About Eric M

Eric uncomfortably admits that until about 20 years ago, he was a political "free rider", always thinking that others would do the heavy lifting to keep America on course. After watching both democrats and republicans steer us FAR in the wrong direction, Eric knew he had to get involved. Now working with Richmond Tea Party to advance conservative principles, Eric serves on the Board of Directors and as a resource for "all things technology".

Delegate Deadlines Looming – Richmond City

          Heads-up! If you live in Richmond City and want to be a delegate for the Republican nominating convention in May, tomorrow (Tuesday) is the deadline to file your pre-file form. Get your information HERE. For those of you in Colonial Heights, your deadline is fast-approaching as well. Your delegate pre-file [...]

By |2013-04-08T20:47:10-04:00April 8th, 2013|Elections, Featured Categories|0 Comments

Tea Party Q&A with Larry Nordvig

The Richmond Times-Dispatch released a Q&A interview session today with Larry Nordvig, RTP's new executive director. Catch it on the RTD site HERE.   The board of directors of the Richmond Tea Party recently selected Laurence “Larry” Nordvig as the organization’s new executive director. He says the group’s emails go to thousands of supporters. Nordvig, [...]

By |2013-03-31T20:24:12-04:00March 31st, 2013|Featured Categories, Tea Party|3 Comments

They Are Hearing From You!

  As part of our efforts to combat the massive tax hike recently passed by the General Assembly (HB2313), we wanted to let your republican representatives in the Richmond area know that you weren't happy. Not at ALL. Besides asking you to email Governor McDonnell to tell him to veto the bill, we called registered [...]

By |2013-03-26T01:25:26-04:00March 26th, 2013|Featured Categories, Government, Taxes|1 Comment

Sequester Lies – Making it Hurt (Intentionally)

You have likely seen discussion recently regarding "sequestration", or the mandatory federal budget cuts (a decrease in the INCREASE of spending, but that's another story) that were signed into law last year by President Obama. Now, those cuts are mandatory, but where to apply them is completely at the whims of our government. There is [...]

By |2013-03-24T16:52:08-04:00March 24th, 2013|Economy, Featured Categories, Media, Video|0 Comments

A Note from RTP’s New Executive Director

Greetings Patriots! As a matter of introduction, I’m Laurence “Larry” Nordvig. In case you have not yet heard, I have just been chosen as the new Executive Director of the Richmond Tea Party. I consider it both an honor and an opportunity to have been selected. My vision for the Tea Party is the same [...]

By |2013-03-21T22:45:43-04:00March 21st, 2013|Featured Categories, Tea Party|3 Comments

Chesterfield County Budget Hearing Weds 3/20

  If you are a Chesterfield County resident, it is your duty/responsibility to be informed about the county budget. There will be a public budget meeting Wednesday, March 20th at 6:30 PM in the public meeting room to hear discussion about how your hard-earned money will be spent. Not willing to be part of the [...]

By |2013-03-19T22:09:46-04:00March 19th, 2013|Action Alerts, Featured Categories, Government|0 Comments

Stop the Common Core

Why in the world is the federal government involved in setting nationwide education standards? Exactly where is that power given to the federal government? Don't these people realize that you get the absolute BEST education outcomes when states are free to experiment/manage their own education methods and standards? We're supposed to have 50 individual experiment [...]

By |2013-03-17T01:19:17-04:00March 17th, 2013|Education, Featured Categories, Media, Video|2 Comments

RTP Monthly Meeting – Thursday March 7th

March Mania in RTP: Meeting March 7 Join us for our monthly meeting on Thursday, March 7th at 7:00 (Check your email or the website for any possible updates due to weather.) When: Thursday, March 7th, 7-9 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm) Where: Grace Alive Church Meeting Hall, 4912 E. Millridge Pkwy., Midlothian (near [...]

By |2013-03-06T19:45:40-05:00March 6th, 2013|Action Alerts, Featured Categories, Tea Party|0 Comments

Are You Here to Stay?

Jenny Beth Martin from the Tea Party Patriots national organization had some comments about the long-term viability of tea party efforts published in Time magazine on February 27th. Yes, you heard correctly...Time magazine. Bottom line? We're not going anywhere!   Snippet: It was February 2009 when my family hit rock-bottom. Little did I know that, [...]

By |2013-03-03T13:43:08-05:00March 3rd, 2013|Featured Categories, Tea Party|0 Comments

Chesterfield/New Kent/Powhatan Delegate Deadline MONDAY

If you live in Chesterfield, New Kent, or Powhatan Counties and want to be a delegate to the Republican Party Convention, Monday March 4th is the last day to get your paperwork submitted. Unless you complete this form and submit it before the deadlines for each county, you will not be included in the convention [...]

By |2013-02-28T20:54:41-05:00February 28th, 2013|Action Alerts, Elections, Featured Categories|2 Comments

Hanover Convention Delegate Deadline TODAY

If you live in Hanover County and want to be a delegate to the Republican Party Convention, today (Thursday) is the last day to get your paperwork submitted. Unless you complete this form and submit it before 6PM, you will not be included in the convention process to select Republican candidates for the upcoming Governor, [...]

By |2013-02-28T01:44:45-05:00February 28th, 2013|Action Alerts, Elections|0 Comments

**Location Update – RTP Emergency Meeting

Urgent Notification of Meeting Location Change Due to some deficiencies in the prior location, we've decided to switch locations to a more appropriate venue for for our emergency meeting tonight to discuss the recent betrayal on taxes and Medicaid expansion. New Meeting Location: Primerica Building (meeting room) 14405 Justice Rd Midlothian, VA 23113 7PM to [...]

By |2013-02-26T12:42:53-05:00February 26th, 2013|Action Alerts, Featured Categories, Taxes, Tea Party|1 Comment

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