Mercer County PA TEA Party was a huge success

Written by Roberta Biros

The Mercer County TEA Party last year (July 4th) was amazing. The weather was perfect and the crowd was large. Today’s TEA Party on the court house lawn had additional hurdles of threats of rain and chilly temperatures, but attendance was even higher than last year!

Estimates for attendance ranged around 750 (last year’s estimates were about 500). The crowd was polite and orderly yet invigorated and motivated.

There were some folks that obviously didn’t belong, but they were tolerated. I managed to snap a photo of one ‘fake tea partier’ at the event. The event planners had decided that we would highlight fake tea partiers with small signs and we’d attempt to document the intruders with cell phone cameras. The example below was actually a two-for-one special. It exposed the obvious fake tea partier in the center of the photo, but it also exposed the yard sign for another fake tea partier (that was also in attendance) in the bottom left hand corner of the photo. In a single word, “Priceless”.

I’d like to caption the above photo as “where is The Herald when you need them?”

Mark your calendars now, as the next TEA Party in Mercer County is scheduled for July 3rd . . . rain or shine!

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

An open forum for citizens to voice their thoughts, ideas and concerns for our region with someone who will finally listen……someone who will bring the voice of Main Street to Washington DC.

Tuesday April 27 – Time: 7 – 8:30 pm – Perkins Restaurant, Meadville, Pa

Monday May 3rd – Time: 7 – 8:30 pm- Kings Family Restaurant, Franklin, PA

Thursday, May 6 – Time: 7 – 8:30 pm – Panera, Butler Commons, Butler, PA

Monday, May 10 – Time: 7 – 8:30 pm – Kings Family Restaurant, Kittanning, PA

NOTICE:
This event announcement was submitted by the Candidate or by a Candidate representative. The event announcement is being published here as a community service in an effort to give concerned citizens an opportunity to meet the candidates. Candidates and committees are invited to submit announcements to this blog by email to roberta.in.mercer@gmail.com.

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