Erin Lale is running for Nevada State Assembly District 29. Lale believes in getting government’s eyeball out of your window and its hand out of your pocket.

Lale says, “In the last session, the Nevada State Assembly couldn’t agree to balance the state budget by either cutting programs or raising taxes, so instead they raided the budgets of local agencies: cities, counties, water districts, and school districts. They raided the Clark County School District’s capital improvement fund, which was money raised from Clark County homeowners intended for renovating aging school buildings and replacing portables with permanent buildings, and they put it in the general fund to spend who knows where on who knows what.

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** National Tea Party Federation Partners with Tea Party Nation to Sponsor National Tea Party ‘Unity’ Convention on July 15-17 in Las Vegas.

The National Tea Party Federation (NTPF) announced today that it has partnered with Tea Party Nation and will co-sponsor the National Tea Party ‘Unity Convention.’ Tea Party Nation is one of the founding members of the NTPF. In addition, Tea Party Nation has separately announced the formation of “Free America”, a non-profit structure for the convention.

Judson Philips, Founder and President of Tea Party Nation said, ‘the idea of the National Tea Party ‘Unity Convention’ being co-sponsored by the National Tea Party Federation is extremely powerful. As we work to develop all of the content for the convention, we are excited to announce this relationship with the NTPF and its membership. And with our announcement of the first Tea Party ‘Presidential Straw Poll,’ we will begin to craft a view to the 2012 election cycle and the candidates that represent the Tea Party core values.’

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