Mark Lloyd was elected to serve as Chairman of the VTP tonight, replacing prior Chairman Travis Witt. Some of you will remember Mark from his prior stint as Chairman several years ago. We appreciate Mark's willingness to step into the role to help lead the organization through 2015 and beyond. Welcome back, Mark!
On Thursday night (9/25/2014), RTP held its monthly meeting for September, and it was great to see everyone in our new meeting location! We heard that there were a few that found it hard to find the location, so we’ll be sure to share more specific information so that you can find us for our N...
We held our quarterly summit meeting today at the Crowne Plaze Hotel in downtown Richmond, with leadership from all across the state coming together to share information and develop strategies. We had an AMAZING turn-out today, with over 100 attendees. Key topics today included "team Building" with Mark Herr from the Center For Self-Governance and a panel discussion on privacy issues with prior attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, ACLU Virginia Director of Public Policy and Communications Frank Knapp, and CoLA Committee [...]
Actions speaks louder than words….that’s the message that the St. Louis Tea Party wanted to communicate to the businesses (and families) of Ferguson Missouri, where riots following a police shooting had rocked that town. Tea Parties show their strength and can share their message more su...
As a conservative activist, sometimes its very depressing and disheartening to see the volume of funding against which we are fighting. Relying solely on donations and self-funding by our coordinator team, we’re always one wrong step away from being in perilous financial hardship (more so than...
In the latest copy of the Chesterfield Monthly magazine (print and online), there was a multi-page spread discussing the Dave Brat win over Eric Cantor and the general activist-machine across the Richmond area. Also covers items like the Chesterfield comprehensive plan and the meals tax. A good read, but with a leftward slant here-and-there. Whether recent history is a precursor of things to come – or the conservative message falls on deaf ears in coming elections – is anyone’s guess. [...]
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Earlier today, approximately 70 dedicated activists from around the state met for the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation quarterly summit meeting in downtown Richmond, Virginia. We heard several topics such as the many successes from various groups...
More on this in the coming weeks, but there’s more-and-more stories coming out now about how the “establishment” GOP is working to “take out” any opposition to its big government plans by tea party/liberty politicians. The latest air raid siren to go off pertains to rep...
The Richmond Tea Party began the quest for tax-exempt status in December, 2009. Approval was finally granted in July, 2012. It is what happened during those 31 months that lead to this lawsuit. Thanks to all of our supporters who stand with us in support of Constitutional adherence and the ...
