1,500 is the best estimate I can make out. Not bad for a town of 90k. I reviewed some video I took of it. I’ll keep my eye out for any other counts. Lots of families there with their kids. We were blessed with one of the nicest evenings of the year. Good messages by the speakers…a local American History teacher gave the most rousing speech. The messages were consistent….Americans of all stripes are getting ripped off by the politicians in D.C. and Madison.

it was 43 degrees with a wind chill of 34 with a cold driving rain. I at first didn’t think anyone was coming and then BAM they showed up I thank GOD for those hearty souls who came to be HEARD!

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Conservative estimate of 400

Local media calls it over 3000 - I’d say that’s about right. City of 45k county of 100k. Waaaay more than most ever guessed would show up. This is a very liberal town (university town and sliding more so as NE types continue to migrate here). People were excited at the numbers and we had some good speakers. Many references to Jefferson and how he would have perceived our current situation (as this was his home). The local Libertarian party leader gave the best speech of the day - a real stemwinder. In general, people are getting pretty pissed off at this situation.

All in all a great day - I hope Jefferson would be pleased.

A few good signs:
Don’t spread around my earnings, spread around my work ethic.
Obamanomics: trickle up poverty
Is this what Hope feels like?

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Despite all the naysayers and problems and lack of experience and opposition, we did it. We got national attention (even misguided is better than being ignored). We got HUGE numbers. I am literally in [happy] tears over how well this day has gone.

Can we have a total of the numbers at the bottom of hte list for those of us who are slow with numbers. Thank you.

Our party was called at nearly 10,000. During an interview with the Indiana State Minority Leader, the Indianapolis TEA party was called at 5,000.

suburb of Portland. It was awesome! Lots of parents with kids, grandparents, Veterans….glad I went.

No, I was not one of them. I couldn’t get away from the office.

Still, a great showing for a city of ~140,000

Early on in the TEA party I made a point to count out and mentally group about100 people to see how much area that group took up. I could easily make 10 groups out just from one vantage point, and there could have been 20. Call it1,500 for Morristown.

People well milling about everywhere. Just in the line to sign a “declaration of grievances” there could have been 50 people, and that line never dissipated in the three hours people were there.

Get in contact with the organizers for Morristown, through Meetup.com or maybe http://taxdayteaparty.com/teaparty/new-jersey/
They may be able to give a minimum head count by petition signatures!

My guesstimate is 1,000

That’s a lot for practically no publicity except for 3 minutes on a late-nite “local events” program on the local ABC affiliate in a semi-rural area like the Gulf Coast of MS.

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Kalamazoo Michigan - 700 people
Grand Rapids, Michigan - 2500 people

Lansing Michigan - 5000 people

Conservative estimates say around 1,500, but the numbers keep growing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

according to park rangers

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These (Tea Party events) need to happen again on July 4, Thanksgiving, etc….

these cannot be a 1 Time thing …. momentum must be gained and others will join up the cause if these events remain ongoing and visible…. The only way any amount of Respect (yeah, I know, how about semi-real “acknowledgement” then?) will be gained in the MSM is that they see We The People really mean it - it just wasn’t an excuse to go out one time!!!

http://www.foxnews.com/ontherecord/

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850 combined (three different parties)

I went in and I would estimate some 4000+ people. Don’t have a link

These are slurped from other threads, I didn’t see this thread until I was already working on this list, so it is just pasted in.

Atlanta: 15,000 ( http://www.redstate.com/blog/2009/04/15/breaking-atlanta-police-estimate-is-in/ )

Nashville: 10,000 ( http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/15/tax-day-and-tea-parties-an-open-thread/#comment-21463 )

Pittsburgh: 10,000 ( http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/15/tax-day-and-tea-parties-an-open-thread/#comment-21468 )

STL: 10,000 ( http://www.redstate.com/blog/2009/04/15/breaking-atlanta-police-estimate-is-in/#comment-49958 )

Madison, WI: 5,000 ( http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/15/tax-day-and-tea-parties-an-open-thread/#comment-21448 )

Washington, DC: 3,000 ( http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/15/tax-day-and-tea-parties-an-open-thread/#comment-21447 )

Huntsville: 1500-3000 ( http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/15/tax-day-and-tea-parties-an-open-thread/#comment-21467 )

