea Party (FL) -- When: April 15, 5:00 - 7:00pm Where: Naples Bath & Tennis Club, 4995 Airport Pulling Road
Contact: changefor2012@comcast.net Other Info: http://www.naplesteaparty.com/ UPDATE The Naples Florida tea party was an outstanding success thanks to the efforts of many volunteers. It was held at noon at the busy intersection of US 41 (Tamiami Trail) and Pine The drive by traffic was enthusiastic with “thumbs up” and blowing horns showing support. About 2,500 showed up.
NEW PORT RICHEY Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00 noon Where: Orange Lake Park, Meet at Veterans' Memorial Monument on Circle Blvd and March to City Hall. Contact: traceycoker@tampabay.rr.com UPDATE I was at this rally. There were well over 2000 people at this event. The organizers did a fine job. -- A woman screaming at tea party protesters in Port Richey, Florida hit a man with her car. Witnesses claim that the assault was intentional. Witnesses that witnessed the incident indicate that Schrey was intentionally targeting the protesters at the side of the road. The woman, Melanie M. Schrey, a 23-year-old from New Port Richey, was driving south on U.S. 19 in the righthand turn lane, according to an FHP report, when she tried to turn right into the driveway of Mel’s Diner at 9223 U.S. 19. But the driver pulled into a group of about 50 protesters standing in the driveway access, the FHP said. The front end of her 1994 Chevy struck protester Joseph D. Sprowls, according to the report. The 62-year-old New Port Richey man suffered minor injuries, the report said, and was taken to Community Hospital for treatment. In all, nearly 2,000 protested in the mall parking lot. Charges may be pending, the FHP said, and the investigation is continuing. --- Well, I was there and the road rage princess was to blame I feel in the sense that: When she first rolled up she saw all the protestors and actually slowed down and threatened to hit the people who were in her way!! People should not have been on the leading edge of the street granted, but when you are in charge of a 2,000 pound vehicle it is incumbent upon you to react accordingly to any road hazard! She initially came to a stop at THE BEGINNING of the protest line and screamed the above mentioned threats and then continued on 200 ft or so before turning in to Mel’s old parking lot all the while seeing that there was a line of protestors on the entrance apron into that property! If she had stopped or slowed down (the protestors were in the process of making way for her) this would not have happened! But no, road rage princess drove like she was pretending no one was there and then whoops!…”didn’t see you there” was her attitude but that’s ok, someone allegedly got it on video and if that’s the case her goose is really cooked! Again, while people should not have been on the edge of the road and sometimes finding themselves in it, this man was well away from the road and was halfway up the Apron 3 people thick in the crowd so she had no excuse for her behaviour with regards to driving. From the looks of her she was in a desperate rush to get to the cinn-a-bon in the mall behind us to which I say: Don’t worry honey, they’re open ’till 9:00pm and it was only around six o’clock!
NORTH PALM BEACH Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00 noon Where: Orange Lake Park, Meet at Veterans’ Memorial Monument on Circle Blvd and March to City Hall. Contact: traceycoker@tampabay.rr.com
OCALA Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, Noon Where: Downtown Ocala at the Square
Contact: jjandtt@embarqmail.com UPDATE http://leftandrightpolitics.com/ocala-florida-tax-day-tea-party/
ORANGE PARKTea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00 p.m. Where: 2042 Park Ave (Town Park) on southwest corner of Kingsley and Park Ave Contact: Chris Pappas at (904) 272-6483 Other info: http://www.eaglesandtalons.com/
ORLANDO Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Where: Orlando City Hall, 400 South Orange Avenue Other Info: http://orlandoteaparty.webs.com Other: We are asking all Tea Partiers to bring a personal hygiene item to donate to the Orlando Union Rescue Mission, a homeless outreach that has served homeless men, women, and children for decades. They are in need of razors, shaving cream, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, hand towels, etc. Contact: orlandoteaparty@myamericanism.com Other Info: http://orlandoteaparty.webs.com
PALM BEACH / WEST PALM BEACH Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 5:00 pm Where: Palm Beach County Government Center, 301 North Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, across from Court House Contact: renedillon@eventsbyrene.com Other Info: http://www.LetsGetLoud.org UPDATE I was only there for about 15 mintues at 5:00 (the start of the Tea Party). I have a 3 year old and a husband I have to get home to. I'm hoping there are some more South Florida FReepers out there that can add to the pictures! Here's a link to the pictures.
http://westpalmbeachteaparty04152009.shutterfly.com/
PANAMA CITY Tea Party (FL) -- When: April 15, 3:00 pm - Dark Where: Sherman Avenue Post Office Contact: geleirer32@comcast.net UPDATE I attended the Panama City, FL Tea Party. We had a good turnout - maybe 800-1000. The local TV news showed up and so did the local paper. CNN described us a "A minority of older, middle-class white people." I bet if you looked up the term "taxpayer" in the dictionary the definition would read "A minority of older, middle-class white people." There were a couple of blacks there supporting Tax day. Some of the blacks that drove past looked like they were sneaking through a clan meeting. Heads down - no eye contact. Most of the folks were enthusiastic, but not over the top. There were a few that got a little rowdy. They were yelling at people who drove through in cars with Obama stickers amd arguing with Obama supporters at the stop light. There were no counter-protesters. A few people drove by and shouted things like "Go Obama", but hundreds of people who drove by honked, waved, and gave us "thumbs-up". I had a lot of fun reading the different signs. I wish I had brought a camara because some of the signs were great and a lot of the people there had some very good points to make. The one thing that I really noticed was that most of the people there were really well informed on current events. They knew the titles and contents of the different spending and stimulus bills. Most were very knowledgable on the Fair Tax.
PORT RICHEY Tea Party (FL) -- When: April 15, time TBA Where: Golfview Square Mall, at the southwest corner of U.S. 19 & Embassy Contact: nelbuts5256@gmail.com Other Info: Meet-Up Group: http://www.meetup.com/The-Pasco-County-Politics-Activism-Meetup-Group/calendar/9977002/
PORT ST. LUCIE Tea Party (FL) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:00pm - 7:00pm US I.R.S Office 7410 S US-1 Port St. Luice, Fl 34952 Contact Info: Scott thedreamcaster@comcast.net www.meetup.com/Port-Saint-Lucie-Glenn-Beck-Meetup-Group PLEASE PLEASE, PLEASE join our meet-up group and RSVP there. It is the best way for me manage communications.Here is the link www.meetup.com/Port-Saint-Lucie-Glenn-Beck-Meetup-Group
SARASOTA Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Sarasota County Courthouse, 2000 Main Street
Contact: saratea10@gmail.com UPDATE “Official estimate by the Sarasota Herald Tribune was “over 2000 people”. Lots of cheering, and horn blowing by people going by. A continuous round of speakers condemning out of control spending by both parties. We lined the road 2-10 deep for a couple of blocks around the bay and filled the bayfront park. A fantastic day!! No opposition or even police in sight. (I don’t think they expected a crowd. All was peaceful and enthusiastic.”
ST. AUGUSTINE Tea Party (FL) --April 15, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Where: Historic Downtown, Castillo De San Marco's Park grounds on The Bayfront Contact: TaxedEnough@UnitedAmericanTeaParty.com Other Info: http://www.UnitedAmericanTeaParty.com UPDATE Great turnout, I estimate 1000, some folks had to go back to work, people coming and going all afternoon. We will have accurate figures later. The press, with the exception of the local radio station, came late. I don't know what they will do with whatever they collected. I got to make a very short pro 2nd amendment statement, I just said that Mexico and the ghettos aren't my fault, and I won't register or surrender diddly squat! The crowd agreed! Let's plan a big Fourth of July, all over America, the ball is rolling, let's keep it going! Pictures at http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v244/tsiya/ST%20AUGUSTINE%20TEA%20PARTY/ ---- here in st Augustine FL we have a population of around 15,000 and yet we got a 1000 out for the rally during working hours. so if it were on the weekend or after work I guarantee there would have been more like my wife would have been able to make it and her friends too. most car passing were honking which was a good sign even many tourists. all in all a good day
SAN ANTONIO Tea Party (FL) --April 15, 4:30pm - 6:00pm Where: City Park, across from the Post Office Contact: mailto:sanantonio415@yahoo.com
SANTA ROSA Tea Party (FL) --April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE “Hey Guys, we had over 250 people come out to the Santa Rosa Beach, Fl which was organized by two local citizens. THIS IS A HUGE TURNOUT FOR a small community that had no listing of the event on the major tea party web sites.”
(2) SARASOTA Tea Party (FL) --April 15, 3:00 - 7:00pm Where: Ed's Tavern Main Street Lakewood Ranch Contact: sarasotateaparty@gmail.com
STARKE Tea Party (FL) --April 15, 3:00pm - 6:00pm Where: 500 Block of US 301/Temple Avenue
ST. AUGUSTINE Tea Party (FL) --April 15, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Where: Historic Downtown, Castillo De San Marco's Park grounds on The Bayfront Contact: TaxedEnough@UnitedAmericanTeaParty.com Other Info: http://www.UnitedAmericanTeaParty.com
STUART Tea Party (FL) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:00 - 7:00 Stuart main post office johnson street Stuart, FL 34996 Contact Info: Cynthia Lucas luckycin@comcast.net we will be at the corners of Johnson st&us1, colorado&Kindred street,and in front of the post office.Please do not go on post office property. Thank You This is being organized by the South Florida Action Committee. Thank You UPDATE Wife and I went to Stuart, Floridas tea party along with about 3000 of my favorite people. Bunch of radical extremists. Retirees wearing golf hats, veterans wearing their hats, old and young alike. The city had many cops on the scene though none were needed as everyone behaved very well. Sort of funny watching the guys from the swat team.
Was supposed to be at the post office but it spilled on to US 1 and everyone stayed on the sidewalk. Most had never been to a protest.
TALLAHASSEE Tea Party (FL) -- When: April 15, 4:30pm
Where: Capitol Contact: LCREC@comcast.net Phone:850.321.3410 Other Info: organized by Leon Co GOP
TAMPA Tea Party (FL) -- When: April 15, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Where: Lykes Gaslight Park, 401 N Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33602 Contact: tampateaparty@gmail.com
UPDATE I had a great time. American flags were waved not burned. Cars were not flipped over. Storefront windows were not broken. This was how it looked as we approaced Gas Lykes park in downtown Tampa. This is Kennedy Blvd, more or less the main street going thru downtown. Until the speakers got going, most were along the sidewalks waving signs at the cars going by and getting people to honk their horns in support. You have to love the high number of hand painted signs. That is a sign of how organic this is.....Its not organised by a company or a "Community Activist Group" littered with professionally printed signs hot off the Kinkoes presses. This movement has legs...lets keep it going!
TRENTON (Gilchrist County) Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon Where: Parking Lot Next to the Chambers of Commerce Building UPDATE A modern-day tea party protest overtook downtown Tampa today. No one spilled crates of Earl Grey into the already tea-colored bay, but there were a lot of American flags wrapped around shoulders and a few "Don't Tread On Me" flags flying in the breeze. The rally bemoaned the recent federal stimulus packages that bailed out bankers, investors and big money industrialists. Well over 500 people showed up at the noon rally, one of two set for today. Many carried homemade signs and waved flags. Chants of "Throw the rascals out," "No more bailouts" and "Stop printing money" filled the air amid group renditions of "The Star Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America." (Tampa Tribune.) -- See Tea Time Slides: http://www.jwparker.com/090415_overview/
VENICE Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00 - 1:00pm Where: Gazebo-Centennial Park on West Venice Avenue Contact: Prule_fl_mi@yahoo.com
VERO BEACH Tea Party (FL) -- April 15, 12:00 - 2:00pm Where: County Administration Building Contact: pc.tanner@hotmail.com Other Info:http://www.IndianRiverTeaParty.com
Great anger, but high spirits, at the West Palm Beach Tea Party
Massive crowds filled the main government plaza in West Palm Beach, and even rain failed to dampen the protesters' enthusiasm to get the word out about their firm opposition to President Obama and his destructive policies. People are mad, furious, but still capable of having fun and staying positive despite our trying times. There was no good news for President Obama. While the event was technically non-partisian, I saw little evidence of Democrats in the audience. While many quite reasonably said the two parties shared the blame for our current mess, agreement was unanimous that President Obama was seriously messing up the situation. The usual single issue groups, on abortion, guns and the like, showed up, but the crowd stayed focused on the theme of the incompetent Obama administration and its alarming drift towards socialism.
