Below is an email talking about how the OH Tea Party is facing off the OH teachers union. The union is sending in paid “protesters” similar to what is going on in WI. Take note, it might happen in NC.
Subject: Rally in Canton on Tuesday, Monthly Meeting Wednesday
Dear Charles,
First of all I want to thank the 100 members of the Portage County TEA Party who took time off from work and paid their own way to Columbus on Thursday to support Senate Bill #5. Thanks also to those of you who donated money to help pay for some of the riders. Our members represented you with honor and courage in an environment that I can only describe to you as being surreal. The Unions tried to intimidate us, they pushed us and shoved us, took our signs, and yelled profanities at us and we did not back down an inch. (We will show you some video from the event at our meeting on Wednesday at Maplewood.) We stood toe to toe with them for hours on end and by time we were done, they knew that we are a force to be reckoned. Every one of them was paid to be there, some even admitted to us that the Democratic Party paid their way, if the Union did not. It was important that we showed up Thursday to prevent a situation like they have in Wisconsin, where the people are letting the unions intimidate them. Understand, in the entire life of most of these Union works, no one has ever stood up to them and they could bully elected officials because the citizens did not do their duty. Those days are over.
It was also important for our elected officials to see us there, and in fact we now know that two Republican Senators who were on the fence declared on Friday that they would vote yes on SB5 because of the showing we made on Thursday. We also felt that we won the day in the media. The fact that common citizens would pay their own way to support elected officials was news. We came across as intelligent and reasonable while the union people came across as radical and ignorant. Pear Pullman from our group was on the Cleveland TV stations, Leo Nagle’s picture was in the Columbus Dispatch, I was on National Public Radio and quoted in several newspapers. We did a good job and all of our members should be proud.
But the battle has just begun. It has come to my attention that the Unions are going to employee a Sal Alinsky tactic against the Governor. They are going to send there phony pay-to-protest people to every place the Governor goes in an effort to stop people from meeting with him. Just like Glenn Beck has taught us, they are going to isolate him and then destroy him. However, [they have never had to deal with the TEA Party before and] we are not going to let that happen. So, for those of you who could not take a full day off to go to Columbus, your job now is to get out of work a little early this Tuesday and get to the Canton Civic Center around 4:00 PM. The address is 1101 Market Avenue N # 1, Canton, OH. The Governor is going to be speaking at 5:00 PM. We are going to coordinate with the Stark 912 Group as well as the Akron 912 Group and the Republican Party in Portage and Summit Counties. Wear Red and bring signs, here are some sign ideas:
We support Governor Kasich!
VOTE YES ON SB 5 !
I’m Not Being Paid to be here!
I Paid my way to the rally – who paid your way?
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
500,000 unemployed Ohioans would love your job
I’ll take your job – if you don’t want it!
It’s not our job to take care of you for life!
Now, here is where we stand on SB5. We only need 17 votes to win, because their are 33 Ohio Senators and you just need a simple majority. Their are 23, Republican Senators and 10 Democrat Senators. Though it should be a easy win, things are never easy in politics. Their were 8 Republican Senators on the fence as of Thursday. We got two to commit, so we are at 17, but you need to do better than that or one person can send it down. So here are the Senators in play:
Definite No’s:
Jim Hughes
Tom Patton
Scott Oelslager
Possible No’s:
Bill Seitz – because he is “eccentric” and no one – including him knows what he will do, but would vote with the majority if it was clear cut. Call him and ask him to vote yes, he likes attention, 614-466-8068.
Possible Gets:
Frank LaRose – I believe we have already have him, he just wants a few tweaks in the bill before deciding, so call him and ask him to vote yes. 614-466-4823
Gayle Manning – 13th District. Former Teacher who does not like the Teachers Union.
I am told she is the key, if we get her everyone else who has any issues falls in line.
Call her and ask her to vote yes. Tell her the citizens are behind her. 614-466-7613
Got’s:
Jimmy Stewart – Committed on Friday – Call him and thank him 614-466-8076
Bill Beagle – Committed on Friday – Call him and thank him 614-466-6247
Finally, you need to be at the Monthly meeting next Wednesday night, at Maplewood Career Center on State Route 88 just North of Ravenna at 7:00 PM. Our speakers will be Sheriff David Doak and Ravenna Mayor Joe Bica. ( I have attached the press release.) Afterwords, we will discuss our groups strategy going forward for the next month. It is time to get off the couch and get back in the game, the very fate of our country is at stake. Come to the meeting Wednesday night at Maplewood at 7:00 PM.
Best Regards,
Portage County TEA Party
4682 State Route 43 • Kent, Ohio • 44240 • 330-474-3878 • 330-673-4672 (Fax)
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 18, 2011
SHERIFF DAVID DOAK, MAYOR JOE BICA TO SPEAK AT MONTHLY MEETING
Kent, Ohio – The Portage County TEA Party announced today that Portage County Sheriff, David Doak, and Ravenna Mayor, Joe Bica, will be speaking at the groups monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. The meeting will be held at the Maplewood Career Center, at 7075 Ohio 88, Ravenna, OH, starting at 7:00 PM. The meeting is open to the public and free of charge. Refreshments will be served. After the speaker portion of the meeting, the group will hold a short meeting to discuss current issues and activities.
Tom Zawistowski, Executive Director of the Portage County TEA Party, said “ We are extremely excited about both speakers for this months meeting. In the Constitution, the County Sheriff is the person most responsible for protecting the individual rights of citizens. Many of our members have never had the opportunity to meet Sheriff Doak, and are not aware of the many challenges being faced by the sheriff’s department on a daily basis.” He went on to say “Mayor Joe Bica, is the first mayor that we have had the opportunity to have speak to our group. He is going to speak specifically about his effort to collaborate with other municipalities, departments and government agencies, to save money and reduce the size of government at the local level. We are looking forward to learning about his efforts.”
The TEA Party is not a political party but a political movement. It is loosely based on the Boston Tea Party of 1773 in which American Colonists rebelled against the “Taxation Without Representation” of the King of England and the English Parliament by dumping tea into Boston Harbor. The initials TEA are today used to show that many current American citizens feel that they are “Taxed Enough Already” by the U.S. Government as well as state and local governments. The movement is attempting to motivate common American citizens to take a more active role in their own self governance at the local, state and federal level.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
CONTACT: Tom Zawistowski
TomZ@PortageCountyTEAParty.com
1-800-846-4630 Ext 104