Canton, OH: 1500 ( http://www.redstate.com/blog/2009/04/15/breaking-atlanta-police-estimate-is-in/#comment-49956 )

Raleigh, NC: 1300+ ( http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/15/tax-day-and-tea-parties-an-open-thread/#comment-21477 )

Lisle, IL: 800 ( http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/15/tax-day-and-tea-parties-an-open-thread/#comment-21444 )

Saint Cloud, MN: 500 ( http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/15/tax-day-and-tea-parties-an-open-thread/#comment-21437 )

Utah County Tea Party: 400-500 ( http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/04/15/back-from-the-dc-tax-day-tea-party/#comment-14028 )

Harrisonburg, VA: 250 ( http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/15/tax-day-and-tea-parties-an-open-thread/#comment-21450 )

http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/04/15/tea-party-open-thread/ is the source for all these

Olympia WA: 4,000

Des Moines: 4,000

Prescott, AZ: 2,000

Greeneville, TN: 250

Batesville, AR: 100

that was a S.A. Police Department number. They opened up an overflow venue. It was packed, and excellent in every way.

500+ not bad for a town of about 35K.

WBKO video here

http://www.wbko.com/

it was only about 1500-1600…

Diary coming soon…youtube is sssslooooowwwww right now

and happily so. The count here was about 1200, and that was despite some confusion over whether it was at the Federal Building or the Federal Courthouse, so I’m guessing some were in the wrong place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-i_SLM8tCs

As the video progresses, the crowd looks larger and larger. Starts at about 100, ends up at maybe 200?

Athens is the home of the University of Georgia. Little one of just a few blue dots in our otherwise very RED state.

I’ve been ill, the chair was out of town, and nobody stepped up. The reason I’ve been posting so much is I have hardly been out of the house in a month. Getting old ain’t bad, but falling apart is!

Star Tribune says 2000+
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/43074587.html?elr=KArksUUUycaEacyU

Pioneer Press says unconfirmed number of at least 8000
http://www.twincities.com/ci_12151106?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com

Both surprisingly positive stories especially from the paper we lovingly call the Star and Sickle.

I would put it at ~1500…great event. Great just to see that there are so many others just like me who are sick about what is happening.

estmated at 3,000

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The local paper is reporting for four separate events today;

I attended the Melbourne event (blogged here.

I think the Palm Bay event was poorly conceived: Palm Bay is a huge sprawling town, and its City Hall is “way out there”. It’s not a short trip from the major business areas — and the event was held AFTER most folks’ lunch break was over.

250 minimum

The Tea Party lasted from 1:00 - 7 PM, and folks were coming and going, so it was hard to get an accurate count. But for a left coast town, I was pleasantly surprised by the turnout and by the positive responses from the folks driving by.

Source - Duluth News Tribune

I have 2 links to offer, one says there were “hundreds”, but the one from tricities.com put the crowd at over a thousand. Both have videos, but the one at tricitoes.com wouldn’t play for me; it still says “Loading…” after about 5 minutes. Anyway, here’s the links:

http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/thousands_attend_kingsport_tea_party_abingdon_features_reenactors/23024/

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9013177

I didn’t get to go, had to work and am just now home. Sorry I couldn’t give more concrete numbers, Raven, but from the vid at timesnews.net it looks like a pretty good turnout.

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Most conservative estimate 500.

More from http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/04/15/tea-party-open-thread/ in case missed….

Olympia WA: 5,000 - Via Police Estimates

Orlando: 5,000-6,000 - Via Police Estimates

Melbourne, FL: 400-500

Springfield Mass: 1000-2000

Myrtle Beach ,SC had 3000. Today was the 2009 version of Lexington and Concord, “the shot heard round the world.” The revolution has begun!

http://www.wallowacountychieftain.info/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=18546&SectionID=9&SubSectionID=61

They’re way out in the sparsely occupied corner of the state. 150 folks is 8% of the population of the town. There are a total of 7100 people in a county the size of Connecticut and they put together 150!

estimated 4000 Newspaper

Just so we can get an idea of the impact.