Waving posters, placards and even sporting a pirate ship, the protest featured colorful and imaginative signs and slogans.
There were also speeches by various political leaders, mostly Republican, and the anti-tax, anti-spending theme was received enthusiastically from the crowd. People are mad, furious, at the current course the Obama Administration is taking in its attempts to right our economic ship through massive overspending and social programs. At the same time, the mood was anything but glum. It was in many ways a showcase of what makes America great - the cleverness and ingeneuity of its people. People worked very hard to outdo the rest with the most creative signs. Those who had pre-printed signs from their favorite pressure groups were lost in a colorful maze of original signs, all different.
While many expected disruptions from ACORN and the like, the protest went completely smoothly. I only saw one Obama supporter. He talked in a spooky, almost robotic tone, as though he was shocked at the passionate level of opposition to The One and his policies. While people are angry, what is really impressive is the fun and fellowship when conservatives protest. It was a great, creative way to blow off some steam and send our government officials a vital mission: We are watching them closely, and ready to wreak revenge for their sins come election time. (Source: Tea Party.)
FLORIDA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Florida organizers:
GAIL KIFER (407) 889-0990 Apopka FL
Wm. Bailey (863) 993-2100 Arcadia FL
Judith Miller (863) 375-4515 Bowling Green FL
Mary Rodriguez (561) 737-5965 Boynton Beach FL
Gene Sweeney (770) 330-7683 Bradenton FL
Fernando & Carmen Forestier (813) 689-8254 Brandon FL
Richard Moore (904) 879-9086 Callahan FL
Alex Reichert (239) 298-4353 Cape Coral FL
Dr Larry Marquis (407) 699-1142 Casselberry FL
Mark Schanback (407) 695-1439 Casselberry FL
Patrick O'Malley (727) 797-1404 Clearwater FL
Peter Dunn (416) 620-7222 Clearwater FL
Angela Waldauer Clearwater FL
Dawn Darby (850) 682-3112 Crestview FL
John Feola (321) 689-2167 Deland FL
Michael Monte (610) 393-9259 Delray Beach FL
LouAnn Papp (352) 613-4532 Dunnellon FL
Vernon R. Hastings (352) 342-3769 Dunnellon FL
Grady Youngblood (954) 533-6610 Fort Lauderdale FL
gail Boettger (407) 383-2963 Howey In The Hills FL
Lisa Rosa (904) 210-6495 Jacksonville FL
Bryan Kaufman (561) 542-0566 Jacksonville FL
Mary Livingston (904) 419-2478 Jacksonville FL
Karyn Morton (904) 564-2297 Jacksonville FL
jo lytte (386) 365-2825 Lake City FL
leonard vaudo (904) 236-4586 Lake City FL
Donna Pedrey (863) 840-1637 Lake Placid FL
Gustavo Padilla (561) 531-6441 Lake Worth FL
Tim D. (813) 486-4224 Lakeland FL
kenneth van huss (214) 243-5659 Lakeland FL
kenneth van huss (214) 243-5659 Lakeland FL
Dolores McLaughlin (352) 746-0581 Lecanto FL
Sarah Touchton (386) 362-4509 Live Oak FL
Ryan Mays (417) 459-3212 Longwood FL
Elaine Thompson (850) 579-4173 Marianna FL
Nolan Masters (321) 255-5128 Melbourne FL
Karl Krahmer (321) 698-1326 Melbourne FL
William Headley (321) 453-0347 Merritt Island FL
William Headley (321) 453-0347 Merritt Island FL
Ricardo Fernandez Miami FL
sandy lovern (863) 633-9266 Mulberry FL
Sandy Lovern (863) 633-9266 Mulberry FL
Michael Furtado (239) 877-1770 Naples FL
Tracey Coker (727) 376-4006 New Port Richey FL
Brenda Leach (850) 897-3980 Niceville FL
Patricia Rule (941) 488-4345 Nokomis FL
christopher wright (352) 281-4766 Ocala FL
Jon Tyler (352) 624-8600 Ocala FL
Judy Klein (904) 742-9299 Orange Park FL
Joe Humphreys (407) 947-2647 Orlando FL
Chuck Romano (407) 380-8826 Orlando FL
Deborah Henry (386) 503-8525 Palm Coast FL
Judd Basse (850) 492-6220 Pensacola FL
Pensacola taxdayteaparty.com Pensacola FL
Thomas Mann (954) 464-8701 Pompano Beach FL
Patricia McKelvy (772) 828-0945 Port Saint Lucie FL
Carol Brix (321) 766-5599 Rockledge FL
anne slattery (727) 527-4577 Saint Petersburg FL
Lindsay Masters (727) 471-8127 Saint Petersburg FL
Charlie Scott (941) 921-7808 Sarasota FL
Patricia Coller (386) 328-3553 Satsuma FL
Karen Vaughn (772) 463-4455 Stuart FL
Dale Goodwin (727) 686-2299 Tarpon Springs FL
paul tanner (772) 240-2663 Vero Beach FL
Everett Wilkinson (561) 254-5278 West Palm Beach FL
Linda OKeefe (407) 292-6782 Windermere FL
Carl Spatazza (407) 421-8434 Winter Springs FL
wilma harrington (813) 629-1068 Zephyrhills FL
ALBANY Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Where: 225 Pine Avenue (Courthouse) Contact: freedom.works@live.com Phone: 229.881.0717 Additional Info: http://www.freedomworks.org/
ATHENS Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 4:30 pm Where: Arch on the University of Georgia Campus(Intersection of Broad Street and College Avenue)
Contact: ugarepublicans@gmail.com
ATLANTA Tea Party (GA) -- When: April 15, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Georgia State Capitol Building ~ Downtown Atlanta, 206 Washington St SW Contact: atlantateaparty@gmail.com.Phone: 770.878.0024
Other Info: www.atlantateaparty.net FLASH: TV/Talk Show Sean Hannity stated on 27 Mar that he will be covering the Atlanta Tea Party LIVE. UPDATE 15,000 - 20,000 were at the Atlanta Tea Party. That rally was wonderfully organized and produced! Just WOW!
The MARTA transportation facility was efficient and cheerful, so they deserve one huge AT-A-BOY as well. The police were all smiles, and very helpful. Just WOW! -- We had 20,000 easy in Atlanta.We were packed in the streets like cordwood.
AUGUSTA Tea Party (GA) -April 15, 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Where: Jessye Norman Amphitheater at Riverwalk
Contact: Tony Powers medicimedia@aol.com Other Info: www.AugustaTeaParty.org - http://www.tonypowerstothepeople.com/ == http://www.newsradio1230.com/
BRUNSWICK/ST. SIMONS ISLAND (Glynn County) Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, noon - 2pm Where: FJ Torras Causeway at the Marina boat ramp that runs parallel to the Causeway Contact: ssiteaparty@gmail.com Other Info: bring your signs and your American Flags UPDATE Brunswick/St. Simons Island Tea Party today. Final head count attendance: 636. All signed three petitions to be sent to Georgia congressmen and Senators regarding the complete waste of tax dollars. Next Tea Party will be July 4th. --- “We had over 640 at our St Simons Island / Brunswick GA Tea Party!”
COLUMBUS Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Courthouse on 9th St. (by the flaming torch monument)
Contact: columbusgateaparty@gmail.com Other Info: Hand-carried signs only. No stakes or posts!
EASTMAN Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, Noon Where: Chas-Mar parking lot, beside US 23/Hwy 129 Contact: wsoud@aol.com Other Info: Hot dogs and soft drinks provided so people can attend during their lunch hour! Other Contacts: Cathy Sapp SappCathy@yahoo.com 478.374.3731 Ken Carroll thekencarroll@gmail.com 478.278.7531
GAINESVILLE Tea Party (GA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Poultry Park, Corner of Jesse Jewell Parkway and W. Academy St. Gainesville, GA 30506 Contact Info: Jeff Jones libertycalls.org@gmail.com www.libertycalls.org Join us downtown in Gainesville, GA on tax day for a Tea Party Rally for Constitutional and Responsible government. The foul winds of HopeNChange are fueling the fires of Liberty in Georgia!
MACON Tea Party (GA) -- When: April 15, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: Rosa Parks Park, Downtown Macon (Across from City Hall Steps at First & Poplar) Contact: chriskrok@kroktalk.com Other Info: 100 Free Pork Sandiches and 100 Free Sweet Teas! First Come, First Serve!
MADISON Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 12:00 pm Where: Sidewalk Around the Town Square, 120 South Main Street Contact: Brercoon@bellsouth.net Phone: 706.342.9070
PUTNAM COUNTY Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Where: Putnam County Courthouse Square Contact: elephant@putnamcountygop.orgOther Info: www.putnamcountygop.org Phone: Karen Wade Allen 404.202.5414
Phone: Dorothy Adams 706.816.8897
RICHMOND HILL Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 7:15 am - 8:30 am Where: Meeting at the old Kroger parking lot at the corner of Hwy 144 and Hwy 17. Contact: amy.blanda@gmail.com Other Info: After the initial meeting in the parking lot, we plan to assemble along the roadside on Hwy 144 toward the City Hall on both sides with signs and banners. Afterward, some will be heading to the front of our local post office, and others will join the event scheduled in downtown Savannah. UPDATE “Drove by 80 protesters early in the morning along the highway in Richmond Hill, GA. Plenty of honking from the commuters who needed to go to work that morning. Later that afternoon, 1,400 attended a well organized rally on River Street in Savannah, GA. I was impressed.”
ROME Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 12:00 pm Where: Assemble at Opi's parking lot, march/parade to Rome's "pedestrian bridge" carrying signs and wearing costumes (e.g. Revolutionary War Boston Tea Party type attire). Contact: tree-man@comcast.net
ST SIMON'S ISLAND Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 12:00 pm Where: Marina Drive and the Boat Ramp on the Causeway
Contact: ssiteaparty@gmail.com
TIFTON Tea Party (GA) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY UPDATE “i attended in Tifton, Ga and there were over 250 people (official count). It was thrilling to see so many in attendance — i had HOPED there would be 40 or 50 as this is a small town (in southeast georgia).”
