I sent my family’s tax returns in a couple of weeks ago, so I’m ready to party down, Brown.
I like the Chico Tea Party Patriot’s annual Tax Day Rally, it’s very traditional, home town, All-American kind of fun, like the pancake breakfast held every year at One Mile. It’s a time to be glad to be an American, cause no matter how bad things get, we still got America.
Yes, we do. America is a great country, for so many reasons. We might gripe about our leadership, but we have to admit, it’s good to live in America.
Americans are independent, they don’t want to be told how to live or what to think or what to do. That doesn’t mean they aren’t there to look out for their neighbor, in good times and bad. But hollering out, “are you okay, do you need assistance?” is a far cry from, “sit down and shut up, I’m here to take over your life and run it for you.”
Of course, people that independent don’t agree on everything all the time, and that just makes the Tea Party even more American – they are a diverse group, brought together by their belief in the principles that made our country great – you can read about it in the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution.
So, tomorrow the organizers generously offered me a speaking spot at 12:30 to talk about these taxes and tax increases we have rolling around on the ballot in November. I hope to see a pretty good crowd. I’m still looking for some folks to go to the Finance Office with me and turn in our Utility Tax Rebate forms.
See you there!
Chico Taxpayers Association 
I attended the Tea Party “No Tax Day” Rally today and had a great time.
There was not as big a crowd as last year – many people headed for the major rally in Sacramento.
It was definitely worth attending, with speakers like Councilman Bob Evans, council candidate Toby Schindelbeck, First District congressional candidate Gregory Cheadle, Third Assembly District candidate Bob Williams, and Chico State Young Republican Ryan Fedrizzi.
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