The Tampa Tea Party celebrates its one year anniversary

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About sixty members of the Tampa Tea Party celebrated its in year anniversary with a gathering to voice their opposition to plan by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioner's plan to increase the sales tax to fund the light rail Obama touted at during his visit to Tampa in January.

Next up is a fundraiser for Eddie Adams, Jr., who is running against Kathy Castor for Congress in Florida's 11th  District.

Plans are also in the works for this year's Tax Day Protest to be held at the USF Sun Dome on April 15th.  Last year's protest was attended by over three thousand tax payers.  This year we hope to have at least three times that many.

I'll put up the details of both events as they become available.  An events calendar can also be found at the Tampa Tea Party.

Traficant for Congress

Why not?

Traficant hinted at the possibility of returning to Congress two weeks ago when he hosted a press conference in Canfield to unveil plans to develop a casino/resort in the Mahoning Valley. He said then that he would be circulating petitions in the three districts to assess his political strength and support in the region, but stopped short of announcing he would jump in the race.

Traficant’s announcement comes just four months after the former congressman was released from a federal prison in Rochester, Minn., where he served a portion of a seven-year sentence for racketeering and bribery. The congressman was convicted in 2002 and became the second member to be expelled from of the House of Representatives since the Civil War. (emphasis added)

Seven years in federal prison for racketeering and bribery? Sounds like he would be a perfect fit for the current congress.