Pittsburg, KS Tax Day Tea Party

As many of you know, I serve the Pittsburg State University Campus Republicans as the Events Coordinator. We’re a new chapter in the Kansas Federation of College Republicans; apparently my university has a problem with holding on to any on-campus Republican organizations. By any means, when we formed our group last semester, we jumped head-first into the election cycle without knowing much about organizing a political group, and since then we haven’t looked back. It’s definitely been a learning experience, but we’ve come out on top every time. This semester we reached the point where we can have actual events besides debate and election result-watching parties.

Suffice it to say, the Tax Day Tea Party in Pittsburg, KS was our coming-out party, and what a success it was! We teamed up with Virginia Crossland of Crossland Construction to put on a massive event that hosted around 500 people from the area. That’s an impressive number when you consider there were at least five other Tax Day Tea Parties in the area! We had Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS02) speak, along with my organization’s Vice President, Jason Billberry, a local city commissioner, and a local businessman. Mark Kinsely from 1310 AM KZRG was our Emcee.

I’ve included some of the best photos below, but you can check out the full gallery here.

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Did you host a Tax Day Tea Party today? Let me know in the comments how it went!

Tags: Campus Republicans, College Republicans, Crossland Construction, Lynn Jenkins, Pittsburg, Pittsburg State University, Tax Day Tea Party, Virginia Crossland

Vice-Presidential Debate Tonight at 8:00 CT

I strongly encourage everyone to watch this all-important and historic debate tonight at 8:00 CT. The matchup between Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is sure to be one for the record books, no matter who wins.

Personally, I’m rooting for Sarah Palin, and I hope you are, too. The woman is a genius, I believe, and will do wonders debating tonight (if the McCain campaign sets her loose).

It will broadcast on the four major networks (NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX) as well as air on the cable news networks (CNN, FNC, MSNBC, etc.), so everyone should have a chance to catch it. I assume it will also be streamed live on the candidate’s websites, as well, but I can’t verify that.

Remember, if you’re in the Pittsburg, KS/Joplin, MO area, come watch it with the PSU Campus Republicans in the basement of the Student Center. We’ve got a lot of comfortable seating and a big screen TV. Hopefully, we’ll have some snacks, too, if they’re not confiscated… (the student center is sometimes not that big on food…). It’s a come-and-go affair, but someone will be there starting at 7:30. See you there!

 

After the debate, comment here on how you thought it went.

Tags: Campus Republicans, Palin, VP Debate