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Tax protesters in Spokane will hold their own “tea party” this month as they try to mobilize and create a new citizens’ movement.
The Spokane Tea Party, described on its Web site as “a peaceful protest to the massive spending of dollars we do not have”, will be held at 4:30 p.m. at the Convention Center.
The tea party movement is an outgrowth of a Chicago protest in which people gathered on the shores of Lake Michigan to protest federal deficit spending, and borrowed from the noted protest in 1773 in Boston Harbor. (What, you were sleeping in American History class your freshman year and have no idea what we’re talking about? Click here.)
Anyway, given the fact that the Convention Center is near a body of water, it’s a safe bet that someone will be tossing tea into the Spokane River. Which is probably OK, as long as there’s no phosphorous in it.
Jim Camden is a veteran political reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
Jonathan Brunt covers Spokane City Hall for The Spokesman-Review.
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Gary D Rhodes on April 01 at 1:39 p.m.
Bring your own tin-foil Jim. There will be a bunch of crazy conspiracy nuts there that feel we are rapidly moving away from the limited government envisioned by the framers.
We need to move in a radical direction back to the Constitution and American sovereignty. Come join free thinking Americans whom believe there is still time to turn
the ship around. But time is quickly running out.
Stop the run-away federal government.
End the Fed.
jimc on April 01 at 4:03 p.m.
Mr. Rhodes
I don’t think this is a typical tin-foil crowd.
In the Spokane area, any way, this is likely to include some conservative Republicans, some Libertarians and some Ron Paul supporters. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few Perotistas, if that’s still a workable description.
Folks from the Evergreen Freedom Foundation say their top guy, Bob Williams, will be there. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is on the speaker’s list, too.
Jim Camden/Spin Control
Gary D Rhodes on April 01 at 5:42 p.m.
Jim, we have talked a few times at Ron Paul events, and I don’t lump you, unless it was you that put the companion hit piece next to the RP rally coverage.
Gary Crooks, and his liberal followers, like to put everything into a tidy box. If you follow the herd, love big government, you are a thinker. If you have different thoughts and beliefes, you are a crazy tin-foil zeolet.
I would love for people to discuss ideas, and where we are headed as a nationality.
Come to the tea-bag rally with an open mind and you will be embraced. We want the opinion of the ordinary folks to be heard.