• Dr. Rich Swier

This coming Saturday, January 21, a rally for local citizens with Tea Party roots is scheduled from 2-5 p.m. in St. Petersburg’s North Straub Park.

Called “Liberty & Justice for All: A Rally for America’s Future,” it’s being organized by St. Pete neurosurgeon David McKalip, a prominent conservative who plans to run for St. Pete City Council in 2013.

Although McKalip tells the Tampa Bay Times that it’s not a Tea Party event per se, Kristina Gionet, the Reverend Glen Pav, Sharon Calvert and McKalip himself are all scheduled to speak — none of whom has ever shied away from that designation.