FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: March 31, 2009

Pat Anderson, Traditional Media Coordinator
Phone#: (651) 294-3593 (612) 850-9181 cell pata@mnfreemarketinstitute.org
Antoinette “Toni” Backdahl, MN State Coord.
Phone #: (952) 960-1394 toni@movingmn.com
Margaret Lee, Event Coordinator
Phone#: (612) 360-1883 margaretlee@amblerLLC.com
Dave Johannes, Marketing Coordinator
Phone #: (612) 386-0961 dgjohannes@comcast.net
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TAX DAY TEA PARTY TO BE HELD IN ST. PAUL
Event to be held at the State Capitol grounds on Wednesday, April 15th from 5 to 8 PM.

Concerned citizens, grassroots organizations and free market activists will band together in protest at the State Capitol. Timed to coincide with the date by which Americans must pay their federal income taxes, the Tax Day Tea Party effort is coordinated by Smart Girl Politics, Top Conservatives on Twitter and the DontGo Movement, in addition to other center-right activist groups.

The nation wide Tea Parties are designed to provide advocates of individual liberty and the free-market system a forum to protest against out of control spending by the federal government. Specifically, the flawed "Stimulus Bill", pork filled budget and the socialist plan for redistribution of wealth.

“ Minnesotans are angry about what they see happening to our country”, said Dave Johannes, St. Paul Tea Party Marketing Coordinator “We need to stop this madness before it’s too late”. “We encourage all Minnesotans to join us and speak out about these irresponsible economic policies of the Congress and Administration,” said Johannes.

When asked about the need for nation wide rallies modeled after the Boston Tea Party of 1773, MN State Tea Party Coordinator Toni Backdahl, remarked, “We are building on the free market ideas of our founding fathers and we are following their examples by speaking out to send a message to our elected representatives.” Tea Party Movement is giving a voice to tens of thousands of Americans,” added Margaret Lee, Event Coordinator for the St. Paul Tea Party, “Average Americans are not in favor of mortgaging away our children’s futures. We need to speak out now before it is too late.”


Information on The Tax Day Tea Party in St Paul can be found at http://teapartymn.org

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