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How-to from the Orlando Moms

Helpful tips for a successful event: Great ideas from the folks who organized the highly successful event in Orlando last week. I love their music idea and this quote, “We chose not to have politicians speak at our event because it was our opinion that politicians have unlimited forums to make their platform known, this is a day for them to listen and for the people to be...

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A potpourri of Tea Party ideas

In no particular order, I’ve been emailed these interesting and thought-provoking Tea Party suggestions: Organize a clean-up crew and have them in place to keep trash picked up during and after the event.  The person who sent this idea said you don’t want to leave your event site looking like DC after the inauguration. ...

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Please report permit issues!

Over the last few days, we are hearing from a number of local Tea Party organizers that local government officials are acting to deny them permits. I leave it up to attorneys to decide whether government officials have the right to deny you your constitutional rights to peacefully assemble by imposing burdensome regulations on that right, and further denying that you have jumped through enough hoops to...

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When you post Tea Party videos to YouTube…

“PhoenixLady”, one of the local Tea Party organizers, is suggesting that when you upload Tea Party videos to YouTube, you use these tags: Tax Day Tea Party Politics The name of your state The name of your city Why?  Because when you add this type of tag, you increase the odds that someone searching under those terms in YouTube’s search engine will find your video. On the subject of Tea...

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Tea Party organizing tip: Have a co-chair/substitute

Since I was called away on a family emergency (it all turned out okay) for the last few days, I’m reminded of another organizing tip: If you’re the main organizer for an April 15 Tea Party, make sure there’s someone who can step in for you if some work or family emergency comes along and you are unable to continue your organizing work. At a minimum, if you document what you are doing in...