A group of local conservatives is joining the national debate about President Barack Obama’s fiscal agenda.Plans for a “tax day tea party,” modeled after the infamous Boston Tea Party, to protest the stimulus package and Obama’s broader social agenda, like funding embryonic stem cell research, went public Wednesday with a Web site – www.batonrougeteaparty.net – while asimultaneous effort is underway to recruit members on the popular social networking site Facebook.”Our heritage is at stake,” said Robin Edwards, tea party organizer.The tea party is scheduled for April 15 — Tax Day.—-Contact Nate Monroe at [email protected]
Local conservatives organize tax tea party – 11:55 a.m.
March 11, 2009