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By Theresa Schmidt

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) –

The Southwest Louisiana Tea Party movement began picking up steam in 2009 as members from throughout the five-parish area began gathering for rallies and becoming more visible and involved in local government and the political scene.

President Jonathan Duhon said he got involved because it seemed that too many ordinary people had become disengaged from participating in our democracy.

“We really didn’t know that much about our government anymore. We didn’t know about it on the local level; we didn’t know about it on the state level or on the federal level,” said Duhon.

Last year, the group applied to IRS for a type of tax exempt status allowed for non profits.  Duhon is convinced they received extra scrutiny because they are a Tea Party group.

“Having to wait seven months for an answer from the IRS as to whether or not we’d get the status, I mean, that’s way beyond what it normally takes. And then our next correspondence with the IRS wasn’t yes or no, it was supply more information,” said Duhon.

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