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While it may not rival the intensity given the planned building of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City, passions ran high Tuesday and early Wednesday morning in Temecula over the proposal to build a mosque. When all was said and done, the Temecula City Council early Wednesday morning unanimously signed off on a proposed mosque after a marathon eight-hour hearing that went back-and-forth from vitriolic rants from residents labeling Muslims as terrorists to interfaith leaders noting the peaceful virtues of Islam. In the end, the council’s decision was made entirely based on mundane issues like traffic, parking...

Temecula [CA] officials are preparing for another large crowd and another long night Tuesday when the City Council hears the appeal of a planning panel's decision approving plans for a mosque. The Planning Commission voted 5-0 on Dec. 1 to approve a permit and development plan for the Islamic Center of Temecula Valley's mosque in the city's rural Nicolas Valley. The vote followed a roughly five-hour hearing in which more than 80 people spoke, many from outside Temecula, to the audience's cheers and jeers. Emotions boiled to the point where the commission chairman threatened to remove disruptive people. Anti-mosque protesters...

Friends! Compatriots! Fellow Tea Partiers! Come join us, your Loyal Temecula Valley Tea Party Patriots on that most Odious Day of Reckoning... Tax Day, April 15, 2010 At ye Temecula Duck Pond from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. DIRECTIONS: Rancho California Road & Ynez Road in Temecla, California. Via Interstate 15 to Rancho California exit in Temecula; head due east approximately 1/2 mile. PLANNING: Please bring along your own appropriate signs, banners and flags. Plan ahead for seasonal springtme weather. Parking available at the Temecula Duck Pond and at adjacent shopping center lots.

Tea Party Anniversary Rally Saturday, February 27th At The Duck Pond in Temecula, California The turnout was great despite the rain. All told, with people coming and going between cloudbursts, the estimate was put at around 200 people. Thank you to everyone who took time on a very wet Saturday afternoon to wake up their fellow Americans. The Patriots who came out today sent an even stronger message in defense of liberty by doing so in midst of a downpour. The support for our message was strong as evidenced by the honking, waving and thumbs up from drivers passing by...

Temecula Tea Party & Anti-Tax Rally (One Year Anniversary Event) To commemorate the one year anniversary of the first nationwide tea party rallies in 2009, the Temecula Tea Party Patriots is hosting this event in Temecula, California. DATE: Saturday, February 27th, 2010 TIME: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (or until the last patriot turns out the lantern) LOCATION: The Duck Pond in Temecula, at the corner of Ynez Road and Rancho California Road. Rancho California Road is located directly off of Interstate 15, approximately one hour's drive north of downtown San Diego. Be sure to stop by the Gazebo to...

A Tea Party, Tax Protest & Rally For The U.S. Constitution In Defense of our Beloved Constitution, a Tea Party and Patriots' Rally shall commence at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the Temecula Duck Pond located at Ynez Road and Rancho California in Temecula, California. We have organized this rally in support of the 9/12 march on the U.S. Capitol on behalf of Southern California patriots who are unable to attend the rally in Washington, D.C. Speakers, music and events are planned. Rally is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Please bring appropriate signs, banners and...

TEMECULA: Protesters line intersection Obama, government were the subjects of much of the criticism By CRAIG SHULTZ - Saturday, July 4, 2009 8:28 PM PDT TEMECULA ---- Some of the people lining the corners of the Rancho California and Ynez roads intersection during a tax protest Saturday afternoon said their beef isn't only with President Barack Obama. "I don't think anyone here will tell you it's a Republican versus Democrat thing. It's an American thing," said Mike Horan of Poway. "It isn't so much politically motivated. People want to make sure they're being heard." A crowd estimated by organizers to...

Tax protest in Temecula Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly member Rick Reiss, dressed as a President Barack Obama tax zombie, waves to motorists in Temecula during an anti-tax rally Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Hundreds of protestors joined the assembly on the corner of Ynez and Rancho California Roads to express their disapproval of state and federal tax bills.

TEMECULA: Anti-tax rally set for Wednesday Organizers are preparing for possibility of counter protest By AARON CLAVERIE - Staff Writer Saturday, April 11, 2009 TEMECULA ---- Guy in Grim Reaper costume. Check. A "Zombama" (a President Barack Obama tax zombie). Check. "Don't Tread On Me" flags. Check. Patriotic and anti-tax songs blaring from a boom box. Check. And that's just the top half of the checklist that Rick Reiss has written up for an anti-tax "tea party" rally scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Temecula's Duck Pond Park. Reiss, a member of the Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly, said late last week...

What would Reagan do? Rick Reiss Friday, April 10th, 2009 Last month, members of the Temecula community met at the Ronald Reagan Sports Park to celebrate “Can Do” Day. The annual Can Do Day event recognizes the time when President Ronald Reagan commended the people of Temecula for their self-reliance and initiative in building the sports park that now bears his name. On March 3, 1983, while addressing the US Olympic committee, President Reagan remarked, “The folks in a rather small town, Temecula…got together and built themselves a sports park, held fundraising barbecues and dinners. And those who didn’t have...

