Co-founder of Tampa Tea Party closed down its non-profit corp. in 2012 for one reason: 'fear of becoming a target of the IRS'

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5/20/13, "Appoint Special Counsel," Sharon Calvert, co-founder, Tampa Tea Party, Letter to the Editor, Tampa Tribune

(scroll down): "We never applied for tax-exempt status when we saw the intrusive and egregious requests others were forced to deal with. However, as a tea party conservative candidate who ran for office in 2012, I took action last year, before getting on the ballot, to close down the Tampa Tea Party nonprofit corporation for one reason only: fear of becoming a target of the IRS."...



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