EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE: T.E.A. Party in Mercer County

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT (updated June 25, 2009)

Mercer County T.E.A. Party
(Taxed Enough Already)

A Mercer County T.E.A. Party (Taxed Enough Already) will be held on the Courthouse Square in Mercer on July 4 at 10 A.M.

An exciting program is planned to raise awareness of reckless government spending in Harrisburg and Washington, massive national debt, and government takeovers. Citizens of all political persuasion are urged to attend and stand against the flood of irresponsible spending and taxation.

Guest speaker is Jerry Bowyer of Pittsburgh – a columnist, author, entrepreneur, financial writer, and talk show host.

Jerry Bowyer’s Bio

Jerry has worked extensively in finance and economics. He has worked as an auditor and a tax accountant with Arthur Andersen and Co, worked with Federated Investors, consulted extensively in various privatization efforts for Allegheny County, founded the influential economic think tank, the Allegheny Institute and lectured extensively at local universities, business and civic groups. He has been a member of three investment committees, most recently for Benchmark Financial, Pittsburgh’s largest financial services firm. He recently joined the investment committee of Ron Blue & Co. Jerry is a CNBC Contributor and has written often for CNBC.com, Forbes.com, The Wall Street Journal as well as many other publications. He is the author of the Bush Boom, and the upcoming Free Market Capitalists Survival Guide to be published by Harper Collins.

Jerry has consulted extensively with the White House on matters pertaining to the present economic crisis. He is the Chairman of Bowyer Media which produces the state-wide TV program Pennsylvania Newsmakers, and various programs on 1360 am, also known as WMNY, Pittsburgh’s Business Talk. Jerry has been quoted by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, the International Herald Tribune and various local newspapers. He has been a contributing editor of National Review Online, The New York Sun and Townhall Magazine. Jerry has hosted daily radio programs on 1360, and 101.5 FM as well as TV programs on PCNC and WPCB. He as one of the founding members of WQED’s On-Q Friday Roundtable. He served on the transition committee of the Jim Roddey Adminstration. He has guest hosted for the Bill Bennett radio program as well as radio programs in Chicago, Dallas and Las Angeles.

He is the happy husband of Susan, father of Christopher, Jeremy, Grace, Hope, Mercy, Charlie and Jack, and a vestryman and reader in the Episcopal Church.

His wife, Susan, grew up at Lake Latonka and is a graduate of Lakeview High School.

For additional information contact: Mary at 724-662-4359

BLOG POST UPDATE AND CLARIFICATION:

The Herald published information about this event today HERE. Unfortunately, The Herald provided inaccurate data regarding the theme of the rally. Upon seeing the write up in The Herald, I contacted one of the event organizers. The Herald implied that the focus of the event would be a Christian gathering with hymns and complaints about the breakdown of the family. That is simply not the case. I’ve been told by those directly involved with the planning of the event that the focus will remain exactly as it was stated in this announcement . . . “Taxes, spending, government takeovers” and the speaker (described above) will speak on those topics!

I want to make it very clear that this is a non-partisan event focused on the concerns of ALL TAXPAYERS. The issues will be fiscal responsibility and good government. This is NOT an event regarding social issues with religious undertones.

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