2009 Taxpayer Tea Party proudly brought to you by the FreedomWorks Foundation... Taxed to death and living in Southwest Riverside County, CA? Join us on Wednseday, April 15, 2009 at 11:00 am at the Temecula Duck Pond on the corner of Rancho California and Ynez Road in Temecula. We will be ridding ourselves of some crates of Obama Messianic Tea and fighting off the evil ravenous Zombama, the tax eating zombie. This Temecula Tea Party is valiantly supported by the local Republican clubs TMVRWF and MTRA. See you all there patriots!

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Threats of protest halt Pink Swastika author's scheduled talk by Temecula Valley News staff The Murrieta/Temecula Republican Assembly’s (MTRA) next meeting was scheduled to be April 3; however, that meeting and location are now in doubt as a result of threats of protest. According to MTRA president Bob Kowell, their speaker was scheduled to be Pastor Scott Lively from Abiding Truth Ministries in Massachusetts. Pastor Lively’s book, “The Pink Swastika,” has gained the attention and protest of gays and gay activists across the world. “The meeting was to be held at Temeku Hills Country Club,” said Kowell. “Temeku Country Club...

Taxed to death? Join us on Wednseday, April 15, 2009 at 11:00 am at the Temecula Duck Pond on the corner of Rancho California and Ynez Road. We will be shredding 1040 forms, ridding ourselves of some crates of Obama Messianic Tea, and fighting off the evil ravenous Zombama, the tax eating zombie. See you all there patriots!

Teacher's comments lead to complaint By: JENNIFER KABBANY - For The Californian TEMECULA -- A Temecula Valley High School student has decided to opt for an independent study program rather than finish out the semester on campus because of her teacher's derogatory comments about Christians, the girl's attorney said Friday. Attorney Bob Tyler said 17-year-old junior Brittney Cowles became very upset Thursday after her creative writing teacher allegedly called local Christian parents "crazy" and "prejudiced" for keeping their children home from school to protest a new state law that some parents contend promotes a homosexual agenda in public schools. The...

Strange ideas of 'liberated' By: RICK REISS - For The Californian Following the rationale of the left-wing peace movement is a tortuous road to travel. Case in point is the recent "peace vigil" staged at the Temecula Duck Pond and led by Jeeni Criscenzo. The Jan. 15 Duck Pond vigil drew about 70 peace activists under the guise of "Bring Their Buddies Home." The presence of these left-wing activists also drew about 30 conservative counter-protesters. Full disclosure ---- I helped organize this counter-rally with local Republicans and members of FreeRepublic.com and ProtestWarrior.com. We questioned the Democrats' "cut and run" agenda...

OPERATION NAME: "Temecula Vanguard" DATE: Sunday - January 15, 2006 TIME: 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm LOCATION: Temecula Duck Pond - 29375 Rancho California Rd, Temecula CA. 92591-5201 MISSION BACKGROUND: Please link to original Freeper posting at: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550318/posts UPDATED INFORMATION: We are expecting a good turnout for this patriotic rally. This rally is to counter leftists who are staging a "cut and run" politcal vigil at the Temecula Duck Pond. The "retreat and defeat" crowd is from the group "Bring Their Buddies Home" and is headed up by a Cindy Sheehan pandering democrat named Jeeni Criscenzo, a candidate for Congress....

OPERATION NAME: "Temecula Vanguard" DATE: Sunday - January 15, 2006 TIME: 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm LOCATION: Temecula Duck Pond - 29375 Rancho California Rd, Temecula CA. 92591-5201 BACKGROUND BRIEFING: The unAmerican leftist moonbats are planning to invade conservative Temecula on Sunday 01/15/05 to protest "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and America's war on terrorism. Temecula is a patriotic community that is home to much of the Navy and Marine Corps personnel stationed in San Diego and at Camp Pendleton. The leftist moonbats planning this so called "vigil" are from the organiztion called "Bring Their Buddies Home." Their January 15 Temecula Duck...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Oct. 6, 2005) -- For the Corona family, flying flags just wasn’t enough to show their support for America’s military. Instead, the Corona’s chose to show appreciation with an 8-acre corn crop formation, which displays all the armed forces in action from an aerial view. The formation, which doubles as a maze, was unveiled in Temecula, at its official grand opening Monday. The maze depicts the Marines flag raising at Iwo Jima, the Army in an M-1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, the Navy’s Battleship BB-63 Missouri, and the Air Force in an F-16 Fighter...

"Jobs Americans won't do" By: RICK REISS - Commentary Temecula has become an epicenter in the debate on illegal immigration. Last year, the Temecula Border Patrol station conducted numerous sweeps of illegal immigrants throughout the region. Political pressure quickly ended this operation. To his chagrin, a top Homeland Security official later faced an outraged public for shutting down these sweeps. Public outrage over the federal government's failure to control immigration spawned the creation of voluntary citizen patrols along the border. One such Minuteman Project effort just recently finished in Campo. A similar border watch project is scheduled for the Otay...