March 8, 2005

Revolutionary Recollections

Mark Rose writes about his experience during the July 12, 2001, anti-income tax protest at the Tennessee state capital, a pivotal day in the three-year Tennessee Tax Revolt that stopped the imposition of an unconstitutional state income tax and changed the political direction of Tennessee away from tax-and-spend fiscal recklessness.

There were already several protestors headed up the hill, many carrying signs, and I drove a couple of blocks past the Capitol and found a parking space on a side street right beside the Municipal Auditorium. I practically ran up the hill, then up the steps that lead to the Capitol, and entered the building on the east side. It was about six-fifteen. Little did I know then that I would be one of the last rank-and-file taxpayers allowed into our Capitol that evening.