U.S. Census Bureau currently estimates the US population at 306,225,826. I want to use this figure rather than the 2000 official census figure. Since the Census Bureau has not been politicized quite yet, their figures are trustworthy (I had to work with them for my job once). (http://www.census.gov/)

The total in the main post of this thread as of 1:30 a.m. 4/16/09 is 183060.

I am getting an error message, but I am guess 6% chose to come out on a work day amidst finishing filing their taxes at the last month to demand the Constitution of the United States be respected. Which is darn good thank you very much. Please someone check my math

Austin MN 100+
Rochester MN 300+ (Although this event was just starting when this number was given…Possible update later.

Both of these numbers are off the local TV station’s coverage.
KAAL-TV
KTTC-TV

As reported in the Arizona Republic, quoting the Dept. of Public Safety:

http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/04/15/20090415teaparty0416advance.html

Also reported the crowd in Tucson at roughly 1,500 and 1,000 in Gilbert, AZ.

The Arizona Daily Star estimated the crowd in Tucson at “about 2,000.”

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/288828

Thank you.

From http://www.southbayteaparty.com:

“1,200 to 1,500 people attended at Dockweiler Beach in the middle of a Small Craft Warning to Gale force winds with temperatures around 61 degrees. WOW what a great group of people. Thank you all.”

From the Dallas Morning News, they report “several thousand” at the Dallas rally (let’s call it 5000), and 4500 in fort Worth.

In rallies in 6 more DFW cities, various sources in the Dallas and fort Worth papers suggest, conservatively, another 2000 more. If you put all the Dallas area rallies at 11,000, you’ll be on the under side I think.

About 200

About 200 in Fairbanks

There must be a day of reckoning on the performance of the Government at all branches; ALL Rs and Ds seating in power. And the people should be the judges. It should be the day when we lash out our anger, frustrations…. and “praise to the deserving ones”. We should have done it in the time of the Bush Administration.

We must have more “invites” from the moderates in order to listen to our assessment.

And ……….Yes to the ATP Movement!!!

It is also based on individual reports, including the 20, 80, 100 and 200.

Note that the estimate number of ATP groups is from 750 to 800.

as they had ZERO MSM coverage and we just don’t have RS members everywhere we should have

I wasn’t there, but here’s a link.

Wasn’t here either, but here’s a link.

Found this link.

From what I have gathered this morning:

Concord NH - 600 (not bad for a noon rally consisting of working people)

Manchester NH - 1000 (probably not accurate since this was from a left leaning paper that showed up at 5 pm, a half hour before the rally started, i was there and would put the crowd at twice that)

Dover NH - 150 (population 28,775)
Rochester NH - 150 ( population 30,527)
Portsmouth NH - (population 20,495) From Foster’s Daily Democrat “200 people filled the street in front of the North Church in what Deputy Police Chief Len DiSesa said was the largest demonstration he has seen in the downtown during his 22 years with the police department. “

Johnson County Community College had around 10,000 people

According to the local papers, the Journal Star and the Pantagraph.

The Pantagraph also ran a story headlined “GOP hopes to build momentum behind nationwide ‘tea parties’”. The Journal Star seems to be playing it straight (at least on it’s front page). The local TV news all did a pretty good though short story on the protests.

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Official sheriff’s estimate of crowd size was 1600. This is consistent with what my husband and I observed.

News coverage in SoCal has been lousy. The LA Times and San Gabriel Valley Tribune both only mentioned the smaller rallies, completely ignoring those over a few hundred. I’ve got to believe the one in Van Nuys attracted more people than the one we attended, but I’ve seen no mention of it in any of the papers.

It sounds like there were a lot of smaller rallies in places like Glendale and Arcadia that I did not see listed on the main Tea Party page. Not sure how many others may have happened like that.

News reporting the crowd at 4,000, but it sure seemed bigger to me.

Though it was probably more, as there were many people coming and going throughout.

Newspaper is reporting 1500. I was there and I seriously would bet at least 2k, maybe closer to 3k. I’ll post a video later after I do some editing. I was playing back my videos last night and started to get motion sickness. lol.

From the Baton Rouge Daily Advocate:
“Official crowd estimates here were not available. The Associated Press estimated a crowd of at least 1,000 at the State Capitol. Organizers claimed a turnout of at least 3,000. Protesters filled much of the south steps of the State Capitol and spilled into a nearby parking lot.”

