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Tequila Party Movement hitting Las Vegas, Nevada, set to meet the man who swirled the idea of the Tequila Party!

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

I am so excited to make this announcement. For those of you who might not know this, Fernando Romero is the inspiration behind

Tequila Party Movement coming to Las Vegas, Nevada, a key swing Presidential election state!

the National Tequila Party Movement. And, I finally get to meet him on September 19th, 2012! What luck!

An official communications piece will be sent soon, but here is a teaser.

DATE: September 19, 2012

TIME: 7:45 a.m.

PLACE: 910 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, Nevada (Dona Maria Mexican Restaurant Downtown)

COST: $12.00 per adult / $5.00 for Students

More details to come, and for more background information why I am excited to meet Fernando Romero is in the below Las Vegas Sun story. The story is old, because since then, I left the Republican Party for good and became a registered independent voter. There is a rise in independent voters, and it’s no wonder when you have the Republican Party who has become so “last generation.”

What started as a casual conversation among frustrated local Hispanic activists has blossomed into a national movement.

A Mexican-American political activist from Arizona on Thursday launched the National Tequila Party Movement. The kickoff began in Phoenix, ground zero for the immigration debate.

First proposed by Fernando Romero, president of the nonpartisan Nevada group Hispanics in Politics, the Tequila Party will work to encourage Latinos to vote and run for political office. Organizers will plan concerts, dinners and rallies, including in Las Vegas, to try to incite Hispanic political activism.