Victoria, TX - 400+ More than 400 protest taxes and big government at Victoria's Texas TEA party
Kaufman, TX - 200 TEA Party about more than taxes
Rockport (Aransas County), TX - 100 County residents gather for own version of tea party
Friendswood (Tri-County), TX - 600+ TriCounty Tea Party This was the promoter's site and estimate - could not find media source to confirm.
At this pace, just with Texas cities, I will have us over 1,000,000!
Still looking for these Texas cities: Big Spring, Columbus, Eastland, Floresville, Jacksonville among many others that had scheduled events, but can't find numbers.
More to come...
“Friendswood (Tri-County), TX - 600+ TriCounty Tea Party This was the promoter’s site and estimate - could not find media source to confirm.”
Friendswood had 600+. I was there. The Galveston County Daily News said “more than 300.” Why? Because the seats in the amphitheater where it was held were full — they hold 200 — and there were at least twice that many behind the seats. So therefore, since the blind newspaper reporter cannot go less than 300, without seeming like a total bozo, he picks 300.
Want to see for yourself that the 600 number is probably correct? Go to the video at the GCDN website (http://galvestondailynews.com/blog.lasso?permalink=ad1e5a0d50414539). There is one short crowd shot showing part of the seats and about a quarter of the crowd. You can easily see that there are twice as many standing behind the seats as in the seats. 200+2x(200)=600.