THE MARYLAND TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
Contact:
Dee Hodges, Chairman
410-665-4769 or 703-244-3431
Herb McMillan, President
443-822-0974
The Maryland Taxpayers Association will sponsor the Annapolis Tax Day Tea Party to be held on Wednesday, April 15th, noon-2 pm, at the dock area. Co-sponsors include Americans for Prosperity and the Institute for Liberty.
Aaron Jones, a 2008 graduate of Salisbury University, who works as an auto mechanic, took up the idea of a tea party to demonstrate his frustration and sense of impending loss of personal liberty. He sought help from Delegate Don Dwyer (R) and the sponsors. He envisions that “the event will be a grassroots citizens’ peaceful protest to urge Annapolis and Washington to change their high spending, high tax ways.” Preliminary indications suggest that there will be a large turnout .
MTA President Herb McMillan will be co-hosting the event with WCBM radio’s morning show host, Sean Casey. A highlight of the tea party, will be the tossing of mock tea cartons overboard from 1700s era St. Michaels’ based skipjack , the Thomas Clyde, in a Maryland style imitation of the original Boston Tea Party. Delegate Dwyer, whom some consider to be a modern day Patrick Henry, will do the tea toss.
In the original Boston Tea party, pre-revolutionaries dressed as Indians, boarded ships docked in the harbor, and threw tea cartons overboard, to protest taxes imposed by King George without any representation from the colonies. Since then, tea parties have been considered a righteous way to protest high taxes.
MTA President Herb McMillan noted that “Maryland with its recent tax increases on every Marylander now has the 4th highest tax burden in the country according to the Tax Foundation….And that the tea party demonstrates grassroots opinion that our representatives are not listening to the people.”
Note: MTA advises people to park at Navy Stadium on Rowe Blvd and take the shuttle to Church Circle or the Statehouse and walk down Main St to the site. For safety reasons, Annapolis does not allow signs on sticks. MTA suggests that they be attached to clothing or attached to pieces of cardboard.
Contact:
Dee Hodges, Chairman
410-665-4769 or 703-244-3431
Herb McMillan, President
443-822-0974
The Maryland Taxpayers Association will sponsor the Annapolis Tax Day Tea Party to be held on Wednesday, April 15th, noon-2 pm, at the dock area. Co-sponsors include Americans for Prosperity and the Institute for Liberty.
Aaron Jones, a 2008 graduate of Salisbury University, who works as an auto mechanic, took up the idea of a tea party to demonstrate his frustration and sense of impending loss of personal liberty. He sought help from Delegate Don Dwyer (R) and the sponsors. He envisions that “the event will be a grassroots citizens’ peaceful protest to urge Annapolis and Washington to change their high spending, high tax ways.” Preliminary indications suggest that there will be a large turnout .
MTA President Herb McMillan will be co-hosting the event with WCBM radio’s morning show host, Sean Casey. A highlight of the tea party, will be the tossing of mock tea cartons overboard from 1700s era St. Michaels’ based skipjack , the Thomas Clyde, in a Maryland style imitation of the original Boston Tea Party. Delegate Dwyer, whom some consider to be a modern day Patrick Henry, will do the tea toss.
In the original Boston Tea party, pre-revolutionaries dressed as Indians, boarded ships docked in the harbor, and threw tea cartons overboard, to protest taxes imposed by King George without any representation from the colonies. Since then, tea parties have been considered a righteous way to protest high taxes.
MTA President Herb McMillan noted that “Maryland with its recent tax increases on every Marylander now has the 4th highest tax burden in the country according to the Tax Foundation….And that the tea party demonstrates grassroots opinion that our representatives are not listening to the people.”
Note: MTA advises people to park at Navy Stadium on Rowe Blvd and take the shuttle to Church Circle or the Statehouse and walk down Main St to the site. For safety reasons, Annapolis does not allow signs on sticks. MTA suggests that they be attached to clothing or attached to pieces of cardboard.
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More junk in the Wicomico river... Just what we need. Are they going to clean up their mess when they're through?
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