VALDOSTA Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 12:00pm - 2:00pm Where: Mathis City Auditorium, 2300 N. Ashley St.Contact: crownchemicals@bellsouth.net
WARNER ROBINS Tea Party (GA) -- April 15, 3:00pm - 7:00pm Where: TBA Contact: jeff@jeffscottshow.com UPDATE “A wonderful turnout of 400 - 500 people, maybe more with all the coming and going. Toddlers to the elderly were represented and I was very happy to see so many teens and college age students in attendance.” http://cindysu2.blogspot.com/
GEORGIA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Georgia organizers:
Donna Wilson (770) 846-1072 Atlanta GA
danny beck (706) 863-2300 Augusta GA
Dr. Bob Frady (706) 968-9150 Baldwin GA
julian grant (706) 897-9775 Blairsville GA
jim watters (770) 832-4019 Carrollton GA
Anita Davis Columbus GA
Sheila King (229) 224-1499 Coolidge GA
Judy Chance (770) 500-1495 Cumming GA
David Kinser (706) 867-0765 Dahlonega GA
Shirley Jump (912) 592-3884 Douglas GA
William Nichols (770) 313-2252 Douglasville GA
Kenneth Stone (770) 949-9959 Douglasville GA
Norman Jarrard (478) 410-0422 Dudley GA
Roni Rynning (404) 729-7673 Duluth GA
Wayne Soud (478) 374-1509 Eastman GA
Diana Yocum (770) 833-3039 Griffin GA
James Liang (404) 308-1785 Hoschton GA
john almy (678) 407-9374 Lawrenceville GA
Diana Shepherd Lawrenceville GA
Carol Washburn (678) 246-8677 Lawrenceville GA
marcus garcia Lawrenceville GA
Rebecca Fox (770) 873-5398 Loganville GA
Patrick Acree (770) 466-3683 Loganville GA
Monika Woods (706) 779-3589 Martin GA
rick williams (706) 819-8919 Monticello GA
Chip Coursey (770) 296-4748 Newnan GA
Bob Baker (770) 643-6960 Roswell GA
Dawn Forbes (912) 399-5928 Saint Simons Island GA
Paige Morrison (912) 663-5563 Savannah GA
HILO Tea Party (HI) -- April 15, 4:00pm Where:Hilo Bayfront at the King Kamehameha Statue
Contact: aiss1@hawaiiantel.net
(1) KAUAI Tea Party (HI) -- April 15, 8:00 am Where: Airport intersection in Lihue Contact: :gibboneys001@hawaii.rr.com
Phone: 808.921.9361
(2) KAUAI Tea Party (HI) -- April 15, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Where: Kaumuali’i Highway in front of Kukui Grove Mall Contact: mailto:madmonk@hawaiian.net
(1) MAUI (Kahului) Tea Party (HI) -- April 15, 3:30pm - 6:00pm Where: Kaahumanu Avenue at intersection with Kahului Beach Road, Kahului, Maui Contact: marc.ingenuity@gmail.com Other Info: Let's rally to push back now against Obama's plan to attack individual liberty and American values, double the national debt, undermine our businesses, weaken our military, embolden our enemies, tax us all into oblivion, and to turn the good ole USA into a second-rate welfare state. Bring signs to the Rally which address the above issues. Be creative. Of course, any profanity or incitement to commit crime or violence would be inappropriate. Get ready to HAVE SOME FUN! God Bless America!
(2) MAUI (Lahaina) Tea Party (HI) -- April 15, 11:30am - 1:30pm Where: Public roadside area fronting Lahaina Cannery Mall, 1221
Honoapiilani Hwy Lahaina, HI 96761 (near intersection of Honoapiilani Hwy and Keawe St across from Maui Dive and Surf., Maui Contact: marc.ingenuity@gmail.com Other Info: Let’s rally to push back now against Obama’s plan to attack individual liberty and American values, double the national debt, undermine our businesses, weaken our military, embolden our enemies, tax us all into oblivion, and to turn the good ole USA into a second-rate welfare state. Bring signs to the Rally which address the above issues. Be creative. Of course, any profanity or incitement to commit crime or violence would be inappropriate. Get ready to HAVE SOME FUN! God Bless America! UPDATE “I was so surprised by the big turn out here in Lahaina. On an island of maui we still have hippie colonies, but to see that this many people just won’t take it anymore makes me happy. I hope this wakes up the people our state and motivates us to get rid of the congressmen and women that vote for these bail out plans.” (Hawaii)
HAWAII Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Hawaii organizers:
BETTENDORF Tea Party (IA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Noon - 2pm 2023 Ridgeway Court Bettendorf, IA 52722 Contact Info: Thomas Nelson tnelsondc@hotmail.com From the organizers of successful 28 Feb Tea Party, bigger and better Tea Party on Tax Day, 15 April. Who: Freedom loving Americans. What: Tea Party Demonstration. Where: 4th & Main St., Davenport, IA (in front of office of Congressman Bruce Braley D-IA). When: NOON till 2 PM, Wednesday, 15 April 2009....Tax Day. Why: Because you are fed-up with the galloping socialist agenda. Bring your own tasteful sign. Expect to be interviewed. Be able to explain and defend your sign, concisely and coherently. Costumes ok, but that may make YOU the story. DO NOT react to counter-protesters. Check website below for updates: taxdayteaparty.com/teaparty/Iowa
COUNCIL BLUFFS Tea Party (IA) -- April 15, 4pm - 5:30pm Where: Bayliss Park Contact: kanenathan@gmail.com Other Info: All come! Participants are encouraged to arrive early and bring banners, posters, etc…
DAVENPORT Tea Party (IA) -- When: April 15, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Where: 4th & Main Street (In front of office of Congressman Bruce Braley D-IA) -- From the organizers of successful 28 Feb Tea Party, bigger and better Tea Party on Tax Day, 15 April. Who: Freedom loving Americans. What: Tea Party Demonstration. Where: 4th & Main St., Davenport, IA (in front of office of Congressman Bruce Braley D-IA). When: NOON till 2 PM, Wednesday, 15 April 2009....Tax Day. Why: Because you are fed-up with the galloping socialist agenda. Bring your own tasteful sign. Expect to be interviewed. Be able to explain and defend your sign, concisely and coherently. Costumes ok, but that may make YOU the story. DO NOT react to counter-protesters. Other Info: Be prepared to plug parking meters either on street or in nearby parking ramps. There is NO free parking in Downtown Davenport. tnelsondc@hotmail.com Phone:515.771.3701 UPDATE Beautiful day! Pumped up crowd! We estimated 800 irate taxpayers attended.
DES MOINES Tea Party (IA) -- When: April 15, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Where: Court Ave Bridge in Downtown Des Moines Contact: desmoinesteaparty@gmail.com
DUBUQUE Tea Party (IA) -- April 15, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm Where: Washington Park Locust Street Contact: rossfamilyia@aol.com UPDATE "About 175 turned out for 12:00 noon Dubuque party - wished we could have gone to the 3:30, had a wonderful time talking with folks who have had enough of taxation, like us!”
IOWA CITY Tea Party (IA) -- When: April 15, 11:30am to 12:30pm Where: Burlington Street Bridge Contact: sickofspin@yahoo.com Other Info: Participants are encouraged to advantage of early voting!
SIOUX CITY Tea Party (IA) -- April 15, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Where: Anderson Dance Pavilion, Riverfront Contact: chair@woodburygop.com
SPENCER Tea Party (IA) -- April 15, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Where: Clay County Courthouse Lawn, 215 W 4th St. Contact: kthiessen59@yahoo.com UPDATE “Spencer Iowa Tea Party had 275 people. Great turn out for small town Iowa.”
WATERLOO Tea Party (IA) -- April 15th, 6:00 pm
Where:722 Water Street, Waterloo, IA (Parking lot at the corner of Water St. and East 5th) Contact: Greg Tagtow
IOWA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Iowa organizers:
fred miller (563) 355-6165 Davenport IA
John & Karen Schlumbophm (563) 382-6485 Decorah IA
tom tenney (515) 265-1829 Des Moines IA
Carol Ross (563) 587-1833 Dubuque IA
Roger Payne (319) 526-5811 Fort Madison IA
Iowa City taxdayteaparty.com Iowa City IA
Christina Carnahan (641) 684-8372 Ottumwa IA
Cindy Rolenc (712) 355-2671 Red Oak IA
BOISE Tea Party (ID) -- When: April 15, Noon - 2:00pm MT Where: State Capitol steps Contact: floppingthenutts@gmail.comOther Info: http://politicallogos.wordpress.com/national-tea-party/ UPDATE Sandy reports 2500 + strong! Thats what the Boise police department estimated. Little Boise has shown how strong the conservative movement is! Very peaceful and respectful. Just what you would expect from conservatives... -- A buoyant Boise crowd police estimated at 2,500 people braved drizzle, temperatures in the 40s and the temporary absence of a sound system Wednesday to signal their opposition to a growing government. “Where’s our bailout?” asked Jocee Vreeland of Nampa, a stay-at-home mom who said she’s now looking for work because her carpenter husband is underemployed. “They give the automobile guys a bailout, but what about the carpenters and the contractors?” Vreeland said she didn’t really want money from the government, but that businesses should be allowed to fail. “When a private business fails, it fails. They made bad choices, they should go down like the rest of us.” (Idaho Statesman.)
BURLEY Tea Party (ID) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Overland Bridge over the Snake River just off exit 208 Burley, ID 83318 Contact Info: Steve Mitton smitton@pmt.org http://stevemitton.blogspot.com/2009/03/this-is-it-great-idaho-tea-party.html There will be speeches, music, signs and posters, a ceremonial "tea dump" into the Snake River, and many more activities. Between now and then we will have planning meetings and organizational activities to attract as many patriots as possible to the Tea Party. What can you do: Lots. But first of all, we need to know how many of you can help out.
COEUR D' ARLENE Tea Party (ID) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3pm - 5pm 1900 Northwest Blvd (outside Ste. 106)
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Contact Info: Elizabeth Peterson-Hohn cdateaparty@yahoo.com I have a face book page set up under CDA Tea Party UPDATE Just got back from the North Idaho Tea Party. GREAT GATHERING! The crowd was All-American - young and old, boys and girls, men and women, fat, skinny and in between. We met on the North Shore of Coeur d'Alene Lake. Right in the middle of town. I am sure the crowd was over 1,000 people. Very lively, but typically well behaved. TV crews from two local stations were there. Local for us is Spokane, WA. Great speakers. One young man named Brock [10 years old] stole the show with Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech. He did it from the heart and from memory. No teleprompter!! There were two other youngsters who had presentations of their own composition, a speech and a poem set to music. I met a guy named "Bob" who thinks we will be nuked within a year. The crowd probably had people from all five northern counties. --- “We attended the Coeur d’Alene ID TEA party yesterday afternoon. The unofficial count was over 1000 people in attendance. It was great to see all of those citizens gather to make use of their freedom of speech and let their voices be heard. It was a peaceful protest where everyone was polite and incredibly patriotic. I pray that this will continue to grow.”
COUNCIL Tea Party (ID) April 15, 3:00 pm Where: Independence Point in the City Park Contact: anita@demayfamily.net
IDAHO FALLS Tea Party (ID) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM meet in the front of Senator Mike Crapo's office. 490 Memorial Drive Idaho Falls, ID 83402 Contact Info: Andi Elliott celliottt@yahoo.com The Idaho Falls Tea Party will meet in the front of Senator Mike Crapo's office. Andi Elliott
MOSCOW Tea Party (ID) -- April 15, (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE "They say 100 people but it was awesome. This is just the START."
POCATOLLO Tea Party (ID) April 15, Noon Where: Pocatello City Hall Parking lot Contact: chetforliberty@gmail.com
REXBURG Tea Party (ID) April 15, Noon - 2:00pm Where: Teton River Bridge (By Jack in the Box and Albertson’s) 459 N 2nd E Contact: floppingthenutts@gmail.com
TWIN FALLS Tea Party (ID) April 15, Noon - 1:00pm Where: Front lawn of court house Contact: sinistershame@gmail.com
IDAHO Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Idaho organizers:
(1) CHICAGO Tea Party (IL) -- When: April 15, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Where: Daley Plaza Civic Center, 50 W Washington St. Contact: info@officialchicagoteaparty.com UPDATE Richard Baehr writes from Chicago: It was bigger than I expected (3000-5000), and very high spirited. No anger to speak of. People were in a party mood -- smiling at each other, noting other people's signs. Everyone acted like they were among friends for a change. Some of the folks walking around with megaphones were very funny. Almost all signs related to debt, spending, and taxes. There were a small number for odd causes (end the Federal Reserve had some fans) It looked like a Blackhawks crowd (very few suits). Quite a few young families with their kids. Lots of ron paul signs. There were a few quiet counter protestors (American Friends Service Committee) against military spending. It certainly looked like a grass roots effort -- home made written signs outnumbered printed ones by about 100 to 1. Lots of media -- networks, and independent media. I was interviewed by two of the latter.
The crowd was not all white, though 95% would be my guess. Nobody seemed to care much about the speeches.
CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen could barely get through her live shot at the Chicago tea party this afternoon. Over shouts of, "You're not a reporter," Roesgen quickly wrapped up an interview with an attendee, then said, "I think you get the general tenor of this. It's anti-government, anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox." A Fox News spokesperson responds to TVNewser, "Judging by their lack of ratings, everyone seems to be anti-CNN."
