Chicago Metropolitain Area Tax Day Tea Party

April 15, 2009

Noon – 2 PM

Kluczynski Federal Building Plaza
230 S. Dearborn in Downtown Chicago

The Chicago Tax Day Tea Party time and location are set and the permit paperwork is in.

The location will be the Kluczynski Federal Building Plaza at 230 S. Dearborn (not Daley Plaza) in Downtown Chicago.

On the February 19 edition of CNBC’s “Squawk Box”, analyst Rick Santelli called for a “Chicago Tea Party” at Lake Michigan on the fourth of July* because, he stated, “The government is promoting bad behavior.” Citing the passage of the Stimulus Bill and most recently announced mortgage rescue plan, he noted, “You can’t spend your way to prosperity.” Floor workers cheered at the remarks and when Santelli questioned, “How many of you people want to pay your neighbor’s mortgage…?” the workers booed. Santelli postulated that those workers were a good cross-section of America, the “silent majority”.

Hearing Santelli’s call and determined not to wait until July 4, a small group from the social media site Twitter began working immediately on Friday, February 20, to convene Tea Parties in as many cities across the country as possible. The group followed the lead of The American Spectator magazine managing editor J.P. Freire and the Heartland Institute’s John O’Hara, who’d already, scheduled a Tea Party in Washington, D.C. at Noon EST on February 27, to coincide with CPAC’s mid-day break. At 11AM CST that day, over forty cities conducted simultaneous events with an estimated 20,000 – 30,000 people in attendance. Including approximately 400 people gathered at Daley Plaza in Chicago who braved the cold and snow to speak out about the reckless deficit spending of our federal government.

News of the events on Feb. 27th worked through traditional media, the internet, and word of mouth. People all over the country decided to organize Tea Party rallies. They sent a message of displeasure regarding his pivotal role in the passage of the Stimulus Bill. The momentum has not subsided; over four hundred cities have scheduled events for April 11th or 15th, many under the banner “Tax Day Tea Party”. The “Tea Party” phenomenon has received ongoing media coverage on Fox News Channel as well as having been reported on by MSNBC and others.

Schaumburg resident, Brian Costin, a grassroots organizer involved with the original round of Tea Parties on February 27th, has been organizing a Tax Day Tea Party in Chicago. He is working with volunteers across the state to plan the event. Illinoisans frustrated with out of control government are urged to join their fellow citizens at the Kluczynski Federal Building Plaza in Downtown Chicago on Wednesday April 15th from Noon to 2 PM.

For more information on the Chicago Tax Day Tea Party contact Brian Costin at 630-589-9240 or bcostin@schaumburgfreedom.com.

To make this event as successful as possible, we are looking for people to help in the following areas:

• Set up
• Clean up
• Sign makers
• Food collection assistants
• Greeters
• Peace keepers
• General grounds overseer
• Videographers
• Parking
• Bloggers or social network people, to help spread the word!
• Flyer distributors at Union Station
• Flyer distributors at suburban train stations

We are also looking for people willing to donate their American flag for the day. If you would like to help fill any of these volunteer positions, please send an email to bcostin@schaumburgfreedom.com and put “Tea Party Volunteer” on the subject line.

And of course everyone can help by encouraging friends and family to attend!

As for those who are working, it is just a couple hours of your work day taken to protest the $18,000+ per tax-paying household that you will be giving the government to support their spending spree. Now that sounds like a good trade-off!

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