Judging from the picture, 3,000 looks like the more credible estimate of the two. The Advocate is a liberal rag that downplays the event; note the headline: “Tea Party Gets Crowd”.

There were tea parties all over the state, but numbers are hard to come by. Rep. Steve Scalise attended parties in Metairie, Covington and Hammond. There were also tea parties in Lafayette, Alexandria, Winnfield and Shreveport.

The Lafayette paper reports “Dozens of people from across Acadiana” participated. It’s impossible to tell from the paper’s photo gallery which has a single crowd shot among dozens of closeups. They seem to be downplaying the numbers, too.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune is avoiding the subject altogether.

At least 2k attended Providence, RI. I didn’t see Providence on your list. Actually I am shocked over this number, I didn’t think RI had more then 10 conservatives.

Here’s a link to the news article:
http://www.projo.com/news/content/TAX_DAY_PROTEST_04-16-09_CBE21PS_v20.38633fa.html

Charlotte Observer reported btwn 1500-2000 so reporting 1750 to split the difference

Organizer estimates “at least 1000″ link with pictures.

(I don’t live there anymore, but have family there so I try to keep up with events)

Winston Salem = 1,000
http://www.journalnow.com/

Greensboro = 1,000
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/04/15/article/large_crowd_gathers_for_tea_party_tax_protest

Wilmington ~300-500
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090415/ARTICLES/904159943/1155?Title=Wilmington-protesters-seek-bailouts-lower-taxes

Asheville ~ 300-500
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009904160347

Jacksonville, NC = 200
http://www.jdnews.com/news/tea_63654___article.html/government_party.html

Greenville, NC = 200
http://www.reflector.com/news/local-rally-draws-a-crowd-548877.html

Fayetteville ~300-500
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=323917

I culled the the following numbers from an initial report at taxdayteaparty. I didn’t finish, but I’ve got to run to work. I’ll try to get back to it later today. I didn’t include any reports that duplicate what you’ve already got above, unless there was a conflict in numbers. (Where the state wasn’t clearly indicated in the taxdayteaparty report, I used GoogleMaps to determine if there was only one city of that name, or I listed multiple state possibilities.)

Flemington, NJ 200+
Montrose, CO 300-400
Trussville, AL over 1000
Culpeper, VA 300-400
Tulsa, OK thousands
Ventura, CA 400
Crystal Lake, IL 500
Hammond, LA 100-150
Massapequa, NY 300-400
Toledo, OH (banks of Maumee River) 1200
Bel Air, MD 300-400
Montpelier, VT (estimate from taxdayteaparty places number closer to 1000)
Danville, CA 100
Naples, FL (corner of US 41 & Pine Ridge Rd) 3000
Gilbert (estimate from taxdayteaparty places number closer to 2000; don’t know if this is the same Gilbert, AZ mentioned above; second estimate from taxdayteaparty puts it at 1000-2000)
Ogden, UT 200
Montogomery, AL (”official estimate” listed at taxdayteaparty was 2300-2500, higher than that listed above)
Picayune, MS 250
Colorado Springs, CO 2500 (another estimate puts it at 3000-4000)
Pocatello, ID 400 (second estimate of 300)
Mobile, AL (Cooper Riverside Park) 1000
Sarasota, FL (Marina Jack) 1000
Cheyenne, WY 500 (at mid-day protest, another to follow at 5:30pm)
Boise, ID 4500
Salina (FL or KS?) 500
Oklahoma City, OK 5000-10000 (by someone who is self-confessed “terrible at guessing crowds; another estimate put it at 7000)
Sacramento, CA 2500 (11:15am, before event started)
Iowa City, IA (Burlington Street bridge) 400+
Greensboro, NC estimates range from 800 to 1500 (another estimate of 1000-1200)
White Plains, NY 250-300
Tupelo (NY or MS?) 600+
Adrian, MI 267
Columbia (what state?) 2000-3000
Charlotte, NC 700-1000
Fayetteville, NC 300
Elko, NV 75
Madison, WI (taxdayteaparty estimates 8000, not 5000)
Fort Collins, CO (taxdayteaparty estimates at least 2500, not 2000)
Las Vegas, NV 5000-6000
Frederick, MD over 1000
Harrisburg, PA (steps of Capital) 4000-5000
Helena, MT 300
Hudsonville, MI 700 (if this was the same rally that was at “Sunset & Eastern (no city specified)), another estimate puts it at 2000)
Phoenix, AZ (this was a “smaller” rally in the SE area of greater Phoenix, NOT the main downtown rally) 2000-3000

My 2000 number that carried over from the open thread is verified by local media.

