'Tea party' gathering protests big bailout.Byline: Sue Doyle Doyle , Sir Arthur Conan 1859-1930. British writer known chiefly for a series of stories featuring the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, including The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). , Staff Writer GLENDALE - Taxpayers angry about the federal government's multibillion-dollar bailout bailout The financial rescue of a faltering business or other organization. Government guarantees for loans made to Chrysler Corporation constituted a bailout. of financial institutions and other businesses plan to demonstrate today at City Hall as part of a national "tea party" protest. Organized by the New American Tea Party, a nonpartisan non·par·ti·san adj. Based on, influenced by, affiliated with, or supporting the interests or policies of no single political party: a nonpartisan commission; nonpartisan opinions. coalition, the protests are aimed at sending Washington a message that banks, the car companies and others getting bailouts should have been left to fail. "It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for them to stop spending," said Debi Devens, a Glendale resident who spearheaded the local rally. "That's what got me involved in this." Devens said the group is not targeting any specific politician. Instead, they argue the federal government has grown too large and too distant from the taxpayers they represent. The Glendale rally takes place from noon to 2 p.m. at 613 E. Broadway. Demonstrators are encouraged to bring signs and American flags. Tea stands for "taxed enough already." The New American Tea Party rally kicked off Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C., and is meant to resemble the Boston Tea Party Boston Tea Party, 1773. In the contest between British Parliament and the American colonists before the Revolution, Parliament, when repealing the Townshend Acts, had retained the tea tax, partly as a symbol of its right to tax the colonies, partly to aid the of 1773. For information on the rallies, go to www.newamerican teaparty.com. sue.doyle@dailynews.com 818-713-3741 |
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