Selective recent political news and
comments related to Washington state politics
February 4-6, 2010 - Did you miss the
first National Tea Party
Convention in Nashville? If so, links to coverage of the
event are shared at the above. Sarah Palin was the featured
keynote speaker at this event arranged by Tea Party Nation
.
TEA PARTY ALERT: May 30, 2009 in Seattle, WA:
The Funeral for Healthcare - Facebook event page for a
grassroots counter-protest against a staged national "Astroturf" PR
rally which has been designed to reinforce the liberal push in Congress
to ram through nationalized health care schemes with minimal debate.
For background about what they will be protesting against, refer to the
national site for "Healthcare
Now" and the "Health
Care for All" march on May 30 in Seattle. See our own
background on this issue in:
Department of Unhealthy and Inhumane Services
Kennewick, WA - Richland, Pasco (Tri-Cities)
- April 15, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm - John Dam Plaza - between George
Washington Way and Jadwin Avenue, north of Knight Street
Moscow,
ID Tax Day Tea Party - see also Pullman, WA
Moses Lake, WA Tax Day Tea Party
Mt. Vernon, WA Tax Day Tea Party
Newport, WA Tax Day Tea Party
Oak Harbor, WA Tax Day Tea Party
Olympia,
WA Tax Day Tea Party -
petition -
April 15th, 11:00 am - 11:30 am - meet at Olympia City
Hall, I-5 Exit 105. At 11:30 march to the State Capital
Okanogan, WA Tax Day Tea Party
Port Orchard, WA Tax Day Tea Party
Port Redmond, WA Tax Day Tea Party
Pullman, WA
Tax Day Tea Party - see also Moscow, ID
Yakima, WA had a Tea Party protest on April 11.
News coverage included the NBC affiliate for the Tri-Cities region,
KDNO/KNDU, which estimated a turnout of over 500 people. There
will be another rally on Wednesday in Yakima, and in nearby Richland,
WA.
Seattle, WA Tea Party protest on February 27, 2009. This attracted an estimated 200 participants - organized
locally by online social networking in less than 1 week. National
"Chicago Tea Party" links
and coverage. Similar events
in 40+ cities attracted 15,000+ participants.
The
Tax Day Tea
Party website listed events associated with the
Nationwide Tea Party Coalition sponsors, who supported the organization of
most of the first Chicago Tea Party protest events on February 27.
New sponsors include
American Solutions (ties to Newt Gingrich) and other groups.
Newt Gingrich spoke at the New York City Tax Day Tea Party, and on Fox
News about it.
Another source of information about Tea Party protests
and other local initiatives or contacts in many states can be found
through the "Patriotic Resistance" -
http://www.resistnet.com .
The purpose of these tools is to make it easier
for conservatives to find what their elected officials, political peer
groups, and commentators are saying and doing on topics of interest to them
at the time.
This will be similar to the Search: Americas
tools created at
www.ShortListNews.com , which make it easy to search across many
economic development or chamber of commerce websites, such as to find timely
information about the local business investment climate as shared by these
promotional groups. There are also more comprehensive state economic
development directories at
www.gdi-solutions.com
There are also similar search tools for research across
the websites of many
professional
services related to capital investment projects which create or save
jobs in new or existing business locations.
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