I finally made it to the Mechanicsville Tea Party tonight at the old East Hanover firehouse. I was expecting ten or maybe twenty committed activists there; the place was packed – nearly every seat was filled. Perhaps 90 or so. I was recognized by one of the organizers as the “blog guy” who had been helping out. I even got an assignment to speak to the education program on the so-called separation of church of state. I was glad to sign up!
The Mechanicsville Tea Party meets every other Thursday night (next meeting is October 7 at 7 pm) and meets every Tuesday night with a educational program. They had the Milton Friedman series, the Tea Party Documentary and last week Generation Zero. We may have a treat for the TEA very soon.
The organizer confirmed GREAT news: The Saturday AM speaker at the Virginia Tea Party Convention on October 9 will be none other than the father of the tea party – Cong. Ron Paul! I plan to be there as a blogger!
I was excited to see so many involved; I want to say they need more young adults but I hope as they grow they will have more people attending. They might have to open the firehouse garage for the overflow!
About Elwood Sanders
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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