Today in the election for VA 7th District GOP Chairman (House Leader Eric Cantor's District), tea party challenger Fred Gruber defeated incumbent GOP veteran Linwood Cobb. This one wasn't supposed to be close, as Cobb had the backing of the republican party insiders, and was considered to be safe from challenge. More on vote totals [...]
It's widely accepted that the default WordPress website comment system is not very robust, and requires each user to register for every site where commenting is desired. Over the last few years, a third-party comment system named "Disqus" has become very popular, with sites like Breitbart, The Daily Caller, and Virginia's own The Bull Elephant [...]
The Obama economy continues to decline, as these stark new numbers indicate. Bad economic policies accompanied by harsh regulation is strangling businesses, resulting in stunted (or no) growth. Major retail chains are downsizing or completely failing, all while you see the product sizes shrink for the items you purchase every day (while the prices of [...]
Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, spoke at our monthly meeting on April 24th. He discussed immigration policy and shared insight into the "back room" efforts underway to pass an amnesty bill. Below is a video from our YouTube channel. Photos from the meeting:
To all Chesterfield County residents: The Board of Supervisors will vote TOMORROW (Wednesday, 4/9) to decide whether or not to raise property taxes to meet budget shortfalls, instead of "right-sizing" the county budget to match current revenues (like you do in your own home budget). This will result in an average annual tax increase of [...]
To all Chesterfield County residents: The Board of Supervisors is expected soon to decide whether or not to raise property taxes to meet budget shortfalls, instead of "right-sizing" the county budget to match current revenues (like you do in your own home budget). This will result in an average annual tax increase of at least [...]
Earlier today, approximately 70 dedicated activists from around the state met for the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation quarterly summit meeting in downtown Richmond, Virginia. We heard several topics such as the many successes from various groups around the state, a General Assembly recap, and the current state of Medicaid expansion in Virginia. It's exciting [...]
To provide alternate news sources for liberty/freedom-minded folks in Virginia, the new Virginia Free Citizen online news site is now online and available! The VFC joins other sites like Fauquier Free Citizen and Greene Free Citizen to provide more/additional avenues for news around the state. Please visit the VFC and show your support! Below is [...]
RTP Meeting Thursday, February 27th Where: Our offices at Greatspace 10825 Midlothian Turnpike North Chesterfield, VA 23235 When: 7-8:30pm "A Dagger Pointed at the Heart of the Middle Class!" Amnesty is NOT just about blue collar workers...it's about destroying the middle class 'American Dream.' Come & hear the SHOCKING truth about immigration, amnesty, and the [...]
Richmond Tea Party to Host Trevor Loudon World-Renowned Expert on Communism to Speak at Jan. 23rd Meeting! It is our privilege to host Trevor Loudon at our next monthly meeting. This author, speaker and tireless activist from New Zealand will keep you shocked and spellbound as he unravels the web of Communist threads woven over [...]
From our Friends at the Chester Patriots comes this announcement of a special convention for Chesterfield County Sheriff on Monday the 20th. This would be a great way to top off your day after visiting the General Assembly for Lobby Day 2014. From what I've seen online amongst the "tea party/patriot" community members is that [...]
