Yonkers, NY -- The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest by American colonists against the British Government in which they destroyed many crates of tea belonging to the British East India Company and dumped it into the Boston Harbor. The incident, which took place on December 16, 1773, was a major catalyst of the American Revolution and remains an iconic event of American history. Distanced by 236 years and many miles did not diminish the outrage expressed by the 350 people who attended a rally at the Regency Hotel in the City of Yonkers yesterday night.
Noting that Westchester County was the most taxed county in the nation underwrote the populist sentiment that was the outcry for the abolition of Westchester County government. The “perfect storm” came about by underscoring the high taxes, the allegation of being misrepresented by government officials, among other issues, to fuel the passions of those in attendance.
Sam Zherka, publisher of The Westchester Guardian, assisted in delivering the message by County Executive Andy Spano’s son David Spano, in calling for the abolition of Westchester County government, kept the groundswell at fever pitch.
Sam Zherka paid for the venue, the lawn signs and the advertising to promote the rally which is the first step leading to a planned April 25, 2009 rally to beheld in front of government offices in White Plains. Thousands can be expected at that rally. When 350 people attend any gathering, a multiplication of ten times that is reasonable and logical.
Those that can strip the emotionalism the protagonist may conjure up in some will recognize that Sam Zherka has jumped ahead of the politicians on the issue of demanding less taxes and the abolition of government. At issue now is whether the politicians will blink or ifpublic sentiment will gain traction and surmont the political process for remedy.
Those in attendance where men and women; white, black, and in between; Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, and Working Family; Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu; employed and unemployed; from North Salem, Yorktown, Mamaroneck, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, and in between.
