For Immediate Release

Contact:  Don Adams, Independence Hall Tea Party, 215.620.3055

                John Sullivan, Cherry Hill Area Tea Party, 609.417.4297

                Kevin Street, Diamond State Tea Party, 302.388.7793

                Sharon Cherubin, UNITEPA, 717.413.3973

                Rich Davis, American Sheepdog, 610.580.4797

Coalition Forms Liberate Philadelphia/Liberate America; 

Says Business must be Liberated from

 Job Killing Government Regulations

Philadelphia, PA (October 7, 2011) -- A Tea Party coalition, representing groups with tens of thousands of supporters and sympathizers in the

tri-state region (DE, NJ, PA), is announcing today that it is forming

Liberate Philadelphia/Liberate America in response to Occupy Philadelphia/Wall Street.

Leaders of American Sheepdogs, Cherry Hill Area Tea Party, Diamond State Tea Party, Independence Hall Tea Party Association, and UNITEPA have joined together to defend free enterprise and to

encourage the liberation of American business from the burdens of

excessive government regulations that have been enacted by the Obama Administration and have kept the private sector from creating jobs. 

We also need to liberate Philadelphia from the tent city that has sprung-up in the downtown area," said Association president and Montgomery County resident, Teri Adams.  "The homeless are not allowed to set up tents on public property--why would we let Occupy Philadelphia do so?" 

Cherry Hill Area Tea Party leader and Camden County resident, John Sullivan, came up with the name "Liberate Philadelphia" after Ms. Adams suggested forming a coalition. 

"Occupy Wall Street/Philadelphia's notion that Wall Street and Corporations are the root of all evil is foreign to us," said American Sheepdogs founder, Rich Davis, a resident of Chester County. "The recent death of Steve Jobs should serve as a reminder of the beneficial nature of businesses such as Apple Inc., of which Mr. Jobs had contributed substantially."

"Of course, like any other institution, Wall Street has its corrupt figures,"

said Diamond State Tea Party founder and Kent County resident, Kevin Street. "And those individuals should be prosecuted to the greatest extent of the law." 

"Our coalition deplores corporate bailouts (General Motors), corporate subsidies (Solyndra), and corporate welfare," said Ms. Adams.  "At the same time, however, we recognize the achievements of large and small businesses alike.  They put America to work."     

"And especially now, shouldn't we be harnessing the engines that create

jobs?" asked Sharon Cherubin, executive director of UNITEPA and resident of Lancaster County.    

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