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Recap of February 25th Summit Meeting

By |2019-05-11T16:11:47-04:00February 26th, 2017|Categories: Blog, CoLA, Featured, Media, Photos|Tags: , , , , , , , |

About 60-70 leaders from various statewide tea party member organizations met on a sunny Saturday in downtown Richmond at the Crowne Plaza Hotel to listen to various speakers and share information/strategy. New for this meeting was that we had a live broadcast of  BlogTalkRadio by Craig "the Hatchet Man" Johnson, with a couple live interviews of meeting attendees! We heard about topics like: Engaging Millennials from Elliot Harding Legislative update/CoLA committee report on the 2017 General Assembly session from Carol Stopps [...]

Reminder: February statewide summit meeting this weekend – Register now!

By |2019-05-11T16:11:47-04:00February 23rd, 2017|Categories: Blog, Featured, News|Tags: |

The spring 2017 statewide summit meeting will be held this Saturday, Feb 25th. Details and Registration   Agenda 10:00 Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance 10:05 Opening Remarks Thanks to sponsors 10:10 Engaging Millennials – Elliot Harding 11:00 Morning Break 11:10 CoLA Report – Carol Stopps 11:35 Victory stories: Dale Swanson / Michael Hirsch - Defeated tax payer funded baseball stadium. Nelson Valez - Norfolk TP - Got referendum to change appointment of school board to being elected. 12:00 Lunch [...]

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‘Day of Action’ Rally March 15th in DC

By |2019-05-11T16:11:47-04:00February 16th, 2017|Categories: Action Alerts, Blog, Congress, Events, Featured, Healthcare, News|Tags: , |

WHEN: Wednesday March 15 - Capitol Hill Time 1:00 - 5:00 PM WHERE: Location US Capitol on the Senate Side (Bus locations & schedule TBD) FreedomWorks will be operating buses from various parts of Virginia Lunch will be provided by FreedomWorks There will be two parts to the program: Part 1 Senator Ted Cruz Will Highlight the First Part which will last about 1 hour Andrew Wilkow - SiriusXM  Radio as Master of Ceremonies C L Bryant Freedom Works Senior Fellow [...]

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David Barton coming to Richmond!

By |2018-05-23T00:01:03-04:00February 6th, 2017|Categories: Action Alerts, Blog, Events|Tags: |

An Evening with David Barton The Goochland TEA Party invites you to attend its next public event! David Barton will be presenting the evening of March 4th, 2017 at 6:00 PM. The event is taking place at the Glen Allen cultural Arts Center, in Glen Allen Virginia. There is no cost for admission, but seating is limited. No-cost tickets are available at Eventbrite. For more information, visit the Goochland Tea Party web page.

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Reminder: First summit meeting of 2017 on February 25th!

By |2019-05-11T16:11:48-04:00February 4th, 2017|Categories: Action Alerts, Blog, Featured|Tags: |

The spring 2017 statewide summit meeting will be held on Saturday, Feb 25th. Details and Registration More details will be forthcoming, but mark your calendars now! DRAFT working agenda 10:00 Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance 10:05 Opening Remarks / Thanks to sponsors 10:10 Engaging Millennials – Elliot Harding 11:00 Morning Break 11:10 CoLA Report – Carol Stopps 11:35 Victory stories 12:00 Lunch and networking 1:30 More Victory Stories 2:00 The Philosophy Behind the Republican Creed – Nick Freitas 2:50 [...]

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Merry Christmas from the VTP!

By |2018-05-23T00:01:04-04:00December 25th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Featured|Tags: |

This season is so much more than holiday parties and giving gifts. May your Christmas be filled with the true miracles and meaning of this beautiful time, and we wanted to take the time to send you our most sincere Christmas wishes. We hope you have a beautiful holiday as you prepare for a new 2017! -Your VTP Organizer Team

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Fiscal Policy – A Primer on Debt and Deficit

By |2019-05-11T16:11:49-04:00December 10th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Economy, Featured, Government, Media, Videos|Tags: , , , |

Found this educational resource today on the debt and deficit. Its a 3-part series from POLICYed.org. John Taylor discusses the major components of fiscal policy and their effect on the US economy. This series covers the complexities of the budget process, the debt and deficit, and the economy and the deficit. Main Series Page The Budget Process The Debt and the Deficit The Economy and the Deficit If you'd like to brush up on your knowledge, or think that your [...]

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Cocktails at 5:00 Anyone?

By |2019-05-11T16:11:49-04:00December 7th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Featured, Politics|Tags: , |

Republicans have much to celebrate after the YUGE win November 8th. Grassroots groups, TEA Partiers and conservative activists everywhere are getting even higher as President-elect Trump shows with (most of) his choices for cabinet positions that he will be doing exactly what he promised on the campaign trail. Can this be? Yes, it could, since The Donald is not really a politician, he’s a business man getting down to business. So it’s time for Virginia Republicans to celebrate the future [...]

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Delegate Rob Bell Exits 2017 Attorney General Race

By |2019-05-11T16:11:49-04:00November 21st, 2016|Categories: Blog, Elections, Featured, Government, News, Politics|Tags: , |

Today in a news release citing family concerns, Delegate Rob Bell officially withdrew from the Attorney General race for 2017. Dear Friends, Now that the 2016 election is over, it is time for the 2017 Virginia statewide campaigns to begin in earnest. After careful consideration, I have decided that I will not seek the position of Attorney General. I have spent the last year traveling the state and laying the groundwork for a campaign. However, as you may know, I [...]

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Summit Meeting Recap

By |2018-05-23T00:01:05-04:00November 20th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Events, Featured, Media, Photos|Tags: |

A huge thanks to our attendees, sponsors, representatives, and volunteers who helped make the summit meeting Saturday a success!  If you were unable to attend the event, you can catch a brief photo recap here: Flickr Album Hope to catch you for the next one! Be sure to stay tuned here and watch our calendar for news about the next upcoming events...we'll be scheduling them and posting very soon. And don't forget....if you'd like to be our events coordinator, we need [...]

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