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Over 1,000 Boisterous Protesters Attend Ventura County California Tax Day Tea Party
Over 1,000 people gathered at noon and protested during Ventura County Tax Day Tea Party at the Ventura Government Center.Here is Catherine Saillant’s, a reporter with the Los Angeles times, piece about the protest.
In Ventura, more than 1,000 people gathered under blue skies to vent wide-ranging concerns, from over-taxation and government spending to condemnation of a recent Homeland Security report tracking a rise in violence among right-wing groups.
Holding signs such as “Abolish the Federal Reserve,” and “We are Obummed Out, Stop Spending, No More Taxes,” the crowd was in a celebratory mood, loudly applauding each speaker and cheering as a small plane droned overhead pulling a banner that said “I’m Tea’d Off!!”
In an interesting note: I had not seen Catherine since 1994 or so when she used to interview me when I was an active participant in Ventura County GOP politics as an officeholder and candidate. I always found her to be a fair and balanced reporter.The Photos:
There were two groups of Tea Party attendees – one at the government center listening to speakers and the second on Victoria Avenue carrying their signs and soliciting honks from the passing motorists.
California Republican Assembly Candidate Jeff Gorell talking with Camarillo, California GOP City Councilman Mike Morgan
Jeff Gorell addressing the Tea Party Protest throng
Flap’s Twitter friend @erickbrockway
Twitter friend @pir8gold sporting her #TCOT Top Conservatives on Twitter T- Shirt
All of Flap’s photos from the event are here. All are subject to the Creative Commons License on Flickr, all rights reserved.
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Video: California Republican Assembly Candidate Jeff Gorell Speaks at Tax Day Tea Party
Jeff Gorell, a Republican candidate for California Assemblywoman Audra Strickland’s seat in 2010 (Strickland is term limited out) speaks at Tea Party protest todayOne of the few politicians who adddressed the hundreds who gathered at the Ventura County Government Center this afternoon was Jeff Gorell, the consensus Republican pick for California’s 37 Assembly District.
The Jeff Gorell for Assembly 2010 Facebook group is here.
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Photos: Ventura County California Tax Day Tea Party
I just returned from Ventura, California where I attended one of a couple of regional California Tax Day Tea Party protest events being held.
The Photos:
This PORKY protester greeted everyone passing to enter the Ventura County Government Center
There were many hand-made signs at this grassroots protest
A little California State Special Election politics was mixed into the day, Proposition 1A is a state tax increase measure
Future taxpayers attended the protest. After all, they are the ones who will pay for today’s government debt
Top Conservatives on Twitter was well represented at the Tea Party
Ok, more later in subsequent posts.
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