Interesting article today on Conservative Review detailing how House Speaker John Boehner may be about to launch an attack on House conservatives. If the republicans pick up some House seats in November using squishy moderate candidates, Boehner may begin to get the numbers he needs to partner with democrats to ram through whatever part of [...]
Come join us for our October meeting! As we did last month, we'll be gathering in our new meeting space, graciously provided by the good folks at Richmond Alarm Company. This new space has audio/visual capabilities built-in to the meeting room, and we now have wheelchair access via elevator to the 2nd floor! If you [...]
On Thursday night (9/25/2014), RTP held its monthly meeting for September, and it was great to see everyone in our new meeting location! We heard that there were a few that found it hard to find the location, so we'll be sure to share more specific information so that you can find us for our [...]
We're moving to a new meeting space! We're excited to announce our new meeting space, graciously provided by the good folks at Richmond Alarm Company. This new space has audio/visual capabilities built-in to the meeting room, and we now have wheelchair access via elevator to the 2nd floor! If you know of anyone who was [...]
As many of you know, we (the Richmond Tea Party) were targeted by the IRS for unfair (criminal) scrutiny when applying for our 501(c)(4) non-profit status. As part of that application process, we received demands to turn over our donor lists and for personal and private information about RTP leadership and our families. Keeping donor [...]
On Thursday night (8/28/2014), RTP held its monthly meeting for August. First on the agenda was to present recently departed Executive Director Larry Nordvig with a small gift of appreciation for his service, and to wish him well in his next adventures. Larry commented that he'll still be around and can be reached if needed, [...]
Actions speaks louder than words....that's the message that the St. Louis Tea Party wanted to communicate to the businesses (and families) of Ferguson Missouri, where riots following a police shooting had rocked that town. Tea Parties show their strength and can share their message more successfully when taking ACTION, not just commiserating about how the [...]
As a conservative activist, sometimes its very depressing and disheartening to see the volume of funding against which we are fighting. Relying solely on donations and self-funding by our coordinator team, we're always one wrong step away from being in perilous financial hardship (more so than any normal day). Now to see hundreds of thousands [...]
Photo Credit Tony Gutierrez/AP I know that lots of tea party folks like Governor Mike Huckabee, but he's actually not so great of a politician... his record as governor has some serious problems. I've always seen him (in my opinion) as a shyster...a used car salesman-type (no offense to ETHICAL used car salesmen [...]
In the special election tonight in VA's 38th Senate district, republican Ben Chafin wins the special election with 60% of the vote. This gives republicans total control of the Senate with a count of 21, or +1 more than 50% of the Senate seats. Details from WDBJ7: http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/republican-ben-chafin-wins-state-senate-special-election/27622528 Results: NAME VOTES Pct. 38th Senate [...]
MONTHLY MEETING Thursday, August 28th Is there a "FAIR" Tax? Come to the next meeting and learn about the Fair Tax proposal. Bob Frenzel from Americans for Fair Taxation will educate us on the benefits of this proposal and answer any questions you have. SPECIAL BONUS - It eliminates the IRS !!!! The second half [...]
What is MailChimp? Well, its a newsletter service that enjoys high levels of popularity and offers many integration and service features. If you're currently (or previously) subscribed to our newsletters, you've been exposed to Constant Contact, which is our existing newsletter service. While Constant Contact has served our needs, it has some features we don't [...]
