The First Coast Tea Party along with other grassroots groups throughout the United States is forming a Blogger Brigade.  The Blogger Brigade will be called out when an article is written about us or one of our fellow grassroots organizations, members, etc. 

The Blogger Brigade will post comments about the article and set the record straight (if it needs to be) OR will add additional comments to the article OR will say…

There has been a large group of tea party members who have stood with Carla Miller on the issue of the Ethics Commission. 

There is a victory here and we wanted to thank those in the tea party who stood up and did something about this important issue.  You are all great patriots and a great example to what it will take to make a difference in our city, state and union...Standing up and getting…

It’s 4:00 AM and after tossing and turning since 3:15, I finally could not take it anymore.  I quietly got out of bed and closed the door to the bedroom so my husband could sleep.  My head had been filled with headlines and they were beginning to run into each other creating confusion and chaos.  Much like what is happening in our world today.

The biggest headline of the last few days…

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The Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County Inc. (CTDC) filed a lawsuit against the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund (PFPF) on June 3^rd 2011.  The lawsuit was filed in Circuit Court, Duval County and is docketed at 2011-CA-004348.

Curtis Lee, Chairman of the Public Employees Compensation Committee (PECC) and Director of…

Today is Grace Nealis’ birthday.  Grace is the wife of Dr. James Nealis. 

Dr. Nealis was a great supporter of the First Coast Tea Party and was the first speaker at our first tea party on February 27^th.  He had a radio show titled “Brainstorm” which was heard on WOKV on Saturday afternoons. 

Dr.  Nealis passed away suddenly last month.  His passing was noted on our website and many of us attended his funeral.  He was a great man and we miss him…

This past Saturday we attended a family reunion on my husband’s side of the family.  We had never attended one before so it was exciting to meet cousins and distant relatives we never even knew existed. 

It was held in a church…

On September 11, 2001, America was attacked by evil men who hated what we stood for.  And what do we stand for?

We stand for Freedom. 

One of the heroes of 9/11 was Todd Beamer. …

My husband and I lived in Houston, Texas during the oil crisis in the late 70's and early 80’s.  We were a young married couple living the good life.  We had just purchased our first home and our first baby was on her way. 

We finally had enough money to also purchase a second car.  We were excited and looked forward to a new chapter in our marriage.  We had been married…

Good morning First Coast Tea Party members and supporters.  Today is a great day for the tea party movement.  We’re bringing you sunshine in a world that seems to have lost its way. 

We have recently come off a very “taxing” local mayoral and city council races.  We worked side by side with our members to help our candidates in their campaigns.  We…

The First Coast Tea Party is one of many organizations who places a wreath at the Veterans Memorial Wall located at 1145 East Adams Street, adjacent to Everbank Stadium on Memorial Day.  The event is hosted by the City of Jacksonville.  This is a beautiful event and each year those who lost their lives in the prior year are honored and their names…

Last night we attended the graduation of a bright and special young lady.  She was the Salutatorian and there are many reasons to be proud of her.

Her father is from Mexico and came to America over 25 years ago.  His father had passed away and his…

The First Coast Tea Party is proud of Governor Rick Scott who took the Earmark pen – a red sharpie – and slashed $615 Million in Earmarks from the State Budget.

Gov. Scott…

GOVERNOR SIGNS JOBS BUDGET TODAY- WATCH IT LIVE

We sent Gov. Scott to Tallahassee to create jobs and get our State back to work.  Today he signs the budget to make that happen! 

Governor Scott will sign the Jobs Budget in the Villages today at 1:00 PM. You can watch it live online.  This will be a historic signing of this…

Our backyard is filled with big and small oak trees and even some cypress stand tall against the back drop of the water. 

My favorite has always been the mighty oak tree who has always bent down across the walkway.  She acted as a canopy over the walkway going out to the dock.  We have watched this mighty oak move downwards inch by inch as the base of the oak aged. …

#1…The Tiny Union used my name in a headline this morning.  Mark Woods in his personal opinion column created this headline…  “Zombies can’t vote in city elections, Billie.”  I don’t know Mark Woods and have never met him.  He is very comfortable using my first name in his headline. 

This has become an interesting event.  The election is over…

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Today is Sunday, May 22, 2011 and we must give kudos to the TU.  I’ll even refrain from calling them the Tiny Union since they made headways today to publish a story with facts vs opinions.

Article:  The front page headline of the TU states “Brown won it on issues, advisers, ground game”

We…

So the “minister” was not right after all.  The Rapture didn’t happen and I’m still here.  Dang it!

I had hoped to be walking on the streets of gold this morning – imagine how much they would cost today if God was building them. 

I would be living in paradise in a mansion.  The mansion would have…