About 260 people gathered at the old Independence Township hall on Main Street for an Independent Tea Party Patriots rally, after the Clarkston Labor Day Parade.
‘We are not a political party ? we’re independent,? said Kevin Chase, president of the organization. ‘We’re for job growth in the private, not public, sector.?
Wendy Day, an organizer and leader of the Tea Party movement in Michigan, spoke about improving state and federal government through fiscal responsibility and accountability.