Monthly Tea Party Meeting Scheduled

The Redlands Tea Party Patriots will have its monthly general meeting Thursday evening in Mentone.

The group will be discussing early plans for the 2012 election as part of its monthly business, and will also be discussing the possibility of organizing more groups at the neighborhood level.

There will be copies of the movie "Grinding America Down" available for purchase, and the monthly gift basket raffle will include a copy of the book "Righteous Indignation" by Andrew Breitbart, in advance of his appearence Sept. 15 at the University of Redlands.

Thursday's event will begin with a no-host dinner at 6 p.m., with the meeting starting at 7 p.m. The event will be at the Mill Creek Cattle Co., 1874 Mentone Blvd.