Tom Tillison
Tom Tillison is a member of the Leadership Council of I-4 Activist Watch, a front group that attacks social justice organizations in Florida.[1] His biography on I-4 Activist Watch states:
Tom is a grassroots activist who has distinguished himself as one of the top conservative bloggers in Florida. He co-founded the Orlando Political Press before joining BizPac Review. His personal story is included in a book on the Tea Party movement titled Tea Party; An Awakening, which was released nationally in October 2010.[2]
According to linked In, Mr. Tillison is the Editor-In-Chief at Florida Political Press and lives in the Orlando, Florida area.[3]
The website for Florida Political Press (http://www.floridapoliticalpress.com) is no longer active. An archived page for Florlda Political Press found on the Wayback Machine states:
The Florida Political Press is the brainchild of Tom Tillison and other local tea party activists. After many conversations, and much frustration, about the consistent left leaning bias in the ‘other’ choice for information in Central Florida, the need became apparent for a news source that not only included the conservative point of view, but a news source that was willing to cover the stories that were not being reported by the media.
Our objective is to inform Central Florida voters, arming them with accurate information that will allow them to make their own decisions on what is happening in the world around us. There is much emphasis on the politics of the left and right in America, yet, the media, and it’s role in society, largely escapes scrutiny. For too long, the media in this country has lost its focus on reporting the news and has evolved into an entity whose purpose is to drive ideology. This is a disservice not only to the citizens of this great country, but to the very principles that America was founded on.
We, as a country, seem to have completely forgotten to expect a watchdog press. A press that efficiently keeps an eye on the government and lets us know when something is wrong and back us up with encouragement not condemnation when we fight back against the misguided and power hungry people at the top of government.
Ours is a lofty goal - to become the prime news source for conservatives in Central Florida. We are grassroots, we have no funding and no corporate structure to support our efforts, yet, we will endeavor on, with the assistance of thousands of citizen journalists who are encouraged to contribute. We are in very troubling times in America, a time where the very makeup of what America stands for is up for debate, and we feel that the citizens of this country deserve accurate and honest information to engage in this important discussion.
