Our Mission

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The mission of the VBTP is to support and defend the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia
​by monitoring and engaging elected and unelected officials at the local, state and national levels.
The VBTP also conducts educational events on certain ballot issues.

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Meeting Minutes

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Tea Party Meeting – August 11, 2022

• 7:00 Meeting called to order by Dianna Howard
• Prayer – Maureen Fuster. Pledge of Allegiance – Dianna Howard
• Elected Officials Recognized:  Vicky Manning School Board
• Leslie Jones – Soil Conservation, Daphne Stagg - President of the Nimmo Republican Women’s Club, Karen Greenhalgh – Virginia House of Delegates.
• Speaker – Karen Greenhalgh, Topic: Excess deaths and disease of people with non-Covid illness.  Karen is researching why the death rate for non-Covid patients between the ages of 18 and 65, rose by 40% in the years 2020, 2021, and 2022.  These numbers were collected from life insurance companies.
• School Board Candidates each had five minutes to speak. Candidates are: Amy Spilka-Solares, District 2.  Kenneth Lubac, District 4.  Mike Callan, District 6.  David Culpepper, District 8.  Carolyn Weems was absent, but Vicky Manning spoke on her behalf, District 9.  And Kathleen Brown, District 10.  
• Business Forum, motion to approve.
• Treasurer Report – Larry Korn, Bank of America Balance = $7,789.85
• PayPal - $7,530.65 (Dianna, please check these numbers)
•  Vic Nicholl’s Report – Early voting begins on September 23.  Citizens may vote at Building 14.  On October 24, more voting sites will open.    
• Membership Chair – Teresa Langille, All districts need help.  Election day is now a holiday.
•  Open discussions on the following:  Future voting and districts; a new theater would cost too much; cutting restaurant taxes, and the city to vote on charging five cents on plastic bags.  
•  8:48 p.m. Motion made by Dianna Howard to adjourn meeting, seconded by Robert Dean.

Bylaws

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