The Official Website of the Knoxville Tea Party

On Wednesday, August 26 at 6:00pm, a Town Hall meeting will be hosted at the downtown Knoxville City/County building in the Main Assembly Room.  Since some of our legislators aren’t having any Town Hall meetings (out of fear or otherwise), the people will have one for them!  Tennessee State Representatives Stacey Campfield and Frank Niceley are presently confirmed to be there, as is Drew Johnson of TN Policy Research Center to help break down HR 3200 for the audience.  Sally Absher will help moderate the event.  This is a great opportunity to find out more of what’s going on and what can be done about it!
 
Click here to view a map showing the City/County building and parking areas.  The official address of the City/County building is 300 W HILL AVE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37902.
 
See you there!

If you haven’t heard, a National Coalition has joined together to promote a unified stance against this dangerous healthcare legislation.  The coalition consists of American Liberty Alliance, Michelle Malkin, Smart Girl Politics, American Majority, the Sam Adams Alliance, Freedom Works, RedState.com and Americans for Limited Government.  The coalition is expected to grow in the coming weeks.  Their idea is on August 22, 2009, during the break in session, we the people fully intend to hold mass rallies outside of every single congressional office in the country.

Please go to this link for more information:
http://recessrally.com/tennessee/

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A fellow Knoxville Tea Partier sent us the following commentary on the healthcare bill.  Please take just a moment to review the items (at the end of this post) mandated in the Health Care Bill congress is pushing.  This is just from the first 500 pages that were released!  And does not include recent amendments exempting Congress from having to participating in this terrible plan they are creating.  And just yesterday a re-vote on an anti-abortion provision resulted in there being no restriction on abortion provisions — meaning that the government and/or private insurers may be FORCED to provide abortion services with your premiums and tax dollars.  Whether you agree with abortion or not, this is yet another sign of Congress ignoring both moral issues and the will of the people, especially since 71% of U.S. adults oppose such funding (2008 Zogby poll).

So what can you do?
• Call or write to members of Congress.  Start with your representatives (TN Senators are Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker; Knoxville-area Representative is Jimmy Duncan) and encourage them to fight vehemently against this.  Then, call other Tennessee members of Congress, and other states as well.  If you write, be advised that members of which you are not a constituent are obligated to just forward your letter to your representative, so in those cases it is probably best just to call.  Phone lists:
o http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/mcapdir.html
o http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
• Attend the 9/12 March on Washington!  People were angry in April, but they’re livid now.  Voice your opposition to taxes and freedom-quenching decisions being made:  http://912dc.org/

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Nashville will be home to TWO tea party events around Independence Day this year!  The Middle Tennessee Liberty Rally (Facebook Event Page) will be held at the Nashville Legislative Plaza on Monday, June 29 from 12:00 - 2:00pm.  Also, the Independence Day Tea Party (Facebook Event Page) is being held on Thursday, July 2, from 4:00-8:30pm at the same location.  Two dates to choose from, or come to both!  Be there!

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research is having a “pork tour” to celebrate the release of the 2009 pork report. Their website is www.tennesseepolicy.org and you can look at a copy of the pork report at http://www.tennesseepolicy.org/files/pdf/2009_Pork_Report.pdf
Meetup for free barbeque in celebration of the release of the 2009 Pork Report!
When:Thursday, June 4th from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: Krutch Park, 504 Market Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 (map)
The Pork Report is Tennessee’s only comprehensive, detailed examination of government waste and pork barrel spending at all levels of government in Tennessee. This year’s Pork Report uncovers over $500 million in waste, fraud and abuse of your tax dollars.
Nearly 100 examples of wasteful spending by state and local governments are exposed, including $9 million for an underground “Party Bunker” at the Governor’s Mansion, $2.3 million to bailout 11 financially insolvent state-owned golf courses, $1 million to study mice genes and $40,000 for unused phone lines.
2009 Tennessee Pork Report: Waste, Fraud and Abuse of Your Tax Dollars Exposed
*Free Admission*
*Free Barbecue while supplies last*