And so begins a new chapter with the new year...

Please Join the SVTP Leadership Council!  Details Below. View this email in your browser Happy New Year!!!! I think Glenn Beck said it better than I could, so please read his New Year's Greeting! Happy New Year from Glenn SVTP Leadership Council  We need to reorganize and refocus! Please join us on Saturday, January 12th at the Sterling Public Library at 9am (102 W. 3rd Street, Sterling) Coffee and Donuts will be provided This meeting is for Everyone with any interest at all in helping the Sauk Valley Tea Party chart a course for success! PLEASE participate in this important meeting!   I want to reshape and restructure the SVTP so that we can truly make a difference this year!  We are all tired and have lost our focus to a certain extent, so we need to come together and pool our knowledge and skills.  I want us to step back and figure out what our priorities are as we move forward.  We need members to step up and take a leadership role by getting involved and joining the Sauk Valley Tea Party Leadership Council.  If you are interested in offering your input, whether you can commit to 10 minutes a month or 10 hours, now is the time to step up! The media says the Tea Party is Dead...I know in my heart that's not true! Let's prove it! Please attend our first Leadership Council Meeting! If you have any questions, please feel free to call me, 815-499-0237                            Amanda                           URGENT ACTION NEEDED IMMEDIATELY! IL General Assembly to Act on Gun Ban THIS WEEK--Possibly as early as Wednesday!!!    CALL NOW and tell them to keep their hands off our guns!  Read More Details HERE   Illinois General Assembly Switchboard  217-782-2000 General Assembly Contact Info HERE   TAKE ACTION It is very important that we stay on top of the issues our nation is facing and that we share our opinion with our elected representatives firmly and frequently!  Add this phone number to your contacts in your cell phone...then you can call your representatives whenever you find yourself with a moment to spare! (202) 224-3121 Congressional Switchboard Call Today and let them know how you feel about the fiscal cliff negotiations, Boehner Team's Tea Party name-calling and proposed 'assault weapons' bans!!! These issues are extremely important and they need to hear from you!   Don't Forget about your IL Senators and Representatives! IL Senate IL House   Last, but not Least, remember good ole Governor Quinn! Be sure to tell him (politely, of course :-) to keep his gun-grubbin hands off the second amendment and focus on fixing the pension mess, lowering our taxes and cutting spending!    Contact Governor Quinn     FISCAL CLIFF NEGOTIATIONS Contact Congress to End Wasteful Spending--PTC Tentative Fiscal Cliff Deal--Higher Taxes for Everyone Rand Paul's Speech on Senate Floor Before Fiscl Cliff Vote Bipartisanship to Blame for Fiscal Cliff? Senate Strikes Deal: Empty Rhetoric and Another $4 Trillion Increase in the Deficit House Weighs Two Fiscal Cliff Budget Options Why is Senate Deal 157 Pages Long? SECOND AMENDMENT Common Thread in Mass Shootings? Concealed Carry+Mass Shootings = More Carnage? Will a Bullet Tax Be the Next Move? Ted Nugent's Open Letter to Joe Biden on Guns 15 year old Uses Assault Rifle to Protect Sister Copyright © 2013 Sauk Valley Tea Party, All rights reserved. Thank you for being part of the solution! Our mailing address is: Sauk Valley Tea Party 3805 Freeport Road Sterling, IL 61081 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list   update subscription preferences