Action Alert: VirginiaTollFree95.com
Not happy with the proposed tolls for I-95? You can weigh in. Click here: VirginiaTollFree95
With Cruz victory in TX, is TP the new “Establishment”?
Obviously, the lame-stream media still can’t figure out the TP. Are we a positive force for positive change, representing a formerly dormant large swath of Americans? Or are we a group of stick-in-the-mud non-compromisers who will insist on “Our way or the highway”? With Cruz victory in Texas, is the Tea Party the new 'Establishment?' [...]
Action Alert: Stand up for Personal Property Rights in Virginia
Fellow Tea Party leaders and activists: There are very few occasions where the ongoing battle for property rights can be confronted head-on. We have just such a time here in Fauquier. There is an assault on farmer’s rights, and a LONE FARMER is standing up to the power of the local government and the Elite [...]
RTP Volunteer Dave Metz’s Letter to the Editor
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, titled "What a Conservative Stands For": I am a conservative. I love my country, my God and my family. More than anything, I want to see this country prosper and provide an environment where everyone has the opportunity to realize his or her dream. I believe in equal rights and equal [...]
RTP Receives 501c4 Non-profit Status
As many of you know, the Richmond Tea Party has been through a grueling process lasting nearly THREE YEARS in an attempt to secure designation from the IRS as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. During the review application, the organization was subjected to what we believed were requests for information from the IRS that were entirely [...]
Author Jonathan Wakefield @ Third Presbyterian
Author Jonathan Wakefield Signs Saving America What: Author Signing When: Saturday July 21, 2012 2:00 PM Where: Third Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall 600 Forest Ave.; Richmond, VA 23229
Latest Quinnipiac Poll: “Romney Catches Obama in Virginia”
Given the derisive portrayal of business owners by the President while in Roanoke, one would think many a Virginian would wisen up. For the poll in its entirety, click here. Peter Brown, Assistant Director, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute (203) 535-6203 Rubenstein Associates, Inc. Public Relations Contact: Pat Smith (212) 843-8026 FOR RELEASE: JULY 19, [...]
And “They” Continue to Squelch…
Thomas Jefferson called this the "noiseless step"*...for some it's loud and clear. Fauquier cites farmer for farming July 11, 2012 By Rick Buchanan If you own a farm here in Fauquier you are “special.” If you own a farm here in Fauquier you are, after July 14, 2011, being treated in a “special” [...]
Obamacare Costs Already Skyrocketing?
From The Blaze, an interesting graphic showing how "affordable" the Affordable Healthcare Act really is. Was there ever any doubt that the costs would head in ANY direction other than up? [sws_picture_frame1 src="http://www.richmondteaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ObamacareCosts.jpg" title="" alt="ObamacareCosts" align="sws_frame_center" lightbox="1" album="" video=""] [/sws_picture_frame1] Be sure to read it all.
Action Alert: President Obama in Glen Allen Saturday, July 14th
As you may have heard, President Barack Obama will be visiting Glen Allen this up-coming Saturday, July 14th. His visit comes as no surprise as all eyes are on Virginia; however, we here at AFP-VA want to welcome him with a slew of sign waves that will let him know that his economic [...]
LIBERTY makes us different from every nation
KrisAnne Hall of TEA Party Nation reminds us again what Liberty is all about, and why it is important to continue to protect it. Read her rousing blog here. If this describes YOU and you think it's time to join the fight for Liberty, then volunteer with the Richmond TEA Party. If time is not [...]
Limits on Eminent Domain Up For Vote
Virginia’s General Assembly has directed that a measure be placed on the ballot this November asking citizens to vote on an amendment to the commonwealth’s constitution that will firmly establish private property rights. For most of U.S. history, people had assumed that the right to their property was sacred and government could take it from [...]