What wasn't shown was parts of her interview with a woman who was NOT as passive as the latter individual. This was captured on video by someone who was witnessing the confrontation -- and later placed on YouTube for the world to see. What was edited out of Susan Roesgen's piece was how she was earlier confronted with signs stating "Republicans are to blame too" on camera and told to her face this was NOT a political front but a true grassroots movement. What was edited out was how Roesgen was hosed down by the woman point-by-point -- by a woman who was better than Roesgen at in-your-face style but with solid points. Intelligence versus inability to refute the points showed she was a reporter that didn't do her homework. In other words, Susan Roesgen looked incompetent. After this experience, she then went looking for an easy prey to ridicule and "reassert" herself in the eyes of the camera. This was not journalism but pandering newsmongering -- selling one's soul for ratings. It is a sad commentary of US mainstream media journalists. (Source: Atlas Shrugs.) (SITE NOTE: Update: Susan Roesgen whose on-air haranguing of those she was ostensibly reporting on made obvious her anti-Republican bias. Americans who were outraged by her reporting emailed her to let her know how they feel about her unprofessional attitude. Apparently, CNN does not appreciate hearing from its viewers, though, because all of a sudden anyone that sends an email to Roesgen's CNN email address will have it returned as address unknown! After it was found that her bitterness with Fox News may have been because she was rejected by FOX -- TWICE for a job -- she suddenly went on a vacation and could not be contacted.)
(2) CHICAGO Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, 12:00pm - 2:00pm Where: Kluczynski Federal Building Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn
Contact: johnmohara@gmail.com
DIXON Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Bandshell on the river by the High School
Contact: randy_hardin@hotmail.com
EFFINGHAM Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm Where: Pavilions at Lake Sara Beach just past Cardinal Golf Course
Contact: sdonaldsongop@hotmail.com
LISLE Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, 12:00pm - 2:00pm Where: The Community Park Contact: DCattoni@aol.com or gjindrich@hotmail.com
MARION Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, 12:00Noon Where: Tower Square Contact: knjjones@yahoo.com
NAUVOO Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, Noon Where: City Hall on the east side of the Mormon Temple
Contact: rivergrace@hughes.net
NAPERVILLE Tea Party (IL) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE “We had a crowd that was estimated at about 500 people. Not bad considering we threw it together at the last minute, had no money for any advertising, and held it at noon when most people are working. There were also TEA parties in adjacent communities to ours including Lisle, Oswego, Downers Grove and Joliet.”
OSWEGO Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, 5:30pm Where: Hudson Crossing Pedestrian Bridge over the Fox River (Along Route 34 at Washington and Harrison) Contact: kendallteaparty@gmail.com UPDATE video of Illinois State Senator Chris Lauzen's apearance at the Kendal County, Illinois (Suburban Chicagoland) TEA Party rally VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3QX1Mh44JQ --- “Attended the Oswego, IL Tea Party… was not expecting a large turnout since it was at 5:30pm and there was not alot of information out there on what would be happening. Instead, what I found was hundreds of cars, parking at a minimum, and easily hundreds of people in this small western burb of Illinois.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotriani/sets/72157616772284217/
PEORIA Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, 11:00am - 2:00pm Where: Meet at Downtown Peoria Public Library, corner of Hamilton and Monroe. Contact: constitutionparty.il@gmx.us
ROCKFORD Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, Noon - 2:00pm Where: Sinnissippi Park (River Front), beside big iron sculpture by Rock River Contact: Dpelan2250@aol.com
SPRINGFIELD Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, 12:00 pm Where: Illinois State Capitol, 2nd and Capitol Contact: streitmatterfamily@gmail.com
VANDALIA Tea Party (IL) -- April 15, 6:00 pm Where: 422 W. Gallatin Contact: ndothager@hotmail.com
ILLINOIS Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Illinois organizers:
Kim Fleming (217) 543-3020 Arthur IL
Beverly Perlson Aurora IL
Diane Benjamin (309) 724-8520 Bloomington IL
Pamela Boatright (618) 733-4569 Carterville IL
TONY DEPOY (217) 638-7230 Chatham IL
Molly Farmer (217) 851-1663 Chesterfield IL
James Thompson (815) 459-2083 Crystal Lake IL
frank frantz (815) 444-0823 Crystal Lake IL
Wes Jaros (630) 963-2280 Downers Grove IL
Bonnie Lane (618) 287-8847 Elizabethtown IL
Steve Farrell (630) 841-4747 Elk Grove Village IL
Sandra Smith (618) 252-2449 Harrisburg IL
Elmo Johnson (618) 651-0580 Highland IL
KIM BARRON (815) 325-6017 Joliet IL
Maria Marcotte (847) 295-8559 Lake Bluff IL
Bruce & Debbie Dammann (181) 565-4605 Machesney Park IL
COLUMBUS Tea Party (IN) -- April 15, TBA Where: TBA Contact: UPDATE Brian: I have just returned from a Tea Party in Columbus Indiana. Columbus is a small city of around 40k, located 40 miles south of Indianapolis. ......Six of my neighbors and friends loaded up in our van went as a group.It was the first political rally for all of the group. I would put the numbers around 1200 --- “In Columbus, IN we had about 2000 people show for our Tea Party - it was AWESOME!!! True heart and soul of what America is - American’s speaking out for what is right - what they believe in - what our country was FOUNDED on!!!”
ELKHART Tea Party (IN) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon - 2:00 pm
Where: Elkhart City Square, Main Street, between High Street & Franklin Street, bounded by Waterfall Drive. Contact: garyranderson@yahoo.com
EVANSVILLE Tea Party (IN) -- April 15, 5:00pm Where: Evansville Civic Center Contact: peterlinvi@aol.com Other Info: http://meetup.com/united-conservative-movement
INDIANAPOLIS Tea Party (IN) -- Location: Bloomington, IN 3020 W. 8th St., Bloomington, IN This is the Shower's Plaza on the corner of 8th and Morton. It is also the location of Baron Hill's Bloomington Office. Date: April 15, 2009 Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST For More Info: Go to www.bloomingtonteaparty.com Contact Info:
hoosierpatriot@comcast.net Contact: indianapolisteaparty@gmail.com Other Info:Indianapolis Tea Party Website UPDATE We filled the entire south lawn of the State House and lined the sidewalks on Capitol Ave.,Washington St., and West St. All 4 local news networks were there Channels 6, 8, 13 and 59 along with news choppers overhead. My wife and I arrived about an hour and a half early and there were already several hundred people there. Greg Garrison's (local radio) was my favorite speaker. He's our version of Glenn Beck. The Wright Brothers Band was freakin awesome. A huge thank you to Richard & Laura Behney for organizing and hosting our tea party. --“Mr. Paine” from the viral vids. His name is Bob Basso. We were lucky to have him there. He got people FIRED UP! --- “We attended the Tea Party in Indianapolis, Indiana and was thrilled to see so many people that felt the same way we did. It was a great day for Indiana.”
JASPER Tea Party (IN) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Jasper Train Depot Contact: sslindauer@hotmail.com Phone: 812.639.7547
LAFAYETTE Tea Party (IN) -- When: April 15, 12:00pm - 2:00pm Where: pedestrian bridge over the Wabash River downtown Contact: projectantiliberal13@yahoo.com UPDATE More the 800 came to participate in the protest, Tea was dumped in the river. -- In Lafayette, Ind., officials with the state's environmental agency threatened protesters with fines if they followed through with their plans to dump tea bags into the Wabash River.
Spokeswoman Amber Finkelstein told USA Today the tea would hurt aquatic life by depleting the water of oxygen. She said the act would be a fineable offense, and that the agency would not allow the protest because the river would not meet minimum water quality standards. Nonetheless, protesters rallied and enthusiastically dumped a large box of tea bags from a bridge into the Wabash River.
LAWRENCEBERG Tea Party (IN) -- April 15, 6:00pm Where: Dearborn County Courthouse, West High Street
Contact: krhodes5@comcast.net
SOUTH BEND Tea Party (IN) -- April 15, 11:00am - 3:00pm Where: Corner of Washington and Main, downtown in front of the County Court House Contact: grsyweasl@yahoo.com
TERRE HAUTE Tea Party (IN) -- April 15, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Where: Vigo County Courthouse, 3rd St side
Contact: terrehauteteaparty@gmail.com Phone: 812.240.9279
VALPARAISO Tea Party (IN) --April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE "The Valparaiso, IN, Tea Party drew at least 300 people. It was a peaceful and positive experience, and was extremely non-partisan."
WINAMAC Tea Party (IN) --April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE“We had 110 in Winamac, IN - a town of about 2,000. Half were local, half drove as the next nearest event was more than an hour away. We had folks who drove from as far as Plymouth and Kokomo - 45min - 1hr drive. I think that is testament to the shared feeling of disgust with Washington, D.C. 100 was the number I had in my head going into this thing.”
INDIANA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Indiana organizers:
FORT SCOTT Tea Party (KS) -- April 15, 12:00 noon Where: 3rd and National Contact: jgsackett@sbcglobal.net
HUTCHINSON Tea Party (KS) -- April 15, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Where: Kansas State Fairgrounds – ATT Arena Contact: rhondaelliott@cox.net UPDATE “Over 2,000 attended the TEA Party at the Kansas State Fairgrounds! Hutchinson is a town of 40,000 but they came from all around Hutch. with their American flags, their signs, their banners, and most of all, their love of country! God Bless America and its people who are NOT apathetic and complacent!
LOLA Tea Party (KS) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon
Where: On the square in the middle of town Contact: reddogshunt@sbcglobal.net or 620-365-6294 Other Info: Attendees can then tailgate to a larger city like Kansas City or Witicha
MANHATTAN Tea Party (KS) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Courthouse Plaza on Poyntz Contact: vonmp84@gmail.com
MARYSVILLE Tea Party (KS) -- April 15, 11:30am - 1:00pm Where: Intercection of Hwy 36 and Hwy 77 Contact: mailto:gpkrips@bluevalley.net
OLATHE Tea Party (KS) -- April 15, 11:00am
Where: 100 E Santa Fe Contact: mailto:arrogantamerican01@yahoo.com
OVERLAND PARK Tea Party (KS) -- When: April 15, 5:30pm - 7:30pm Where: Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd. Contact: kansascityteaparty@gmail.com Other Info: http://kansascityteaparty.wordpress.com/ UPDATE About 10,000 people attended another protest at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park Wednesday evening. -- We went to the tea party here in Johnson County, KS (suburb of KCMO) and it was awesome... probably 3000. -- In little Johnson County, KS (100,000 plus) a crowd of more than 10,000 turned out to "protest" with their T.E.A. signs, huge American flags, singing "God Bless America," etc. It was sort of a conservative Woodstock, without the pot, sex, trash, anti-Americanism. Photos here: http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-tea-party-tax-day-pg-41409,0,4124107.photogallery
PITTSBURG Tea Party (KS) -- April 15, 5:00pm Where: Pittsburg State University Veteran’s Memorial Ampetheatre, 1909 S. Rouse Rd. Contact: caleb.hays@gmail.com
SALINA Tea Party (KS) -- April 15th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Where: Salina City County Building, 300 W. Ash Contact: mbonilla2@cox.net
TOPEKA Tea Party (KS) -- April 15th, 5:30 pm
Where: Topeka Postal Annex, 1410 NW Gage Blvd off lower Silver Lake Road Contact: DSontag@afphq.org
WICHITA Tea Party (KS) -- Wednesday, April 15, at 4:15 p.m. airport post office UPDATE I was there today, too. I estimated the crowd at between 500 and 1000 when I left at 5:15. However, there were many more people still arriving, so I'm sure the total number was over 1000. --- I heard an estimate much higher than that, between 3,000 and 5,000, actually. I, personally, tried to count the people lined up on the street, and then multiply by the number of "layers" and I was WELL over 1000, before I even got close to the podium. And, there were people BEHIND the podium as well, and people arriving and leaving all the time!
We were OUTSIDE and it looked very crowded to me. To make it look like a big crowd, in an OPEN FIELD is difficult to do.
