TEA PARTIES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TO PROTEST GOVERNOR PERDUE'S PROPOSED TAX HIKES!
Governor Beverly Perdue recently proposed steep tax increases amounting to $680 million in her budget proposal intended to stimulate North Carolina’s bruised economy.
AFP- North Carolina is providing support to the many grassroots activists across the country to protest not only Governor Perdue's tax hikes, but all federal bailouts, spending sprees, so-called stimulus packages, earmarks and fiscal irresponsibility in national, state, and local governments.Please attend one or more of these events and help us spread the word.
Our economic freedom is under attack and we must fight back. All of the events below are free and open to the public. (If you are having an event and we don’t have it listed, please email info@afpnc.org)
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009
Raleigh
12:00-2:00 pm
NC State Capitol (east side) downtown Raleigh
Free Lunch for the first 150 people who attend. Rain or shine.
Free Lunch for the first 150 people who attend. Rain or shine.
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Charlotte
11:00-1:00pm
Marshall Park, Second and McDowell Streets, 28204
Need info? info@afphq.org
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Wilmington
5:30 pm
Wilmington Tea Party on the Cape Fear River: “Taxation Without Representation”Protest at the waterfront by the Federal Building in Wilmington. Federal Building is located at N. Water Street between Market and Princess.
Then, the Tea Party will march to City Hall for a City Council meeting at 6:30 pm. One item on the agenda is a public hearing for the annexation of Monkey Junction area.City Hall is at 102 N. 3rd Street, Wilmington, NC 28402
Register online here.
Register online here.
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Edenton
5:00 pm
Edenton Courthouse Green ( Chowan County)
Note: The Edenton Tea Party was one of the earliest organized women’s political actions in United States history. On October 25, 1774, Mrs. Penelope Barker organized, at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth King, fifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina. Together they formed an alliance wholeheartedly supporting the American cause against “taxation without representation.”
Note: The Edenton Tea Party was one of the earliest organized women’s political actions in United States history. On October 25, 1774, Mrs. Penelope Barker organized, at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth King, fifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina. Together they formed an alliance wholeheartedly supporting the American cause against “taxation without representation.”
This event will include Revolutionary war re-enactors to celebrate the famous Edenton Tea Party. This is a once in a lifetime event to celebrate our past and protect us from a future of debt and high taxes.
Please register today here.
Read more about the history of the Edenton tea party here.
Date: April 15, 2009
Raleigh
Note: Two Raleigh Tea Parties on this date—different times and locations—attend both!
4:30-6:00 pm (tentative)Federal Courthouse. New Bern Avenue across from the Post Office
6:30pm - 8:30 pmNC State Capitol at One East Edenton Street (east side)
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Asheville
4:30 pm
Sidewalk in front of Asheville City Hall and Buncombe County Courthouse
Non-partisan Movement to Repeal the Pork!
Email: erikafranzi@mac.com
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Greensboro
12:00-1:00 pm
Center City Park, downtown Greensboro, between Elm and Davie streets
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Charlotte
2:00pm - 4:00 pm
City Hall Lawn
600 E. Trade Street
Charlotte , NC