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Ft Myers = 4000
http://www.news-press.com/article/20090416/NEWS01/90415096/1002/NEWS01?GID=k6fSnT4zCN3WElkHZMLjBQugZMu49LjkIeH4/MEUGEs%3D

Naples = 3000
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/15/two-tax-day-tea-party-protests-be-held-today-colli/

It was a beautiful day, we meet the nicest people. Everyone from middle America. I would recommend anyone who believes we are on the wrong path - unconstitutional, rights grabbing, punishing the achievers - to attend the next TEA Party in their area.

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/04/16/news/00lead.txt

There were around 15 tea parties across the state yesterday, including Richmond and the Tidewater area - let’s get some numbers for Raven.

300 per the Gazette Times

http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2009/04/16/news/top_story/4aaa01_taxday041609.txt

610wtvn, our local talk radio station, put the attendance for our Tea Party at 3500, and I think that’s about right. The Statehouse lawn was about 3/4 full. A pretty good turnout considering how cold and wet it was!

4000 is the “official” count from atop the parking garage

I attended both. Charlotte Observer newspaper stated 2,000 at the Charlotte, NC tea party. The Mooresville, NC (35 miles N. of Charlotte) has 200 in attendance (my estimate

Source is from KPLC Channel 7 local news web site.

Tulsa, LaFortune Park, 3,200. There were three other Tea Partys in Tulsa.

Tyler - estimated at 1,400
http://www.kltv.com/global/story.asp?s=10190564
Jacksonville - estimated at 300
http://www.kltv.com/global/story.asp?s=10192046
Longview, TX - estimated at 1,500
http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10190640
Nacogdoches/Lufkin, TX - estimated at 2,000
http://www.ketknbc.com/news/tea-time-in-nacogdocheslufkin

This is all I can find right now, but I will keep looking for other ones in that happened in my neck of the woods.

We had one downtown in the roundabout. I am really horrible at estimating crowd sizes but they had that thing pretty well filled up.

police at 2,000 to 2,500 and not the 5,000 otherwise reported.

http://www.wibc.com/news/Story.aspx?ID=1082669

I think the video below also looks like it supports the lower number. I like the Indiana House Minority Leader, but his estimate sounds more like a preacher’s count of his congregation than a true accounting count.

http://www.theindychannel.com/money/19187729/detail.html

Conway, AR =300 (reported to me by a friend)
White Hall, AR=200 (reported by a friend)

“The public demonstration outside the county courthouse was one of the largest protest rallies on government property in the last 20 to 30 years with more than 350 people, authorities said. Some law enforcement officers estimated as many as 500, while organizers estimated up to 800″

Personally I would go with Law Enforcement estimates (500). I didn’t see 800 there.

http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/view/94628/1/

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2 events. One at noon, and one again at 5pm.

Noon = 500+
5pm = 800+

They said between 500-1,000. I’m going with 750.

and I’ll post numbers if I can get them.

Even as these numbers are as accurate as we can make them, even when they come from police organizations experienced at counting crowds, we will still end up likely under counting by a good amount.

At the St. Cloud MN event, people came late and left early because the event was held over the lunch hour.

I am guessing, but if there were 450 people there at a given time, that probably means 500-600 total people participated.

Not something to put in our numbers, but something for everyone to keep in mind when considering the totals.

Good local coverage, and pretty great turnout.
http://www.kansas.com/news/story/774975.html

Number estimated by the Wichita Eagle.

Detroit News article link says there were several tea parties in the metro area, but lists only three:

Livonia 400
Troy 2000
Plymouth 1000

“Officials at the Spokane Convention Center estimate 2,300 people were at Spokane’s tea party. It was one of twenty tea party protests state wide.”

