Excerpt from a 1 February 2012 article titled "Citizens Speak out about Comp Plan": It looked as those in favor of Chesterfield County’s new draft countywide comprehensive plan stayed home last Wednesday when the Board of Supervisors listened to comments during a public hearing. Over 30 citizens took to the podium to express their opinion [...]
Want a breakout of the Florida primary exit polls? Take a look at the article from the NY Times Herald Tribune . Excerpt below: Exit poll data from voters in the Florida primary Tuesday shows support for the Tea Party [...]
To say that this is an important year in our nation’s history is quite the understatement. “Historical” is a better adjective, but even that doesn’t seem to reflect the dire situation that America is facing. In November, we will decide how our great country moves forward. In my mind, there are two [...]
Tune in Folks! What: Jamie Radtke will be a guest on "Follow the Money" with Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel). When: 10pm tonight ( 13 January 2011) Topic: Radtke remarks on Wasserman-Schultz's accusations that the Tea Party is to blame for the Gabby Giffords shooting. Radtke for Senate Phone: 804-451- 5985 Fax: [...]
It's sad that most American voters have this jaded view of the federal government. See this poll from Rasmussen. Can the TEA Party change this? YES, IT CAN!! Only if YOU get involved. Sign up now. Voters don't expect spending cuts Excerpt: Most voters don't believe government spending will go down if Republicans control both [...]
After the Elections, What's Next? Tea Party folks across the Greater Richmond area helped get numerous folks elected to the General Assembly in areas as close as Goochland and as far away as Tazewell County (in the deep southwest corner of Virginia). What’s different about Tea Partiers is that we don’t just elect folks; We also hold them accountable. And [...]
Thanks to Joe G. for forwarding this from WND. Excerpt below is from 14 November post. Posted with permission. New online drama champions tea-party issues WND to feature weekly video episodes of 'Red Elephants Café' Read more:New online drama champions tea-party issueshttp://www.wnd.com/? The rapid worldwide growth of made-for-Internet video dramas – short, vivid episodes, [...]
For two weeks, the Occupy Richmond group camped out in Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond. They acquired no permits, followed no regulations, paid no fees, and broke the law for their continued presence. In contrast, the Richmond Tea Party held three separate Tax Day Rallies in the same location, for which we acquired every permit, [...]
On Wednesday, 10/26/2011, Richmond Tea Party issued the following press release. It quickly became a national (story. See here, here, and here for starters.) ---- The Richmond Tea Party along with the rest of the tea party movement is very much about getting back to the basics of our founding documents, particularly the Declaration of [...]
Liberals like to say their Occupy Wall Street movement is just like the Tea Party. They wish. Peggy Noonan, a former speechwriter for President Reagan and now a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, addresses that claim in her Oct. 22 column (page A17, available only to WSJ subscribers): It is not the tea party. [...]
From an editorial in The News & Advance, “Apathy Will Be the Death of Society Yet,” the editors opine: In just a few weeks, voters in Virginia will head to the polls to elect their representatives to the General Assembly and to fill local offices all over the commonwealth. Well, a few of us will, at least. Earlier this [...]
I've been following the Occupy Whatever protests across the country so far with a mix of amusement, sadness, and annoyance. I don't dismiss these people as meaningless, because they can--and are starting to--cause a lot of damage; but it's also hard to take a group seriously who condemns corporate greed while simultaneously posting on Facebook [...]
