In thinking through the 2016 Presidential election, I realized that it is very likely that the next President will either be Donald Trump or whoever wins the Democratic nomination. If you see a problem with my logic, please let me know.  But it seems to me that most of the election scenarios...

We post nice signs around town a few days before some of our meetings.  Unfortunately these signs are occasionally stolen.  So when we post signs for the Suwanee meeting I have started attaching the following letter to the signs.  It is posted here so in case you stole a sign and did not get...

Unfortunately, money wins elections.  This is because a large number of the voters do not take time to research the candidates – they simply vote for the name that is the most familiar.  And like laundry detergent, the most familiar name is the one that receives the most advertising....

The recent memorial for Sprayberry High School graduate Skip Wells showed that “the budding life of the young man we all loved was senselessly, and abruptly, ended,” as Lt. Commander Dennis Wonders told the crowd Tuesday.*   Marine Skip Wells, who graduated 3 years ago from...

If you live in Gwinnett, the largest portion of your property tax bill is for the Gwinnett County Public School system (GCPS).  They have independent control over how much tax is collected, and while the County is probably going to make a move to keep their portion of your property tax from...

If you have been following the King v. Burwell case then you know that a pretty important decision regarding the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, will be released very soon – maybe even on Monday or Tuesday of next week.  Do we have any clues as to which way the decision will go?...

Michael Scupin gave an excellent presentation on Nullification at two of our meetings in May.  Many asked for a copy of the PowerPoint that he used, and Mike graciously agreed to provide it. Click HERE to download the...

If you were not able to attend our May meeting in Cumming, the meeting was graciously (and very professionally) filmed and posted by Nydia Tisdale and is available on her webiste: Sam Olens Presentation with...

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Tuesday, April 28, 7:30pm, Ippolito’s Restaurant, Suwanee Town Center, Suwanee. Who is the Grinch that Stole State Sovereignty? This presentation, given by Tea Party leader Mike Scupin, discusses the all important issue of State Sovereignty. With the federal government grabbing all the power...

On Monday, April 13, we were fortunate to have a live update from Middle East expert George Birnbaum, former Chief of Staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  Mr. Birnbaum, a frequent guest on CNN and Fox News, has worked with leaders throughout Europe and the Middle East –...

CALENDAR: The House and Senate return tomorrow from their two-week Easter Recess. There will be no votes in the House before 6:30 PM, and the Majority Leader expects no votes after 3 PM Thursday. The Senate, on the other hand, will be in all week, with no votes in the Senate before 5:30 PM...

Gwinnett County now has a population of around 900,000 people, and a budget of about $1.4 billion. This means that there are five states that have fewer people then the County of Gwinnett. On Thursday night, Gwinnett County chairman Charlotte Nash spoke to the tea party group in Lawrenceville...

Forty percent of states in the US have some form of religious protection act.  President Clinton even signed one for the federal government. Georgia tried again in 2015 to pass a version modeled after the federal act, but amazingly it (as of this writing) appears to have stalled because...

While speaking in Cleveland about the importance of middle class economics the President said that “It would be transformative if everybody voted — that would counteract money more than anything.”  In fact, exactly the opposite is true.  If you want to reduce the amount of money...

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Want to send a quick email to your Georgia Senator before the end of this session?  Or to all the GA State Senators? Here, in one place, are the email addresses for the whole bunch: Albers, John john.albers@senate.ga.gov Beach, Brandon brandon.beach@senate.ga.gov Bethel, Charlie...

Legal ad set to run in the Gwinnett Daily Post: Notice is given that Articles of Amendment which will change the name of Gwinnett Tea Party,Inc. to United Tea Party of Georgia Inc. have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation...

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A staff member for GA Senator Renee Unterman (District 45) left a very poor message on a voter’s answering machine.  This is not the way voters in any district should be treated.  Below is the transcript and a link to the audio file:   Hi Jack. This is Rachel from Republican...

The 2015 Georgia Assembly is in session, and each week new bills are added, modified, or are scrapped altogether.  Below are a few of the ones that we are watching.  We have put in a very short description, but please click on the name of the bill to be taken to a header page for the...

There is good news.  Yahoo has run several stories in the days since a federal judge in Texas blocked (temporarily, at least) the President’s Executive Amnesty overreach.  As you might expect from the source, the stories emphasized the plight of the poor “immigrant” who now...

16 people arrested, $2.5M in drugs seized in Gwinnett County drug bust You may have seen the headline – illegal drugs with an estimated value of $2.5 million were just seized right here in Gwinnett County.  The news reports will tell you the specifics (5,900 grams of heroin, 530 grams...

We called all the Georgia Republican Delegation and asked them why they voted for Boehner.  We didn’t get into an argument, we just wanted to know what their staff would say.  I am sure these are NOT official positions, but this is what we were told on the phone. A theme we heard...

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