Georgia Tea Party, Inc.

(Scroll down or click these links for upates concerning the County Watch Group,

the Federal Task Force, and our ongoing involvement in the IRS scandal!)

At this week’s meeting of the Georgia Tea Party, we’re delighted to welcome back a good friend of the Georgia Tea Party, Mr. Phil Kent! After unfortunately having to forego a scheduled visit with GTP in March of this year, Mr. Kent will be advising us this Thursday night on the current state of the fight against Obamacare. Phil is the President of the Atlanta-based Phil Kent Consulting Inc, which specializes in media communications. As an author, columnist, and media commentator, Phil has appeared on Fox News Network, CNN, MSNBC, and syndicated talk radio programs across the nation. A twice-published author, Mr. Kent was President of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, an Atlanta-based constitutional public policy law firm, from April 2001 to June 2003. Currently, Phil is the executive director of the American Immigration Control Foundation and the national spokesman for its sister group, Americans for Immigration Control. He is also a member of the National Press Club and the Georgia Press Association, and serves on the board of The Buckhead Club and the Atlanta Senior Citizens Services organization. You can also catch Phil on your television with the Georgia Gang, every Sunday morning at 8:30 on Fox 5 Atlanta, or live and in person at this week’s Georgia Tea Party volunteer meeting! Phil will also be selling and signing copies of his newest book on illegal immigration, “What’s Yours is Mine,” for $5! This Thursday night, 7 – 9 PM, 900 Roswell ST in Marietta!

 Get involved! Join us for a  meeting and volunteer for a task force!

Meeting Info

Time:  EVERY Thursday night, 7-9 pm

Location:  900 Roswell ST, Marietta, GA

(Roswell Street Baptist Church office building, east of the church campus, west of the Big Chicken)

In the News!

• In a press release to major news outlets, Georgia Tea Party disclosed on June 4 that United States Congressmen Tom Price (R-GA 6) and Tom Graves (R-GA 14) have requested information related to GTP’s experience in obtaining tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. The information was provided to the Georgia Congressmen in the form of a detailed timeline outlining all of GTP’s interactions with the IRS between 2009 and 2012. GTPI Chairman, J.D. Van Brink praised Representatives Price and Graves for their diligent work in the current investigation of IRS activity. “Being staunch protectors of the Constitution, these two men understand the chilling effect that the IRS’s actions have had on our First Amendment rights.  We can only hope that other members of Congress from both sides of the aisle will seize this opportunity to work together in preventing government agencies from abusing their power to achieve political objectives, and will solve the root cause of this problem, which is a tax code that is too complex, too expensive to administer and comply with, subjective in its very nature, and selectively enforced,” Mr. Van Brink said.

• On Tuesday night, May 28, Georgia Tea Party’s Federal Task Force held an extremely productive meeting with candidate for Congress in the 11th district, Mr. Bob Barr! A number of FTF priorities were discussed at length, including the One-Cent Solution, the Simple Tax, the REINS Act, and the Dual Mandate. “Anything we can do to lessen the power of the Fed is good with me,” said Mr. Barr. The Federal Task Force has enjoyed an excellent relationship with the outgoing Congressman Gingrey, and following May 28′s session, GTP is laying the groundwork for an equally beneficial relationship with whoever is elected as the new member of Congress from the 11th Congressional District. In the coming months, the Federal Task Force will be meeting with all of the candidates for the 11th District, as well as candidates for the U.S. Senate seat that will be opened up due to the retirement of Sen. Saxby Chambliss. To find out how you can be a part of the Georgia Tea Party’s Federal Task Force, or if you’re a GTP volunteer that would like to be a part of future meetings with other Federal candidates for the 11th District, U.S. Senate, and other posts, please contact GTP Board Members Jim Jess or Ronny West.