About

It is official now, we are called the Carolina Patriots!

Beginnings:
Our core group were the founders of  the Myrtle Beach T.E.A. Party that put on the April 15, 2009 Chapin Park Tax Day Protest. The group was formed up under the name of T.E.A. Party to associate our efforts with the growing wave of concerned citizens making it known in towns across that nation, that we were all “Taxed Enough Already”. The cost of that first protest gathering was paid for out of pocket of the less than 10 volunteers that had come together to make a stand against the HUGE government growth and spending that had grown these last couple of decades.

After the first event was under our belts, more folks stepped forward to join our efforts. We were planning on having a larger event on July 4th, 2009 to show our pride in our nation while allowing more folks to have a voice against taxes and large government spending sprees that both Columbia and Washington were putting on the citizens of this State and our Nation. With new members on hand, we became a more formalized group under the Myrtle Beach T.E.A Party banner. We created a board, filed for a 501(c)3 tax status, opened a bank account, and gathered to form our Mission Statement and General Guidelines of our group. Then we went to work on planning the July 4th event.

During the two months leading up to the July event, it became apparent that two factions were forming amongst the volunteers and with the board. One faction was wanting to be inclusive of any and every other group of folks that were standing up against big government and the other faction wanted a more controlled group and message.

After the July 4th Tax Day Protest, we walked away from the Myrtle Beach T.E.A. Party.

The next few months saw us heading out to protest with various other T.E.A. Party groups in our State and Nation’s capital. Our bus groups grew from mostly one to two full busloads and cars in route to the next protest gathering. We decided to reform again in the later part of 2009.  In January 2010, we met and began again… by March we had formed up under our new name. We specifically chose to not have the letters “A”, “E”, and “T” in our name.  We voted to not endorse candidates and not form under a 501(c)3 or other tax structure. We just wanted to be able to actually allow everyone a voice at the table in regards to setting this nation back on the path to our Constitutional Republic.

Mission

To Promote and Restore government to its Constitutional limits as defined by our Founding Fathers.

Goals

• Educate on Economic Policy and Current issues
• Mobilize Citizens as effective advocates in the Public Policy Process
• Leverage our efforts by building coalitions with other organizations fighting for a common cause

Organization

• Chairperson (aka President)
• Vice-Chairperson (aka Vice President)
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Events – Activities Committee  – Organize & Coordinate all events including regular meetings, rallies, bus trips, maintain membership email table at meetings.
• Issues/ Research – Research existing & Proposed legislative issues & their effects, vetting of candidates, coordinate release of information with Media Committee.
• Media Committee- Responsible for all media produced & owned by Carolina Patriots, including web site,  fliers, pamphlets, video, audio and telephone calls

We as a group represent no political party.  We do  not endorse or recommend any candidate for public office . We as a group represent citizens of our County, State, and Nation that are very concerned with the current direction our elected officials are headed towards as we feel it does not represent the government that the United States of America was founded on or millions of our citizens that have paid a price to provide us with the Freedoms our Nation represents to the World community.

We are vocal, we are organized, and we have buses! Watch for us in Conway, Columbia, Raleigh, and Washington DC!