Tea Party in Buffalo

TAXES: Activist Thompson to lead reform effort on Saturday
March 26, 2009
By Mark Scheer
The Tonawanda News

They are mad as hell at Albany and they aren’t going to take it anymore.

A group of frustrated Western New York taxpayers are planning to gather Saturday in Buffalo to demonstrate their displeasure with the New York state government and its political leaders.

The event - dubbed the Erie County and Western New York Tea Party - won’t actually involve any dumping of tea into Buffalo’s inner harbor, according to its lead organizer, long-time community advocate and Grand Island resident Rus Thompson. the rest