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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February 2, 2012

Portage County TEA Party to host County Commissioners Candidates

Kent, Ohio -  The Portage County TEA Party TEA Party  will host a Candidates Night on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Maplewood Career Center at 7075 State Route 88 just North of Ravenna at 7:00 PM. The event is open to the general public and refreshments will be served. The event will feature two Democrat and two Republican candidates who will be running agains each other in the March 6th Primary elections.  Democrats John Barber and Kathleen Chandler will speak first. Then Republicans Larry Solak and W. Roak Zeller will speak after the break.  Attendee at the event will have ample time to meet with the candidates and ask them questions. All speeches will be video taped and posted on www.PortageCountyTEAParty.com and www.RecordPub.com after the event for general public viewing before the election.

In making the announcement Portage County Executive Director Tom Zawistowski said, “The County Commissioner races are very competitive this year and it is important that voters have a chance to compare the candidates up close and personal.  We need to pick the best person in each party so that we can have the best candidates square off in the fall elections. We invite all civic minded voters to attend the candidates night on Tuesday night or to at least visit the websites to view the unedited videos before voting either by absentee ballot or at the polls on March 6th." 

The TEA Party is not a political party but a grassroots cultural movement.  The acronym TEA stands for “Totally Engaged Americans.”  The movement is engaged in educating American citizens about the Constitution and the uniquely American form of self-governance that has made our country so successful.  Through this education, the movement is attempting to re-define what it means to be an American citizen by encouraging individual participation in governance at all levels to more closely align government with its traditional role as originally defined by the nation’s founders.  

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