Anyway, I am pretty sure the 3,000 to 5,000 is a very conservative estimate, from someone who had been on the stage and looked over the crowd. (The PUMA lady, sorry I forget her name). Susan Estes, the AFP organizer, wanted to be safe, and said "at least 1,000" into the microphone when I asked her. By the way, I tried to take pictures of State Rep. Jason Watkins but they did not turn out. Also, Vickie Tiahrt was scheduled to speak but I had to leave before Vickie could even find a parking spot anywhere near the podium. Senator Sam Brownback also spoke. It is nice to be in Kansas, where at least a few of our elected officials oppose this crazy tax and spend government! --- I'm not good at estimating crowd sizes. About as much as I've seen at a Shocker's baseball game I guess. I heard the number 1000 from one of the speakers. Even the small number of teens/twenty-somethings I saw was pretty impressive though. --- "We only had 1,500 but Wichita is only a medium sized city. We had congressmen, senators, and local leaders attend." More here on Wichita. http://wichitaliberty.org/politics/wichita-tax-day-tea-party-a-success/
KANSAS Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Kansas organizers:
Chester Morris (620) 343-6869 Emporia KS
Ken Klemm (785) 899-9274 Goodland KS
John Barney (425) 501-6722 Parsons KS
Tereasa Gilmore (913) 677-6663 Shawnee Mission KS
William Heimann (316) 303-5363 Wichita KS
Christine Kelly (316) 207-2179 Wichita KS
Ken Enyeart (316) 250-4836 Wichita KS
Lawrence Garcia Wichita KS
BOWLING GREEN Tea Party (KY) -- April 15, Where: 455 E. Main St., Rally at Fountain Square Park and then proceed to the Warren County Justice Center. Contact: taxdayteapartybg@gmail.com UPDATE “It is important to state that we had excellent, fair, journalistic coverage. Gotta love KY! We knew we had 100 confirmed to attend, thought 200 was possible, 500 was our dream come true, and 700+ showed up.” http://www.bgteaparty.org/
DANVILLE Tea Party (KY) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon Where: Court House Lawn Contact: pmorse58000@roadrunner.com
ELIZABETHTOWN (Hardin County) Tea Party (KY) -- April 15, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Where: Downtown Elizabethtown on the Public Square Contact: HardinCoTeaParty@gmail.com Other Info: http://www.hardincoteaparty.com/home
Phone: 270.369.0290
FRANKFORT Tea Party (KY) -- April 15, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Where: Capital Building Contact: frankforttaxdayteaparty@gmail.com UPDATE Thousands of protesters, some dressed like Revolutionary War soldiers and most waving signs with anti-tax slogans, gathered around the nation Wednesday for a series of rallies modeled after the original Boston Tea Party. They chose the income tax filing deadline to express their displeasure with government spending since President Barack Obama took office. The protests were held everywhere from Kentucky, which just passed tax increases on cigarettes and alcohol, to South Carolina, where the governor has repeatedly criticized the $787 billion economic stimulus package Congress passed earlier this year. "Frankly, I'm mad as hell," said Des Moines, Iowa, businessman Doug Burnett, one of about 1,000 people, many in red shirts declaring "revolution is brewing," at a rally at the Iowa Capitol. "This country has been on a spending spree for decades, a spending spree we can't afford." --- More than 5,000 people crowded onto the west side of the state Capitol today, as part of a nationwide string of Tax Day protests dubbed “tea parties.” Speakers at the protest, including a number of Republican activists, lawmakers and candidates, railed against current federal spending, President Barack Obama and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter. They called the stimulus package fiscally irresponsible and they accused politicians who supported it of ignoring the voice of the people. “The people in power deceived us,” Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck said to the crowd during the rally, “and we were complacent. We are complacent no more.” Protesters at the rally carried signs saying things such as “Obamanomics: Chains we can believe
in” and “We’re not Europeans, we’re Americans.”
MADISONVILLE Tea Party (KY) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE “There was a small group, estimated at 40 in Madisonville, KY with a coffin which was filled with tea bags. A sign read….”High Taxes are Killing Us”.”
OWENSBORO Tea Party (KY) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon Where: City Hall Contact: samsaw3@msn.com Other Info:Jeff McKeown 270-316-0355 or Steve Wardrip 270-926-2383
KENTUCKY Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Kentucky organizers:
Nancy Barraclough (859) 817-9646 Burlington KY
Nancy Barraclough (859) 817-9646 Burlington KY
Ruth Ann Baker (270) 765-6900 Elizabethtown KY
Jo Davis (606) 922-5603 Flatwoods KY
Timothy Banta (229) 580-8 Frankfort KY
Brenda Haynes-Robinson (859) 341-1705 Ft Mitchell KY
ALEXANDRIA Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Where:Downtown Amphitheater, on the Red River Contact: Other Info: www.rrpec.org UPDATE “I am no good at estimating but I would guess that there were well over a thousand people. The Alexandria levee amphitheater was overflowing with people standing all the way around the amphitheater as all the seating was taken.”
BATON ROUGE Tea Party (LA) -- When: April 15, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: On the steps of the capitol building Contact: peggy@batonrougeteaparty.net Other Info: Baton Rouge Tea Party UPDATE WWL radio reported the turnout to be +1,000." G-d bless America! --- “I am a Baton Rouge native living in Houston. WBRZ reported that you had 3000 people max at the state capitol. I saw the picture, and as an Architect who knows space, there were way more than 3000 people there! Measure the approximate area taken up by the standing crowds and divide by 5 square per person (max. occupancy calcs by IBC for standing room only assembly areas) and that would be your total. It looked to me that you had between 8,000 and 10,000 people there. I do have one complaint from my Mother who attended: IT WAS BORING!! NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR POLITICIANS, ESPECIALLY REPUBLICAN ONES WHO SPENT LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS UNDER BUSH. GET A BAND, HAVE CITIZENS SPEAK, GET RILED UP!! DICK ARMEY AND HIS ORGANIZATION IS NOT WHAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT. HERE IN HOUSTON IT WAS A TRUE GRASS ROOTS PHENOM STARTED ON FACEBOOK AND WE HAD 10000 PEOPLE ATTEND. IT WAS FUN AND WE HAD MUSIC AND FOOD. Come on LA, make an ex patriot proud next time.”
COVINGTON Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, 5:00pm Where: at the Trailhead, by the Reagan statue
Contact: jeff@ringsidepolitics.com Phone: 504.669.6076
HAMMOND Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, 12:00 p.m. Where: Cate Street Park Contact: steinrm@bellsouth.net
LAFAYETTE Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Where: Richard Putnam Park across the street from the Federal Courthouse on 800 Lafayette Street Contact: gellerbe3@yahoo.com UPDATE “There were about 1000 people in Lafayette, Louisiana.”
LAFOURCHE Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, 11:00am - 2:00pm Where:Cut Off Youth Center, 205 West 79th street
Contact: rladams222@yahoo.com
LAKE CHARLES Tea Party (LA) -- When: April 15, 5:00pm Where: Lake Charles Civic Center on Lakeshore Drive Contact: helensharvest@msn.com Other Info: http://www.lakecharlesteaparty.com UPDATE "Lake Charles Tax Day TeaParty had about 2000+, very beautiful and wonderful!" http://www.lakecharlesteaparty.com/
MANDEVILLE Tea Party (LA) -- When: April 15, 5:30pm - 6:30pm Where: Mandeville Lakefront Contact: BILL.BOMAR@woodsideenergy.com Other Info:http://www.meetup.com/WE-Surround-Them-Mandeville/calendar/9927379/
MINDEN Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, 4:30pm Where: Webster Parrish Courthouse
Contact: rep1rbroughton@aol.com
MONROE Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, 5:30pm Where: Forsythe Park
Contact: Loishoover2@live.com
MORGAN CITY Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Where: Lawrence Park
Contact: happyface64@lycos.com
NEW ORLEANS Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, 5:30pm - 7:00pm Where: Near the giant American Flag at the Veterans Memorial, Intersection of Causeway Blvd. and Veterans Blvd. Contact: ituth@aol.com
SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER Tea Party (LA) -- When: April 15, 5:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Downtown Shreveport Riverfront Contact: kimberly.ebey@gmail.com Other Info: Shreveport Tea Party http://sites.google.com/site/shreveportbossierprotest/ Contact Info: SB TeaParty Committee
sbteaparty@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=58960001038# UPDATE “We had way beyond our expectation!! Last count was around 5000 people! It took my breath away to see how many showed up to show how fed up and outraged they are with the Gov’t!”
SLIDELL Tea Party (LA) -- April 15, Noon - 3:00pm Where: Heritage Park Contact: hovenk@bellsouth.net
LOUISIANA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Louisiana organizers are:
Beverly Morcom Johnson (225) 755-1605 Baton Rouge LA
BLANTON& WILMA COOPER (318) 742-7744 Bossier City LA
marco morales (985) 510-0468 Bush LA
Tony Pittman (225) 931-7538 Denham Springs LA
Thomas Verzwyvelt (337) 348-6022 Deridder LA
Tammy Pilgreen (318) 251-2937 Dubach LA
Lainey Waguespack (337) 258-2036 Lafayette LA
GLENN ELLERBE (337) 849-2134 Lafayette LA Visit Organizer Website
Lisa Weir (985) 893-8941 Mandeville LA
Bonnie Franklin Marion LA
Diane Fonte (504) 834-3274 Metairie LA
clarice Charlet (985) 369-7030 Napoleonville LA
nicole foster (337) 365-4415 New Iberia LA
Shala Buller (337) 942-2010 Opelousas LA
Marvin Zochert (318) 448-8470 Pineville LA
Joe Morgan (225) 202-3735 Saint Francisville LA
Jay Meredith (318) 349-2084 Shreveport LA
Dianne Rovena (985) 649-2104 Slidell LA
Eugene Gullettg (225) 675-8680 Sorrento LA
Rebecca Inman (225) 791-9612 Walker LA
Vickie Davis (225) 281-1034 Walker LA
(1). BOSTON Tea Party (MA) -- Tentative location: State House. Second tea party protest: 04 July. bridget.fay@gmail.com 1:00 PM EST - 1 hour April 15th, 2009 12:00 - 1:00 PM (not 1-2, as indicated above?) A gathering of concerned citizens to protest exorbitant government spending, the stimulus, mortgage bailouts, bank bailouts, tax increases, etc... We will march around the Common and in front of the State House. Make your own signs, come over at lunch and be heard. Permitting is in the works but we are getting the run around - surprise. Email gopmom@gopmom.com
(2). BOSTON Tea Party (MA) -- When: April 15, 10:00am - 8:00pm Where: City Hall Plaza Other Info: www.teapartyboston2009.wordpress.com
(2). CAPE COD Tea Party (MA) -- April 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Hyannis Airport Rotary Contact: ElectJeffPerry@aol.com Other Info:pasta dinner and speeches following the protest
(2). LOWELL Tea Party (MA) -- April 15, 4:00pm - 8:00pm Where: JFK Plaza/Lowell City Hall Contact: lowellteaparty@gmail.com
(2). SPRINGFIELD Tea Party (MA) -- April 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Post Office, corner of Main and Liberty Streets Contact: scubacop@peoplepc.com UPDATE Some people think they're Taxed Enough Already. T.E.A. Party organizers say they're angry at federal spending since President Barack Obama took over. Protesters gathered to denounce big government spending at the Springfield Post Office on Wednesday, tax deadline day. Taxpayers waved signs that read everything from "Give us liberty, not debt," to "Born free, taxed to death." --- http://www.cbs3springfield.com/news/local/43067907.html Video from Channel CBS3 - Springfield 300 strong for this rally --- We probably had 300+ people at one time. No violence, 3 people had a LaRuche table set up, 1 fellow had a “fox, fascist right wing media” sign. Conservative protesters are so much better behaved and civilized than the other side. The counter protesters were engaged in a friendly charitable fashion. This was not the goal of a movement, just a beginning. Many of us are becoming involved in our local politics, forcing local media to pay attention to us and writing to our elected officials daily. We are going to host dances for teens, symposiums on the constitution, motorcycle rallies .......
