Mission Viejo group plans July 4 TEA Party

Mission Viejo, CA, June 7, 2009 – On Independence Day, Saddleback Republican Assembly invites everyone to party like it’s 1773. SRA, which organized Mission Viejo’s April 15 Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party, is planning a rally at 7:00 p.m. on July 4. The group will sponsor activities throughout the day alongside Mission Viejo’s annual Fourth of July Street Faire, which begins at noon and culminates with a fireworks display at 9:00.

The city’s Faire will be held on a closed-off section of Olympiad Road between Marguerite Parkway and Melinda Road. The Faire is a carnival-style event with food, music, crafts and games.

SRA members and other TEA Party Patriots will have tables outside both entrances to the Faire to offer voter registration and an opportunity to sign letters of protest to state and national officials. SRA’s activities will start at noon and continue throughout the day near both entrances. The TEA Party will begin at 7 p.m. at the west entrance of the Faire, between Marguerite Parkway and the entrance to the lake.

The purpose of the July 4 TEA Party is to build on the national taxpayer protest movement, which is fashioned after the Boston Tea Party of 1773. SRA’s April 15 rally on the corners of La Paz and Marguerite attracted more than 600 participants. SRA also staged a protest on the eve of the May 19 Special Election with a theme of “Just say no to more taxes.”

Updates and other announcements about SRA's July 4th TEA Party will be posted on MissionViejoCA.org and distributed to newspapers, the MissionViejoDispatch.com and OrangeJuiceBlog.com.

For additional information, call Matt Corrigan, SRA president, (949) 830-8088.