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April 15, 2014

On Tuesday, the Jefferson Area Tea Party hit a milestone. Tax Day 2014 marked the fifth anniversary for the organization that supports limited government and fiscal responsibility.

The group gathered on the steps of the Albemarle County office building in the evening for another rally.

Five years ago to the day, the group held its first rally, filling the nTelos Wireless Pavilion in downtown Charlottesville.

"It was just people who were angry and frustrated and didn't know what to do and needed a way and a venue to speak out," said JATP president Mike Basile.

Though much smaller, Tuesday's rally carried the same message -- residents are "taxed enough already."

The organization criticized the recent tax rate increase in Albemarle County and Charlottesville's cigarette tax hike.

"Start doing your job, get your hands off my wallet. I'm not your ATM," radio host and former Charlottesville City Council member Rob Schilling said of local and state leaders.

Members also took some time Tuesday to reflect on the last half decade.

Former JATP president Carole Thorpe said it was also a day for members to pat themselves on the back.

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Jefferson Area Tea Party Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

HELENA Speakers at a Big Sky Tea Party Association rally Tuesday decried what they called excessive government spending and taxation and accused the state political practices commissioner of bias.

As it has done in recent years, the group gathered on April 15, the day when federal and state income taxes are due. Several speakers blasted the Internal Revenue Service for its scrutiny of the tea party and other conservative groups.

About 45 people attended the event, some carrying signs that said Intentional Rip-Off Service, Had enough of this train wreck? Attention, Washington. You have run out of our money and Dont drone on me. One sign aimed at Political Practices Commissioner Jonathan Motl said, Motl Recuse yourself.

The tea party does not hate government, Jay Anderson of Helena said. I know that may be a popular perception in the media, but its not the fact.

Anderson said Americans should scrutinize government spending, just as business owners and employees do with businesses.

Former state Rep. Derek Skees, R-Whitefish, now running for the Public Service Commission, said: Is the tea party dead? The left would love for that to be a reality, and so would many members of our press.

He said the tea party role is to be a voice for the middle class.

The tea party is alive and well, he said. The tea party is winning victories in Montana and in America, and you guys are winning it by holding people accountable to what they say theyre going to do.

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John Perkins, a sophomore at Carroll College who chairs the College Republicans, expressed concern over the electronic information about Americans being collected by the National Security Agency and others.

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Helena tea party rally decries excessive taxes, spending

JACKSON -- The president of the Mississippi Tea Party said Monday that state Republican chairman Joe Nosef needs to either remain neutral in the Republican U.S. Senate primary or step down.

Laura Van Overschelde said she thinks Nosef is favoring incumbent Thad Cochran over challenger Chris McDaniel. Van Overschelde supports McDaniel. In a news release and in an interview with The Associated Press, she said Nosef has gone on TV and radio shows to criticize McDaniel but has not raised questions about Cochran's record.

"Why can't he call on Thad Cochran to explain many of the votes he's had?" Van Overschelde said to AP.

Nosef said he's not playing favorites before the June 3 primary.

"Anyone who has paid close attention to our U.S. Senate primary knows that I've not only stayed neutral with regard to the candidates but also worked relentlessly against efforts to divide our party," Nosef said in an email.

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Tea party leader: GOP chair should resign