WORCESTER Tea Party (MA) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4 pm - 6 pm Lincoln Square Worcester, MA 01609 Contact Info: Ken Mandile worcesterteaparty@charter.net http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=60216692530 Check back for updates. Early indications are that this event may be too large for this location. Contact: worcesterteaparty@charter.net UPDATE “The Worcester Tea Party in Worcester, MA Had well over 2000 people. Amazing energy, Amazing turnout!”
MASSACHUSETTS Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Massachusetts organizers are:
John Santagate (508) 476-1317 Douglas MA
Ken Nasif Jr. (781) 389-7169 North Attleboro MA
LINDA STANLEY (978) 536-2750 Peabody MA
Paige Pongratz (781) 293-7599 Pembroke MA
JAN FLOOD (508) 334-1713 Shrewsbury MA
Kathleen Egersheim (508) 278-9913 Uxbridge MA
ANNAPOLIS Tea Party (MD) -- Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm Location: Campbell Park (Dock/Boardwalk), Annapolis Harbor Street: Dock Street City/Town: Annapolis, MD View MapGoogle MapQuest Microsoft Yahoo Email: annapolisteaparty@gmail.com If you are fed up with the FED, Bailouts and BIG government show your support! Host: Aaron Jones Type: Causes - Protest Network: Global Date: Contact: annapolisteaparty@gmail.com UPDATE “In Annapolis: No Buses = No Problem = We walked.”
BALTIMORE Tea Party (MD) April 15, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Where: The Inner Harbor Contact: BaltimoreTeaParty@yahoo.com
BEL AIR Tea Party (MD) April 15, 12:00 pm Where: Bel Air Courthouse Plaza on Main Street Contact: apassaro@crosslink.net Other Info: Assemble at 11:00 am to set up speakers and amplifier.
CECIL COUNTY Tea Party (MD) April 15, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Where: Elkton Christian Academy, 144 Appleton Road Contact: dbroomell@zoominternet.net Phone: Diana Broomell 443.722.4027 Skip Yust 410.658.2144
CUMBERLAND Tea Party (MD) April 15, 12:00 noon - ?? Where:City Mall Contact: georgelevasseur@verizon.net Phone: Red Fansler at 301 697-4498 or Ken at 301 722-7182 Other Info: Bring a small American flag. UPDATE Cumberland,MD, pop. 22,000 had over 500 protesters in a consistent downpour of rain. The passersby in cars were overwhelmingly supportive and enthusiastic...honking and waving.
FREDERICK Tea Party (MD) April 15, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Where: 101 North Court Street, City Hall then march to Winchester Hall Contact: mailto:fairandbalanced@hotmail.com
NEWBURY PORT Tea Party (MD) Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 Pm Bel Air Court House on Main Stree in downtown Bel Bel Air, MD 21014 Contact Info: Tony Passaro apassaro@crosslink.net
SALISBURY Tea Party (MD) -- When: April 15, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Where: Downtown Salisbury Contact: salisburymdteaparty@earthlink.net
WESTMINSTER Tea Party (MD) April 15, 6:30 pm Where: Legends Cafe off of Route 140 in Westminster, Next door to the McDonald’s located at 140 and Gorsuch Rd. UPDATE Washington’s Tea Party was beckoning all week but we had to settle for Westminster. [Mrs] T, Fraxinus and myself, [Mr] T, arrived around 6:10 and a good size crowd of about 100 was already there. A light rain was falling but nothing like in D.C. earlier in the day. [Mrs] T took off to start taking pictures, Fraxinus held his sign, and I started to put together my flag pole. Another Tea Partier came up to me and asked if he could hang his “Don’t Tread On Me” on yellow background flag on my pole. Getting some plastic ties, it was quickly attached. He had no problem finding me when he was ready to go. But he did have a long walk to get to me as will be shown in some later pictures.. The Westminster TEA Party was held outside the Legend’s Café and was co-sponsored by Central Carroll Republican Club. Apparently the Club meets there for its meetings and IS a real conservative Republican group. Michelle Jefferson was the principal organizer. She got the Westminster mayor and a local Maryland senator to also talk. And rousing they all were after saying the Pledge of Allegiance and some songs. There were a lot of good signs at Westminster as were at the other TEA Parties. All homemade by grassroots people, not like at the leftists protests where the signs are all paid for by astro-turf rich leftists. [Mrs] T got some good pics of them.
Being at the back fringe of the crowd so that my flags didn’t block anyone’s view and so my cigar smoke didn’t bother anyone, I talked to several people. They were all ready to go, to keep the current administration and liberals from ruining our great Country. [Mrs] T talked to one older lady who said she had to come out today despite her crippling arthritis in her knees and back. Fraxinus was seen talking to several civilian dresses young soldiers. The Carroll County Times had a real good article in their Thursday edition. We had figured there were about 4-500 Partiers, but they said 700. Being a fairly conservative newspaper, I can believe their numbers. From the pictures, you can decide. The rain let up before we left.
MARYLAND Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Maryland organizers are:
Gwyn Eppard (410) 947-5227 Baltimore MD
Dana Moat Baltimore MD
Elizabeth Nottrodt (410) 323-2815 Baltimore MD
ERIKA REINTHALER (410) 294-9424 Baltimore MD
Tony Passaro (410) 420-8951 Bel Air MD
Jay Perry (301) 873-2927 Brandywine MD
Val George (301) 834-8536 Brunswick MD
Lisa Bittinger (301) 759-6327 Cumberland MD
Connie Connolly (410) 479-2495 Denton MD
Karen Worden (410) 897-2157 Emmitsburg MD
Dennice Boscoe (678) 457-7793 Glen Burnie MD
Don Summers (301) 829-6791 Mount Airy MD
Dr. Ben Lahay (301) 387-5688 Oakland MD
Dr. Ben Lahay (301) 387-5688 Oakland MD
karen moser (410) 902-6087 Owings Mills MD
laura slattery (410) 437-8796 Pasadena MD
Della Redinger (443) 359-4180 Pocomoke City MD
Linn Rivera (301) 642-7817 Rockville MD
AUGUSTA Tea Party (ME) -- When: April 15, 5:30pm (2pm-7pm) Where: Capital Park (1). Organized By: Pete the Carpenter Contact Info: 207-221-0334 (2). Contact: maineteaparty@gmail.com Other Info: http://maineteaparty.blogspot.com/
MAINE Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Maine organizers are:
Jonathan Yellowbear (207) 512-6687 Litchfield ME
Felecia Lizotte (207) 728-4828 Madawaska ME
mark & paula stotts Mechanic Falls ME
Gerard St.Cyr (207) 745-0358 West Enfield ME
Jim Keil (207) 899-1343 Westbrook ME
ADRIAN Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, Noon
Where: in front of the old court housem(corner of Main St and Maple Ave) Contact: tiggerandbaber2001@gmail.com
CLAIR SHORES Tea Party (MI) -- April 15th, 4pm-7pm Where: North west corner of 11 mile road and Harper Contact: scskilroy@gmail.com
COLDWATER Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 5:30 p.m. until… Where: Four Corners Park Contact: drlafshemel@cbpu.com
GRAND HAVEN Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, Noon Where: City Hall, 519 Washington Contact: saweishaar@sbcglobal.net
GRAND RAPIDS Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 6:30pm Where:Ah-nab-awen Park, located in front of the Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum Contact: brian.toronyi@att.net UPDATE Another crowd, another crowd estimate controversy. Jarret Jakubowski of Grand Rapids Township may have the solution. Take a panoramic photo and count the people. Jakubowski, 62, captured a wide image of the tea party/anti-tax rally at Ah-Nab-Awen Park in Grand Rapids Wednesday. Then, counting by rows, he calculated the crowd at 2,000 plus. To be clear, Jakubowski was not a disinterested observer. He says he held his 10-megapixel Olympus with one hand while holding his "Don't tread on me" sign with the other. He shot the images from behind the lectern. But his count from the photo at least doubles the 1,000 people estimated by reporters from several media outlets at the scene. Critics of the tea parties similarly complained that media outlets over-estimated the crowd counts. --- “Grand Rapids MI, official number was 3,600.”
GRAYLING Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 5:00pm Where:Grayrock Cafe Contact: ceresa_76@hotmail.com Other Info: Bring your Teapot!
GROSSE POINT Tea Party (MI) -- Holland
When: April 15, Noon Where: Centennial Park (corner of 10th and River) Contact: GSAAA@aol.com
HOLLAND Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, Noon
Where: Centennial Park (corner of 10th and River) Contact: lindypaulson@gmail.com
HOUGHTON COUNTY Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, Noon Where: Houghton County Courthouse Contact: houghtoncountyteaparty@hotmail.com Other Info:906-483-3840
JACKSON Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 6:00 pm
Where: Under the Oaks Park (Corner of Second & Franklin Sts.) Contact: jacksonteaparty@gmail.com
KALAMAZOO Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Kalamazoo County Court House, W. Michigan Ave Contact: kzoo.teaparty@yahoo.com
Other Info:www.kzooteaparty.ning.com
LAPEER Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon Where: Lawn of the Historic Courthouse Contact: danettelowery@charter.net Other Info: Danette Starr Lowery 810-614-8878
LIVONIA Tea Party (MI) -- April 15th, 2009 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. Where: Stand on sidewalks on Haggerty Road between 7 & 8 Mile Road Other Info: Bring signs, cell phones to call politicians Contact: patriots04freedom@yahoo.com
MARQUETTE Tea Party (MI) -- April 15th (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED COMMANDO TEA PARTY) UPDATE -- Instead of dumping shiploads of tea overboard, fed-up taxpayers in Marquette today gathered with signs declaring their support for a different kind of tea party. About 100 people from communities in the central Upper Peninsula gathered in front of the Marquette County Courthouse at noon today, the day income taxes are due. With them they brought tea bags, signs on cardboard or wood, plenty of red, white and blue. They had conversations about taxes, politics and govenment; they sang the national anthem; they listened as some addressed the crowd with a microphone. The result of the rally, part of a national event called TEA Party Day, will be a petition circulated, dozens of envelopes containing tea bags sent to the White House, and phone calls and letters to U.P. legislators. The message is that citizens are "taxed enough already" and the federal government's spending and debt plans are too much to ask taxpayers to fund. Organizer Shannon Kemp, of Ishpeming, said she learned about the TEA Party Day through the American Family Association, which sponsors the event. She organized it after seeing the nearest events were in other U.P. counties. Another TEA Party event is planned tonight at 5:30 p.m. on Washington Street, across from the Marquette post office.
MIDLAND Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 6:30pm
Where: Main Street in front of Court House Contact: mcshazen@sbcglobal.net Other Info:Enough is Enough! Let’s protest the war on Prosperity!
MONROE Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 5:00pm - 6:00pm Where: St. Marys Park, corner of Elm and Monroe Streets Contact: strowbridge@trowbridgefinancial.com
MUSKEGON Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 12:00 noon - 2:00pm Where: Heritage Landing Park, 7th St and Western at the Pavillion Contact: MUSKEGONTEAPARTY@YAHOO.COM
NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP Tea Party (MI) -- April 15th (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE A protester in Northville Township, Mich., stood in the middle of traffic, stopping cars with a sign that said, "We want our country back U.S.!" She was arrested and put into a squad car by Northville Township police.
