{"id":5720,"date":"2009-09-02T12:17:21","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T18:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=5720"},"modified":"2009-09-02T18:34:30","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T00:34:30","slug":"las-cruces-tea-party-movement-is-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/09\/las-cruces-tea-party-movement-is-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Cruces tea party movement is growing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A scene from the first tea party held in Las Cruces on April 15. (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n

Between 1,200 and 1,400 people showed up Tuesday evening for a tea party<\/a> protest in Las Cruces that\u2019s part of a nationwide tour, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Tea Party Express<\/a> also made a stop in Albuquerque on Tuesday, and was in El Paso today before heading east. The tax protests will culminate on Sept. 12 with a march on Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Albuquerque Journal<\/a> can\u2019t tell you how many people showed up in Albuquerque on Tuesday, and the El Paso Times<\/a> says 300 attended today\u2019s protest in a city that is six times the size of Las Cruces.<\/p>\n

In Las Cruces, the 1,200 to 1,400 people who showed up Tuesday prove that the movement is growing. About 400 people<\/a> showed up for the first tea party here in April.<\/p>\n

Annette and Hugh Black of Las Cruces were among those who attended Tuesday\u2019s protest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve never done anything like this before, but we\u2019re kind of worried about what’s going on in this country,\u201d Annette Black was quoted by the Sun-News as saying.<\/p>\n

Speakers included Deborah Johns of the Our Country Deserves Better<\/a> political action committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to put the breaks on government and get them to stop passing any more bills: the bailouts and the stimulus package and the bailout of the auto industry, and now we have the health-care bill,\u201d the newspaper quoted Johns as saying.<\/p>\n

The local Las Cruces TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party group appears to be pleased with what\u2019s happening. There are some positive notes on its Facebook page<\/a> today about Tuesday\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank everyone that worked so hard to put together last nights event! IT WAS AMAZING!!! Also, thank you to all of you that attended! If I didn\u2019t get around to meet you and thank you personally, I\u2019m sorry. But from my heart, Thank you for being there!!!!\u201d wrote Mary Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat Job Las Cruces, NM! Just saw you on TV! Not coming through Missouri so I thought about catching the express somewhere along the way! Congratulations on a nice showing!\u201d Charles Daniel Duckworth<\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n

Update, 6:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Las Cruces event got some national TV coverage. Check it out:<\/p>\n

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