Tea Partying at the Roundhouse

Tuesday, September 6 was a brilliant sunshiney early fall day in Santa Fe. It was also the opening day of the special session of the state legislature.

The combined tea party groups from around the state gathered to petition the legislature to pass a law repealing New Mexico driver's licenses for illegal aliens. We had a good crowd,and some excellent speakers.

Jake and Debbie enjoyed taking part in the tea party rally. Debbie and I wore T-shirts that said "Santa Fe New Mexico Tea Party" and got a lot of attention.

I saw one Democrat legislator in the crowd, my own representative, Brian Egolf, and Debbie and I had fun engaged in a lively political discussion with him. I don't agree with him on nearly anything, but he is fun to talk to and always a good sport.

There was another group taking part in the opening day event, a pro-illegal immigration group who were supporting the right of illegals to get New Mexico driver's licenses. THEY didn't have to meet outside; they held their rally right in the rotunda of the building. One of the speakers even said, "I am an illegal resident of the state...." My brother said, How can someone stand in the state capitol building and confess to being illegal and not get arrested? Two words: "sanctuary city."

Here are some pictures of OUR rally at the Roundhouse entrance:


Jake and Debbie at the rally:






Sherry Morrison and Orlando Baca:





Therese Cooper of the East Mountain Tea Party:




Lt. Governor John Sanchez:

Santa Fe Tax Day Tea Party 2011

The Santa Fe New Mexico Tea Party held our 2011 Tax Day rally on Saturday, April 16 at the Plaza in Santa Fe.

It was a perfect spring weather day, we had excellent speakers and an enthusiastic crowd.

Got a few pictures, but not as many as other years:





Our veterans:



Suzanne J speaking:



Todd Hathorne speaking:



Brigette Russell speaking:

"We The People".......are watching them

Tuesday, January 18, 2011 was the opening day of the current session of the New Mexico State Legislature.

John and I were there with tea party patriots from Santa Fe and around the state to let the legislators know that we are going to be watching them in the upcoming session....and that we want some basic things ... cutting spending, getting the state out of our $500 million deficit, fighting corruption, enacting laws to curtail voter fraud in the state, making New Mexico business friendly again.

It was a cold day, made more chilling by the always-present wind on the west side of the Roundhouse. But the crowd was enthusiastic and hopeful, and it was another successful tea party.




Young descendent of Patrick Henry reading his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech:



Marita Noon of CARE (Citizen's Alliance for Responsible Energy):



Todd Hathorne, activist for reducing voter fraud:



Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson:



Radio guys Bob and Bob from Ruidoso:








Tea Party tables inside the Roundhouse:

Delivering a message to the Attorney General

On Weds. May 12, about 100 New Mexico tea party activists gathered at the New Mexico state capitol building. A committee of five people delivered a stack of nearly 4,000 petition signatures from all over the state to Gray King, the New Mexico attorney general, to ask him to get New Mexico into the lawsuit asking the courts to overturn the Obama health care bill as unconstitutional. (There are alreaady 21 states participating in the lawsuit.) The attorney general's response was that he is "still looking at it."

After their meeting with the AG, the committee returned to the west front of the Roundhouse where a press conference and rally was held.

It was a brilliantly sunny New Mexico day, but the wind was brisk and chilly. Spirits, however, were high. I met tea party people from all over the state: Albuquerque, the East Mountains, Clovis, Los Lunas, Farmington, and of course Santa Fe.

Now we await some decision from the Attorney General. As one of the committee members, attorney Randy Bevis told the crowd, "WE have a deadline ~~ November 2."

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Miles Littlefield from the Santa Fe Tea Party was the emcee of the press conference:


John, Kathy, Sherry, and Fran at the sign table:




Adam Kokesh, candidate for U.S. Congress, talking to voters:





Char Tierney from the East Mountain Tea Party being interviewed by the media:



Sylvia Bokor, president of the Albuquerque Tea Party, addresses the crowd:









Dr. Rick Morlen, a physician from Albuquerque speaks to the crowd:



Former Rep. Heather Wilson is speaking:


A group of schoolchildren getting a civics lesson: