THE COLORADO RIVER TEA PARTY

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If you want to see changes in the direction of our city, county, state, and nation, why not consider getting started at the local level!

*  Yuma Union High School District #70 has 3 positions up for re-election in 2012.
*  Yuma Elementary Dist. #1 also has 3 positions up for re-election in 2012.
*  Somerton Elementary Dist. #11 has 4 positions up for re-election.
*  Crane Elementary Dist. #13 – 3 positions up for re-election.
*  Hyder Elementary Dist. #16 – 3 positions up for re-election.
*  Mohawk Valley Elementary Dist. #17 – 3 positions up for re-election.
*  Wellton Elementary Dist. #24 – 5 positions up for re-election.
*  Gadsden Elementary Dist. #32 – 2 positions up for re-election.
*  Antelope High School Dist. #50 – 3 positions up for re-election.

If you want to see changes in the direction of our city, county, state, and nation,

Yuma City - http://www.ci.yuma.az.us/6365.htm
Yuma Co. - http://co.yuma.az.us/
AZ Legislature - http://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster.asp?Body=5
AZ Secretary of State - http://www.azsos.gov/
Governor - http://www.as.gov/
U.S. Congress - http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate - http://www.senate.gov/
Track Bills - http://www.govtrack.us/
Library of Congress - http://www.thomas.loc.gov/

Colorado River Tea Party meetings are held every Thursday. Our meetings take place at Community Christian Church on Highway 95. Please come out, all are welcome. Here is a schedule of upcoming meetings and events:

Mar. 24
CRTP will NOT hold our weekly meeting. Instead, we will be supporting Howard Blitz, Freedom Library by attending his fundraiser. The Freedom Library Inc. invites you to a Wine Tasting at Yuma”s Main Squeeze, 251 S. Main St. from 6-9pm. The fundraiser is offering cups of wine at $5.00, sodas & water at $2.00 and free Hors D’ Oeuvres. Celebrate Liberty by bidding on wine bottles with the Bill of Rights label. Raffle prizes are available also. The fundraiser proceeds will go to Freedom Library education & scholarship program.

Mar. 31
We will be manning our booth at the Yuma Co. Fair from Mar. 29 – Apr. 3. There will be no meeting this Thursday.

Mar. 29-Apr. 3
The Yuma Co. Fair starts at 3pm Tues. afternoon. Our booth is located on the North side of the Theater building next to the door!

Apr. 07
Meeting will be at 6pm at the regular location: Community Christian Center 6480 E. Hwy 95 in the 3rd building behind the church.

Apr. 14
Meeting will be at 12noon and Howard Blitz will present the 2nd in a series of messages about the Founders and Founding Documents. Also, discuss final arrangements before our Tax Day Tea Pary on Sun., Apr. 17 being held at the Gateway Park from 4 – 6pm. Ruth McClung will be one of the speakers.

Apr. 21
Regular meeting at 6pm at the Community Christian Church.

Apr. 28
Regular meeting at 12noon at the Community Christian Church. (agenda may include another message from Howard Blitz.)

from Publius Pundit

Two new polls by Magellan and Summit show that she is in a dead heat with Raul Grijalva, the man who called for a boycott of Arizona.Congressional District 7 has turned into one of the biggest sleeper races in the entire country, with Ruth rocketing ahead!

Ruth’s supporters have put together a money bomb website for her called Goodbye Grijalva (click the link!). The point is to have thousands of people donate a headline-grabbing amount of money all in one day. Certainly you can donate beforehand (they won’t mind), but the point is to have it all pour in at once!

So on Thursday, October 14, visit GoodbyeGrijalva.com and donate to Ruth anything you can give her. We need to break fundraising records here!

The rumor from the Grijalva camp is that the DCCC is going to start running TV ads in District 7 as early as tomorrow painting Ruth as a racist extremist (just look at this blog post from Mona Grijalva that plays the race card). She needs all the help we can give her to fight off these baseless attacks on her good character!

So please consider donating $10, $20, $50, $100 or more on Thursday, October 14! And make sure to forward this message to everyone you know!

DON’T FORGET – OUR NEXT CANDIDATE FORUM IS OCTOBER 2 – ALL CANDIDATES ON THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT HAVE BEEN INVITED BY WRITTEN REQUEST, AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AS WE APPROACH THE EVENT WHICH CANDIDATES HAVE CONFIRMED THEY WILL ATTEND THE FORUM.

PLEASE PRINT OUT OUR FLYER BELOW –  THEN MAKE 10 MORE COPIES AND GIVE THEM TO YOUR FRIENDS. WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE FORUM, OCTOBER 2!

CLICK HERE to view large version of flyer for printing
CLICK HERE to download a PDF file of the flyer

Some of you may have received your early ballots this past weekend. As you know, Don Shooter is running against Amanda Aguirre as a “write-in” candidate for State Senate.

As Yuma’s first “Tea Party” candidate, we are asking participants of the Tea Party organization to consider supporting Don by requesting a Republican ballot in the Primary and writing in “Don Shooter: for State Senator for Arizona Legislation District 24. A copy of the sample ballot is attached. Take it with you to the ballot box August 24th or as an example for early balloting this week.

For more information and write-in forms, visit www.donshooter.com or call the local Republican Headquarters at 317-9120.

1.   This week’s meeting will be held at a special location with a special guest speaker, Mr. Jim Deakin, candidate for US Senate.  The August 12^th meeting, at 6 p.m., will be at the Desert Hills Golf Course meeting room (1245 W. Desert Hills Dr.)  This is easily located as the next drive way after the Yuma Civic Center.  For those looking for an alternative to the bickering between McCain and Hayworth, make a point to come out and meet Mr. Deakin up close and personal.

2.   A good problem!  As we continue to grow in numbers, we need to keep our eyes and ears open for a larger meeting place.  If you have any ideas, please drop an email to coloradoriverteaparty@yahoo.com with your thoughts.

Come and join us next Saturday, July 10 for our Candidate Forum -

2010 Candidate Forum
Saturday, July 10th
Yuma Civic Center
1440 W. Desert Hills Drive
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Come out and hear your local and state candidates – and let them hear from you!

Dear Patriots,

We would like to thank all of you who came out Tuesday evening to show your support of Arizona and our disdain at Raul Grijalva’s contempt for the state he was elected to “Represent”.

Instead of seeing him speaking behind the podium on the 10 o’clock news last night, it was our message that was front and center on everyone’s television screen!

Sometimes in a culture war, it is difficult to tell when you have a win…well yesterday, we had a win.  We took the spotlight away from Grijalva and the Libs and put them on the defensive.  He had to answer tough questions and didn’t get the usual “pass” from the media.

This is why it is so important we have people show up to these events!  Please remember these events work if everyone shows up.

Well done, everyone!

CRTP