PLYMOUTH Tea Party (MI) -- April 15th, 2009, 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Where: Kellogg Park in downtown Plymouth, Michigan Event info: Guest speakers, live music, drama Other info: Signs, cell phones to call politicians Contact: patriots04freedom@yahoo.com UPDATE I was shocked. Kellogg Park was filled. One of my friends walked around, he estimates 2000 to 3000 people. Now you may want to google the park and it's size, my guess a city block wide and long, and a good chunk of the park is taken by trees and a fountain. The signs were amazing, so creative. Two that were really funny were Levin and Stabenow with pirate patches. Many speakers, one Libertarian Author, I met his wife and commented on her Galt shirt, and she was suprised folks knew. But it was all walks of life, young old etc. Thadeus McCotter spoke briefly, with quite a good speech speaking about our founders, our tenants in a very statesmen like manor. IMHO he has promise on the national stage, one of the few good guys. --- “The Protest in Livonia/Northville (along the city limits on both sides of the road) drew an estimated 400 people, and the Rally at Kellogg Park in Plymouth drew about 1000 people.” -- “Thank you, thank you to all the organizers and all the attendees at the Plymouth tea party. I was amazed at the turnout, proud of all the friendly people. I literally had tears in my eyes.”
(2) PORT HURON Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: In front of Grove Mall at the end of I-94, Pine Grove between Garfield & Sanborn Contact: porthuron.taxdayteaparty@gmail.com
RIVES JUNCTION Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 12:00 noon Where: 11625 Clinton Rd., Tompkins Center (12 mi. West of Jackson on M-50 (Clinton Rd.) Contact: sierra_46@hotmail.comOther Info: Bring: American Flag(s), Poster(s), Friends Phone: 517-569-3820
SAULT STE MARIE Tea Party (MI) -- When: April 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm Where: Ashmun St. near the Power Canal Contact: ajstack@cupoftheday.com Phone: 906.635.7272 Other Info: http://sooteaparty.wordpress.com/wherea/ UPDATE By all accounts, the number of patriots attending the Soo Tea Party reached up to and over 300. I was impressed. When we drove up, (my husband and children came with me) there seemed to be just a few people there. However, just as we were walking from our parking spot, it was like a pilgrimage of people coming from all directions, calmly walking to the open space by the river. Some were carrying signs, some with dogs, some with little ones. Once we got there, we were no longer afraid that we would be the only ones. There were several speakers, one was Jim Jacobson, former policy analyst for the Reagan Administration who reminded us of Reagan’s quotable quotes about the size of government and how ineffective it is. The organizers did a great job of including a singer, who led us all in the Star Spangled Banner, God Bless America, and This Land Is Your Land, and two men from a local radio show had a great time on stage pointing out all the wasteful spending included in the stimulus package. The whole program lasted an hour which culminated with most of the attendees lining up to throw tea into the Saint Mary River. When my husband and I talked with some of the attendees, we found out that our drive of 2 1/2 hours was not as far as some had come. There were people from Marquette, Boyne City, Detroit and Battle Creek, Cheboygan and Mackinaw City, Rogers City and Hawks. And no, none of us were paid to be there. I have friends that do not understand that the money they get back at tax time isn’t money from the government, it is money they overpaid throughout the year. Consequently, they never see the big number they actually paid in. I’m serious! And one of them is a school teacher! Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan is a town of about 16,000 people and is the oldest city in the midwest. It is at the eastern edge of Michigan’s upper peninsula, and is connected to Canada via the International Bridge to it’s twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. (Source: Jennerations Blog.)
SOUTH LYON Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Where: City Hall on Warren Street, 10 and Lafeyette Contact: vaughandc@earthlink.net Phone: 248.756.8744
ST CLAIR SHORES Tea Party (MI) -- April 15th (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE “Inspired because we couldn’t join the party in Lansing. We thought we have a local Tea Party in our little city. We were hoping for at least 50 to come and at the height of the event I counted at least 368. It was an amazing day.”
TRAVERSE CITY Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Where: Traverse City Union Street Post Office, 202 S. Union Street Contact: kingsleyphoenix@hotmail.com Other Info: http://teapartypatriots.ning.com/profile/traversecity
TROY Tea Party (MI) -- April 15, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Where: Sidewalk along Big Beaver Rd in front of the Troy City Hall (500 W. Big Beaver) Contact: dougtietz@yahoo.com
MICHIGAN Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Michigan organizers are:
Donald Van Sickle (586) 918-6140 Almont MI
jenn paul (313) 618-1008 Auburn Hills MI
Mary Bustraan (616) 891-9104 Caledonia MI
Mary Bustraan (616) 891-9104 Caledonia MI
Lydia Addy (586) 747-3130 Clinton Township MI
Ann Marie Monaghan (989) 465-6936 Coleman MI
Stacey Mathia (231) 879-3129 Fife Lake MI
Charles Cosby (810) .39-7.22 Flushing MI
Lee Sheldon (810) 385-4406 Fort Gratiot MI
Robert Carmack (810) 691-0264 Grand Blanc MI
Don Mulder (616) 847-1231 Grand Haven MI
Jon DeVries (616) 292-3810 Grand Rapids MI
Nathan Silva (616) 510-4669 Holland MI
Tyler Wagenmaker (616) 875-8702 Hudsonville MI
Gene Clem (269) 375-5980 Kalamazoo MI
Robin Blitchok Lamont MI
Carol Ann Coleman (586) 255-3242 Macomb MI
Jamie Hazen (989) 839-2079 Midland MI
Susan Trowbridge (734) 240-0115 Monroe MI
Mary McGrady (231) 893-4832 Montague MI
Beatrice Vajgart (989) 729-8897 Owosso MI
Karen Potter (517) 625-9438 Perry MI
Maribeth Schmidt (734) 262-3263 Plymouth MI
MaryBeth Erdmann (810) 982-8062 Port Huron MI
skylar book (586) 784-5410 Ray MI
Ray Bunzow (989) 275-6086 Roscommon MI
Philip Ragozine (586) 293-5441 Saint Clair Shores MI
Matthew Schwartz (734) 255-7594 Saline MI
Thomas Norton (616) 437-1650 Sand Lake MI
Al Dustan II (810) 320-9540 Smiths Creek MI
John Kerridge (231) 620-4200 Traverse City MI
jocelyne sade (906) 563-7165 Vulcan MI
Dan Carbary (586) 216-9726 Warren MI
Marie Larson (248) 683-8957 Waterford MI
Julia Aharonov West Bloomfield MI
Rose Ann Willin Westland MI
BEMIDJI Tea Party (MN) -- April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE "It was great to see the turnout yesterday in Bemidji, MN. We only had about 350 people, but many many people driving by honked and waved in support. It is very obvious the working class (and the retirees) understand where this 'freight train' of a country is heading."
DULUTH Tea Party (MN) -- April 15, 12:15pm Where:March and Rally - Harbor Drive (Behind the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center) Contact: pbrkaak@msn.com UPDATE ‘I would estimate around 70 attended the Superior Tea Party and about 1000 the Duluth MN Party! It was a great day!”
FAIRMONT Tea Party (MN) -- April 15, 5 p.m. to ? Where: 201 Lake Ave, Martin County Courthouse front steps Contact: neal@fairmontrv.com Phone: 507-238-2309 Other Info: Bring friends and signs
MILLE COUNTY (Milaca & Princeton) Tea Party (MN) -- April 15, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Where: 145 Central Ave. S (City Museum and surrounding block) Contact: milacteaparty@live.com or princetonteaparty@live.com Phone:320.983.5111 Other Info: Group will be invited to join the Twin Cities Tea Party in St. Paul from 5-8pm!
ROCHESTER Tea Party (MN) -- April 15, 5:30pm - 7:30pm Where: East Side of Silver Lake, 840 7 St NE Contact: karlysk@live.com UPDATE “I showed up at the Rochester, MN rally. I expected maybe 300 people but it looked more like 1,000-1,500. I couldn’t even see to the back!”
ST CLOUD Tea Party (MN) -- April 15, Noon Where: St. Cloud Public Library Contact: jsrugg@hughes.net
ST PAUL (Twin Cities) Tea Party (MN) -- When: April 15, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Where: Minnesota State Capitol Contact: TwinCityteaparty@gmail.com UPDATE Hundreds of tea-bag-toting protesters staged a "tea party" at the state Capitol on Wednesday evening to express outrage over soaring federal government spending, bailouts and a sour economy. "Our message is simple," said Sue Jeffers, rally mistress of ceremonies. "Repeal the pork, cut the taxes, stop the out-of-control spending and get government out of lives." --- I attended the tea party at Minnesota's State Capitol in St. Paul tonight. It was a fun event, partly because it was our most beautiful evening of the spring. The crowd was impressive. I'm no judge of crowd size, but it was announced at 8,000-10,000. That might be a little high, but is probably in the ballpark. The crowd was more fun-loving than rowdy, and the speakers, for the most part, more academic than rabble-rousing. But, hey: it's Minnesota.
WILLMAR Tea Party (MN) -- April 15, 6:30pm - 8:00pm Where: 1101 First St South Contact: rllnissen@gmail.com
MINNESOTA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Minnesota organizers are:
CAMDENTON Tea Party (MO) -- April 15, 5:30pm Where: Camden County Courthouse Steps Contact: Bud Simmons 573-873-5283 Other: In case of rain, the event will be moved to Mariners Pier 31, 4514 Pier 31 Rd., Camdenton
CHILLICLOTHE Tea Party (MO) -- April 15 (UNANNOUNCED COMMANDO TEA PARTY) UPDATE “We had a Tea Party today here in Chillicothe, Missouri. At least 50 people attended. (We had to leave early, so more people might have come after we left.)”
JEFFERSON CITY Tea Party (MO) -- April 15, 12:00 pm Where: Missouri State Capitol, 201 W. High Street Contact: terri-brennan@sbcglobal.net
JOPLIN Tea Party (MO) -- April 15, 1:00 pm Where: TBA Contact: joplinteaparty@yahoo.com
KANSAS CITY Tea Party (MO) -- April 15, 5:30pm - 7:30pm Where: Liberty Memorial Contact: kctaxday@gmail.com Phone: 816.694.2844 UPDATE About 3,000 people also attended a tax protest at Liberty Memorial Wednesday afternoon. -- The crowd was huge. It was difficult to get a good shot of it all, but here are a few from different angles (The Kansas City Star says the crowd was at least 4,000):
LEE'S SUMMIT Tea Party (MO) -- April 15 (UNANNOUNCED COMMANDO TEA PARTY) UPDATE In Lee's Summit, nearly 300 people turned out for a "tea party" on the steps at City Hall to express their frustration at how their tax dollars are being spent.
ST LOUIS Tea Party (MO) -- April 15, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Where: Kiener Plaza Contact: bill@hennessysview.com P. 314.266.1775 Other Info: http://www.hennessysview.com UPDATE “Please note that St. Louis Missouri had an estimated 10,000 people at the Tea Party here on April 15th.” --- Thousands of people packed Kiener Plaza downtown on Tax Day to vent their ire at President Barack Obama and other leaders and to show their concern about the nation's future. They joined thousands more across the country who took to public places for "tea parties" to protest what they see as pork in the nation's budget, an unfair tax burden on working Americans, deficit spending and government bailouts they say will fall to our children to repay. . . . While protests on tax-filing day are nothing new, the tea party protests Wednesday at more than 700 locations around the country far exceeded past gatherings for two main reasons: the mobilizing power of the Internet and the efforts of conservative groups seeking pathways back to power. What would have been hard to predict months or even weeks ago was the anger expressed not over taxes, but over spending. . . . Democrats have painted those behind the tea parties as far-right conservatives who thrived under President George W. Bush and are opposed to Obama's agenda. . . . Organizers say the tea parties are the grass-roots expression of anger at the direction the country is going and aren't affiliated with a political party. "This is not a party event," St. Louis coordinator Bill Hennessy told the crowd. "We're here around the same things: taxing and spending and borrowing and the size of our government." . . . Organizers promised more tea parties, with the next in St. Louis penciled in for July 4 — an apt date for a group that uses the language of revolution. . . . --- I was at the St. Louis Tea Party. I thought the crowd was around 5K, the media said 10K. Great signs and atmosphere. Little kids with Indian war paint, ala the original Tea Party participants. 3 Socialist punks showed up and were razzed pretty effectively by an unending stream of Tea Party attendees. These were pros because they set up camp right next to the TV truck. Little pricks. --- The counter protesters with a blue face was Jamie Allman, conservative talk show host. He showed up to prove that he wouldn't get is a$$ kicked for having a different opinion. He also tried to punk the media!
