BROOKLYN TEA PARTY meets to draft a PLEDGE for its members and for 2013 candidates

In Brooklyn, "Tea Party -- support" will mean signing the Brooklyn T.E.A Party Pledge

I was informed by one of my Baker Street Irregulars that a "Special Second December Meeting" of the Brooklyn T.E.A. Party was held earlier today at Burgers Bar on Coney Island Avenue, between O & P. and that about a dozen people were in attendance.

These Brooklyn Tea Partiers had agreed to come back to hash out their "Brooklyn T.E.A. Party Pledge", which they intend to advance as a main part of their 2013 agenda going forward. In 2013 the Brooklyn T.E.A. Party intends to present its pledge to City Council candidates, city-wide candidates and others running in 2013; and Brooklyn T.E.A. Party intends that those running for any office and who do not sign its pledge will not receive either Tea  Party endorsement or support.  One insider specifically noted that everybody  should be aware that includes anybody running in a Republican Primary for any position.

Many E-mailed suggestions for the pledge were considered and three broad categories achieved general  consensus:  a call for limited government; support for fiscal responsibility for all agencies and programs in government; and generally most socially conservative  positions that had been raised at the meeting.  The specific wording of the pledge will be brought up at the next meeting. Several interesting propositions were specifically voted down, most notably two almost  completely opposite conceptions: one to legalize pot; the other to outlaw smoking everywhere in the city  --- both were voted down.

There was a general give and take atmosphere, however members Frank Russo and Joseph Appelbaum  carried a heavy share of  discussion and President Joseph Hayon regularly had to move in to get the meeting back onto the topic of proposals for the pledge.