FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2010 Contact: Colleen Owens Phone: 804-335-5966 Email: colleeno@richmondteaparty.com Congress Fails to Learn Lessons from the Midterm Elections Legislature changes school menus but does nothing to reduce spending or the debt Richmond, Va. – The Richmond Tea Party is seeing little if any indication that Congress or Republican leadership has learned [...]
Please join Campaign for Liberty to protest the Federal Reserve on Friday, November 19th from 11:30AM - 1:00PM. The Protest will be held at the Federal Reserve Building in downtown Richmond (Corner of E. Byrd St and 9th St.). Please come join us Friday to protest the Fed's recent moves regarding "quantitative easing"; otherwise known [...]
The Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation has issued a strong condemnation against recent Federal Reserve policy regarding "Quantitative Easing". Read the letter that was sent to VA legislators below: www.virginiateapartypatriots.com Dear Virginia Congressional Delegation: The Federal Reserve, Treasury and White House believe that debasing our sovereign currency by creating inflation is just another policy tool. [...]
You'll often hear from politicians that earmark reform is "inconsequential", because the total cost of earmarks is fairly small relative to the total budget. However, this stance ignores the true perils of earmarking, which is specifically the influence to policy and politicians. Here's an example: Senator X earmarks $5M for "weatherization" in Richmond. As luck [...]
Just Liberty Presents: "Immigration--The Defining Issue of our Time." Featuring: Michael McLaughlin, Bob Shoemaker, & Associates Join us at Randolph Macon College for an evening of discussion on one of the most misunderstood topics of our time. Immigration, legal and illegal, affects virtually every major challenge facing this nation. What are the impacts? Ethically, Morally, [...]
Election day is tomorrow, November 2nd. To visit the VA State Board of Elections to find out where to vote or what candidates/ballot questions will be on you ballot tomorrow, click HERE. Ensure that your voice is heard; VOTE!
For Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington D.C., the RTP has heard considerable interest in arranging bus transportation, and has acted on that interest. We are pleased to announce availability of buses leaving Richmond from the Short Pump area. If there is enough interest, we will look to increase capacity. UPDATE: WE ARE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT [...]
Providence Forge residents John and Sharon Phelps along with two friends, Richard Dawes and Ron Stiers, decided that they had seen and heard enough of a government that was over reaching; spending and taxing us too much; and was so corrupt that they weren’t even trying to hide it any more! They knew they could [...]
True conservatives are usually in the "smaller government is better government" camp. Having more and more people being employed directly by the government will only make it harder to improve that government, as those government employees will be hesitant to vote in a manner that will negatively affect them. For example, when sanity hopefully again regains [...]
The Richmond Tea Party will be kicking off the new Goochland Tea Party in a couple of weeks – details below. Our goal is to foster political activism at the local and district levels through smaller, community based groups. In order to give these local groups the support they need, the plan is for them [...]
Jamie Radtke of RTP had a guest column in the Richmond Times Dispatch in the Sunday Edition, April 25, 2010. We have received a significant amount of positive response. Here is the article: Questions and confusion abound in the media -- and among the political establishment in both parties -- about how the Tea Party [...]
Coverage of the fundraiser and Tax Day Rally from various local media outlets.