Source: http://www.kxly.com/global/story.asp?s=10192692 (KXLY is the local ABC affiliate).

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers (WA-05) spoke. Her predecessor, George Nethercutt was also present.

No word on how many squirrels attended.

Knoxville - 2,000
WATE Channel 6
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=10190224&nav=menu7_2_1

Chattanooga - 2,000
Chattanooga Times Free Press
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/16/tennessee-tax-day-tea-party-draws-big-crowd/?local

Nashville - 10,000
Shelbyville Times-Gazette
http://www.t-g.com/blogs/thomwilliamson/entry/26722/

Murfreesboro - 2,000 to 3,000
The Tennesseean
http://www.tennessean.com/article/D4/20090416/NEWS01/904160325

Franklin - 4,000
The Tennesseean
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090416/COUNTY09/90416019

Hendersonville - 2,500
The Tennesseean
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090416/MICRO060301/90416022

Kingsport - several hundred
Bristol - 100+
Greeneville - 100+
http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/protestors_in_bristol_kingsport_and_greeneville_hold_tax_day_tea_parties/23011/

Lot’s of smaller cities and towns on local TV also but no good numbers.

Iowa State Patrol estimates attendance at 3000.

Savannah, GA had 1,500 in attendance yesterday.
http://savannahnow.com/node/707582

150

One speaker estimated 500 and, having walked around a good bit, that seems about right to me.

J

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/04/16/estimate-250000-attend-tea-parties/

http://www.nbc12.com/global/story.asp?s=10192328

Just heard one organizer speak on the radio and she was told by the police last night they estimated 5000 people. They also annouced it to the rally last night in between speakers along with Charlottesville number of 1500. It was a great rally in Richmond!! We even had a visit from some of our wonderful Virginia Founding Fathers, Washington, Jefferson, and Patrick Henry. Mr. Henry delivered his famous “Give Me Liberty” speech. Great time all around.

There were supposed to be counter demonstrators across the street, but no one showed up for that.

I am not sure of the numbers for the rest of the state.

the one in Montpelier 450 people….and the one in Rutland about 200 people. I was at both.

The one in Rutland had a Democrat speaking as well talking about how the economic problems have come from both Parties non adherence to fiscal conservatism.

There is a glimmer of hope in VT today. Hopefully Gov. Douglas will also veto H.442 which passed yesterday as a supplemental tax bill.

I attended three TEA parties in Michigan. I would estimate the following:

Lansing: 5000
Plymouth: 1000
Belleville: 200

My first two estimates agree with estimates above, the third party was not listed above.

I got to 2,000 before I gave up counting.
We were wrapped around the post office building and the federal courthouse, yet there were still people looking for room to stand.
Not bad for a weekday, in the off-and-on snow.

For some reason, I can’t find a news story with an estimate. This guy cites a police report for 4,000 in Chicago:

http://criticalthoughtsblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/chicago-tea-party-tax-protest.html

Joliet Ill = more than 300

Naperville, IL = 500

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-tax-day-protests-16apr16,0,4971809.story

The organizer tells me that 8.500 signed in — and there were lots who came and didn’t sign in.

(This was for the main party downtown, not the 15 “burb” parties around the greater Houston area. I heard The Woodlands had 2000 plus.)

Media started reporting only a couple hundred…

I put this together last night when I got home:

We had about 300 at our very fun party in Sheridan, Wyoming

Revised Lisle, IL “More than 1,000″

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1528393,Anti-tax-event-draws-crowd_na041509.article

Cattoni organized the “Tax Day Tea Party” in Lisle with Aurora resident Gail Jindrich. Scheduled to run from noon to 2 p.m., the beginning was delayed because of the number of people who showed up. As late as 12:45 p.m., cars were still backed up onto Route 53, their occupants wanting to make the case for fiscal restraint.

These are new numbers for my suburban area:

Geneva, IL = 100

Naperville, IL = 400…cited as “300 to 500″

Wheaton, IL = 100 - Wheaton unofficial, from AIP web site, but probably correct because it is the County seat, took place in front of the city hall and Dupage County is pretty darn red for the Chicago suburbs.

http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2009/04/15/42803691/index.xml

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1528924,Naperville-Tax-Day-Tea-Party_na041509.article

http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=3486&posts=12