Tea Party Leaders Fight Ethics Charges

Leader of the Cherokee Tea Party Patriots and the Canton Tea Party Patriots are not going down without a fight against charges they violated state ethics rules.

The leaders of two Tea Party organizations in Cherokee County aren't going down without a fight on charges they violated state ethics rules.  Carolyn Cosby, chair of the Canton Tea Party Patriots, and Conrad Quagliaroli, chair of the Cherokee Tea Party Patriots, have both been hit with consent orders from the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission. Cosby was told she had to respond in 15 days to charges of inappropriate campaign activities or face a $12,000 file. Quagliaroli was fined $1,000 for failing to register as a ballot committee.  Cherokee County District 3 Commissioner Karen Bosch earlier this year brought forth complaints that the Cherokee Tea Party Patriots was collecting money and using those funds to …

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Cherokee Tea Party Visits Capitol

Conrad Quagliaroli recaps the first Tea Party Day, which included sessions on TSPLOST.