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April 17, 2011 Local, Political News 3 Comments

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By Tom Tillison
Florida Political Press

The 3rd Annual Tax Day Tea Party was held here in Orlando on Friday afternoon and by all measures was a great success!  Perhaps, the best one yet…

Well over 2,000 fellow patriots turned out for the 4:00PM early start and stayed put for the next three hours as the Central Florida Tea Party Council and the Fair Tax Patriots put on one heck of a show.

The day featured Marco Rubio, Herman Cain, Ralph Reed, Mike Haridopolos among others and had a few pleasanr surprises including ‘Joe the Plumber’ and Rep. Sandy Adams, fresh from her latest session in Washington, D.C. 

The event garnered a lot of national attention as Herman Cain was interviewed live on FoxNews during the event and Marco Rubio was featured on ‘On The Record With Greta Van Susteren’ and Breitbart TV for deftly handling a heckler during his speech.  Rubio actually congratulated the misguided soul for being his very first heckler!

 

Posted by TomT

Tom quickly established himself as an integral part of the tea party movement in Orlando. He's the original founder of the Central Florida Tea Party Council and Editor-In-Chief of the conservative news site Florida Political Press. He's known for his laid back style and intensity of opinion, which he prefers sharing in open parking lots with plenty of room to pontificate.

Currently there are "3 comments" on this Article:

  1. Richard Graffuis says:
    April 18, 2011 at 10:23 am

    I attended the Third Annual Tax Day Tea Party, and was surprized that none of Orlando’s television stations made mention on Saturday morning. But, from a famous quote, this is the start to the proper ending.

    First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
    Mohandas Gandhi

  2. Mickey says:
    April 18, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    Congratulations on a well-organized and attended Tax Day Tea Party for central Florida held at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. Due to Reneé appearing in a skit at a sparsely attended Tea Party event at The Landing in Jacksonville, we attended that one instead. To put it politely, we chose unwisely… LOL! We made up for it the next day by attending the St Augustine Tax Day Tea Party at the St Johns County Fairgrounds where they had put on a very well produced event with many great speakers including Frantz Kebreau and KrrisAnne Hall as well as Governor Rick Scott.

    From now on though, we’ll be certain that we’re at the Tea Party events sponsored by one of the many great Tea Party movements in Central Florida… from North Lake all the way to Orlando!

    Again, congratulations on a great event!

  3. Stan says:
    April 20, 2011 at 6:16 am

    Great job, Tom, Barbara, and Jason!

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