RI Tea Party: Time to Really Get In the Mix

First off, a hearty Congratulations to ALL of you who put pressure on Congressman Patrick Kennedy during this past year to heed the will of the people. You wrote, you called, you protested, you spent your own time and money to make your voices heard. And it paid off! Without a doubt, your messages finally got through. We wish Representative Kennedy well in his future endeavors. Now let’s get down to the business of making sure all of our elected leaders provide sound representation for the people of Rhode Island.

To achieve that goal, we are excited to announce that we have formed The People’s PAC of the RI Tea Party. The People’s PAC will allow regular folks to help fund campaigns and endorse candidates who represent US; not corporations, not unions, not lawyers, or any other special interest group. Just We the People. We are currently seeking a web designer who will help us set up a webpage for our PAC. If you are skilled in this area, please contact colleen [at] riteaparty [dot] com asap. We will soon send out a survey asking for your input on how we should vet prospective candidates. This is YOUR PAC, so we want to build our process around the principles which mean the most to you.

We’d also like to extend a warm welcome to our two new Board members, Lisa Blais, and Patti Girardi. Lisa has over 20 years of corporate human resource management, employee and labor relations specialist, collective bargaining expertise (negotiated private-sector labor contracts) corporate benefit negotiations, public education law and local practices expert, school and municipal contract analyst. She will be invaluable in our efforts to combat the influence of public sector unions in the Rhode island legislature. Patti earned an MBA from Harvard University and specializes in branding and marketing management. Her experience and knowledge will be vital to growing our organization and messaging to the electorate to effect much needed change.

Congratulations to several tea party members who have recently had letters to the editor published in Projo, including Angela Hoff, Alice Losasso, and Patti Girardi. Your efforts to consistently keep our voice in the media is absolutely critical to our mission and is greatly appreciated by all. If anyone has their writings published, be sure to let us know!

Finally, please note our next RI Tea Party Meeting will take place on March 10, 2010 at the Quonset O Club in North Kingstown. We will have a guest speaker (TBA) and focus on workshops for local tea party groups and other committees so that more people can become involved in the effort. Please bring your ideas!

RI Tea Party Open Meeting
March 10, 2010
6:00PM (reception)
6:30PM-8:30PM
Quonset O Club
200 Lt. James Brown Blvd.
North Kingstown, RI 02852

News Release: Rhode Island Tea Party