SIKESTON Tea Party (MO) -- April 15, 11:00am - 2:00pm Where: Legion Park at Malone and S KingsHighway Contact: PJFORHIM@HOTMAIL.COM P. 314.266.1775
SPRINGFIELD Tea Party (MO) -- April 15, 4:00pm Where: main post office at Chestnut Expressway & Main Contact: ninepegs@hughes.net
WASHINGTON Tea Party (MO) -- April 15, 6:00pm Where: Rennick Riverfront Park Contact: washmoteaparty@yahoo.com UPDATE It started out small and then as people got out of work they started pouring into the small riverside park and the turnout was terrific. Republicans, Democrats, Liberals and Independents showed up for a peaceful protest of the taxpayers. All ages and walks of life showed up, it was great. They are talking about holding another Tea Party. -- Speech by: Mitch Martin “Country of Makers, not Takers!” This is a very stirring speech given by a local citizen of Washington, Missouri on the bank of the Missouri River. Posted on Guy Midkiff's website. http://guymidkiff.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/washmo-tea-party-mitch-martin-speech/
MISSOURI Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Missouri organizers are:
Christy Scott (573) 833-6024 Altenburg MO
Patrick Williams (636) 527-2803 Ballwin MO
Judith Mouser (417) 847-5843 Cassville MO
Tanya Boozer (660) 998-0641 Columbia MO
Julai Grider (573) 651-8742 Dutchtown MO
jerry johnson (573) 690-3905 Eugene MO
Jeannine Huskey (636) 938-9348 Eureka MO
Tammy Holmes (573) 756-9211 Farmington MO
Carole Vaughan (417) 538-2777 Galena MO
Sharon Turney (417) 538-4607 Galena MO
Jennifer Phillips (816) 437-1929 Grain Valley MO
Charles Kaighen (816) 884-6161 Harrisonville MO
Kevin Camden for Senate 2010 (815) 979-7290 High Ridge MO
Clara Higgins (816) 795-1129 Independence MO
Marty Joplin (660) 665-6477 Kirksville MO
Michelle Davis (816) 537-0257 Lees Summit Mpo MO
Steven Pohle (913) 319-8809 Lees Summit Mpo MO
Pam Siniawski (816) 537-7222 Lees Summit Mpo MO
Stephen Patton (660) 831-4130 Marshall MO
Julie Kluba (636) 433-2156 Marthasville MO
Joe Saylor (417) 926-7798 Mountain Grove MO
Rachelle Bramlett (417) 451-9868 Neosho MO
Shelley Hickerson (636) 866-8658 O Fallon MO
Christy Scott (573) 833-6024 Altenburg MO
Patrick Williams (636) 527-2803 Ballwin MO
Judith Mouser (417) 847-5843 Cassville MO
Tanya Boozer (660) 998-0641 Columbia MO
Julai Grider (573) 651-8742 Dutchtown MO
jerry johnson (573) 690-3905 Eugene MO
Jeannine Huskey (636) 938-9348 Eureka MO
Tammy Holmes (573) 756-9211 Farmington MO
Carole Vaughan (417) 538-2777 Galena MO
Sharon Turney (417) 538-4607 Galena MO
Jennifer Phillips (816) 437-1929 Grain Valley MO
Charles Kaighen (816) 884-6161 Harrisonville MO
Kevin Camden for Senate 2010 (815) 979-7290 High Ridge MO
Clara Higgins (816) 795-1129 Independence MO
Marty Joplin (660) 665-6477 Kirksville MO
Michelle Davis (816) 537-0257 Lees Summit Mpo MO
Steven Pohle (913) 319-8809 Lees Summit Mpo MO
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Cathy Baker (816) 364-2644 Saint Joseph MO
Sharon Weidelman (417) 234-2017 Springfield MO
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Janet Ragsdell (573) 341-2986 Rolla MO
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Matthew Bloomfield (314) 623-1255 Saint Charles MO
Susan Corbitt (636) 922-3616 Saint Charles MO
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Sharon Weidelman (417) 234-2017 Springfield MO
Pattie McDonald (573) 374-1350 Sunrise Beach MO
COLUMBUS Tea Party (MS) -- April 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Front of Columbus Courthouse Contact: tsb@tsberry.com
GREENWOOD Tea Party (MS) -- April 15, TBA Where: TBA Contact: mscindy51@att.net Phone: 662.455.3806
GULFPORT Tea Party (MS) -- April 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Gulfport Sportsplexoff Canal Road / I-10 Exit Contact: cpurchner@yahoo.com (Charles Purchner) Contact: arnoldmurphy35@hotmail.com (Arnold Murphy) UPDATE Gulfport, Mississippi - 2,000 attended! It was a great event, great people, decent, hard working, educated, patriots all! --- It was a beautiful afternoon on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Nearly 2,000 "right wing extremists", otherwise known as Patriots, joined in a movement to exercise their right of free speech. We gathered at the Gulfport Sportsplex, a super nice facility with soccer fields, baseball diamonds and huge water slides. The Gulfport event was one of about 6 in the state. The Jackson event had about 2,000 attend also. I haven't heard from from my contacts at the other events. Reports will follow as info is available. There were a number of speakers who covered several issues including taxes, spending, too much regulation, too much intrusion, out of control government. The crowd was very well behaved (of course, we are patriots). It was nice see so many teens in the crowd who 'get it'. --- “Gulfport had a great crowd tonight last count that I heard of was about 516". --- “All of us Gulfport Tax Day Tea Party organizers are proud to announce that by our best guess estimates, based on the number of cars at the event, and that well over 800 signed our petitions (and some didn’t); we estimate that between 1200 -1400 attended the event. We were pleasantly surprised at the turnout. We had a super crowd, and can hardly wait to do it again.”
HATTIESBURG Tea Party (MS) -- April 15, Noon Where: Town Square Park - Downtown at N Main & Buschman Streets Contact: jwest@marketonemedia.com
HERNANDO Tea Party (MS) -- April 15, 4:00pm Where: Courthouse lawn Contact: RNorris@williamsandpitts.com
JACKSON Tea Party (MS) -- When: April 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Downtown Jackson - TBD Contact: jacksonMSteaparty@gmail.com UPDATE Between 400 and 500 people showed up for the protest. One of those was Judy Bivins of Jackson, dressed as a pig. She toks WKHM that she’s fed up. (WKHM.)
PICAYUNE Tea Party (MS) -- April 15, 11:00am - 1:00pm Where: In front of City Hall, Goodyear Blvd. Contact: vkr7@msn.comOther Info:www.pearlriverpatriots.com
TUPELO Tea Party (MS) -- April 15, Noon - 1:00pm Where: Tupelo City Hall Contact: homechanges@msn.com Other Info:sponsored by AFR
MISSISSIPPI Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Mississippi organizers are:
Chris McCall (228) 669-8109 Biloxi MS
Johnny Duncan (662) 720-6957 Booneville MS
kevin kemp (601) 736-5367 Columbia MS
susan pettis Flora MS
erik weber (662) 891-1780 Golden MS
Baird Moor (662) 392-0284 Greenwood MS
Toni Lizana (228) 832-7344 Gulfport MS
Jennifer West (601) 434-4040 Hattiesburg MS
Lynne Nooner (662) 510-5472 Horn Lake MS
Tim Holly (662) 423-9730 Iuka MS
Kaye Allen (601) 362-0496 Jackson MS
Tim Estes (601) 594-6597 Jackson MS
Sara Helms (662) 571-8883 Jackson MS
Charles Shepard (251) 490-2728 Lucedale MS
Jeannine Walters (601) 853-3306 Madison MS
DON STILL (601) 274-0110 Meridian MS
Deway Greene (601) 736-2854 Newton MS
Larry Stewart (228) 355-1043 Ocean Springs MS
Eric Richard (228) 990-3115 Petal MS
Kathy duff (662) 419-0984 Pontotoc MS
Darrell Whited (601) 299-0429 Purvis MS
Nell Yarborough (601) 540-6935 Raymond MS
Charles Petersen (662) 587-6246 Ripley MS
manah wilkinson (662) 365-1419 Saltillo MS
manah wilkinson (662) 365-1419 Saltillo MS
Joy Hill (662) 324-6276 Starkville MS
Natalie Gaughf (601) 373-2684 Terry MS
grant sowell (662) 840-6262 Tupelo MS
BILLINGS Tea Party (MT) -- April 15, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Where: US POST OFFICE on 27th Street, Just off of I 90 Contact: onevoiceusa@yahoo.com
BOZEMAN Tea Party (MT) -- When: April 15, 12:00pm - 2:00pm Where: Downtown Bozeman, TBA Contact: grsbigsky@gmail.com Phone: 406.579.1496 UPDATE “Snowed all day in Bozeman. Some 200-500 attended, many new friends, emphasis on keeping the movement going and growing. Many gathered on Gallatin Courthouse steps, others across Main St., some lined the snowbank in middle of street. Many drivers honked and waved support, especially truckers with the big rigs. Looking forward to next time - soon.”
FORT BENTON Tea Party (MT) -- April 15, 12:00 Noon Where: “Old Bridge” that spans the Missouri River Contact: legend@fortbenton.com
GLENDIVE Tea Party (MT) -- April 15, 12:00pm Where: Dawson County Courthouse Contact: hedrick@midrivers.com
GREAT FALLS Tea Party (MT) -- April 15, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Where: Civic Center Steps Contact: montanansunite@gmail.com UPDATE “Great Falls, Montana Tea Party was a great success. It was 36 degrees with a little snow. An estimated crowd of 500 people showed up to voice their displeasure of out of control government spending. There were at least 6 speakers who really got the enthusiastic crowd yelling and screaming at times. There were postcards available for people to sign to go to Senator Baucus and Senator Tester. The postcards said “I am a registered America voter, and I will not re-elect you unless I am heard.”. There was also room on the cards to write additional comments and many did that. Some of the comments written were: “Stop spending my kids future.”, “Enough is enough”, “I don’t want a nanny state. What happened to state sovereignty?”, “Cut the Spending”, “What are you thinking?”, “You are taxing us to death and I don’t like your change.”, “You do not represent Montana, stay back east.”, “How much debt do you think my kids can pay off?”, “You work for us, not the other way around!”, “I have never been so disappointed.”, “Are you joking? Be a proud American! God Bless America!”, “I am neither a democrat nor a republican - but enough is enough and I will get involved now!” -- Hundreds of people braved the snow, rain, and chill in downtown Great Falls on Wednesday to participate in a tax day “tea party.” Video and photos here. (Montana News Station.)
HAMILTON Tea Party (MT) -- April 15, 12:00 noon Where: Highway 93 and Main Street Contact: donandjennine@gmail.com
HELENA Tea Party (MT) -- April 15, 12:00 noon - 1:00pm Where: State Capitol grounds, corner of Montana Ave and Sixth Ave. Contact: jwalker@bcbsmt.com
KALISPELL Tea Party (MT) -- April 15, TBA Where: Downtown Kalispell, TBA Contact: kalispellcookie@yahoo.com
LIVINGSTON Tea Party (MT) -- April 15, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Where: Public sidewalks on South Park in front of Albertson’s Contact: livingstonmtteaparty@yahoo.com Other Info: Bring your friends, horses, dogs and signs!
MISSOULA Tea Party (MT) -- When: April 15, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Where: The Streets of Missoula, TBA Contact: info@just-citizens.cominfo@just-citizens.com Other Info:http://www.just-citizens.com/taxdayteaparty
POISON Tea Party (MT) -- When: April 15 (LOCAL UNANNOUNCED TEA PARTY) UPDATE “Polson Tea Party a GREAT success! Around 250 people - inspiring speakers.”
VIRGINIA CITY Tea Party (MT) -- April 15, 12:00 noon Where: Across Street from Madison County Courthouse Contact: dsipe@bresnan.net
MONTANA Taxed Enough Already (TEA) PartyThe American Family Association, or AFA, is coordinating 1,000Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. The Montana organizers are:
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