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AFP: Attention all DuPage County members!

September 2, 2010 by

From Americans for Prosperity…

Americans for Prosperity Launches Grassroots Effort Against Schillerstrom’s Proposal to Borrow $70 million From DuPage County Taxpayers

-A mobile billboard critical of Schillerstrom’s proposal runs TODAY–

CHICAGO – While concerns about rising public debt and out of spending is at an all-time high, you’d expect elected officials to give pause before approving any plans to increase the debt obligation of government and further burden taxpayers.

This unfortunately does not appear to be the case with the DuPage County government. DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom is once again pushing his board to approve a massive capital plan that will ultimately cost DuPage taxpayers nearly $125 million. Out of nearly two-dozen projects, only five are road projects that will actually improve the county’s infrastructure.
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AFP: Attention all DuPage County members!”

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Obama blasts AFP – We ARE making a difference!!!!!…Never give up-NEVER!!!

August 13, 2010 by

From Joe Calomino, Director of Ill Chapter of Americans for Prosperity…

President Obama Insults Americans for Prosperity’s 1.2 Million Activists in Fund Raising Speech

With his poll numbers dropping rapidly because of his big government agenda, the President is now making shrill, desperate attacks on Americans for Prosperity and our 1,200,000 AFP grassroots activists across the nation.
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Obama blasts AFP – We ARE making a difference!!!!!…Never give up-NEVER!!!”

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Americans For Prosperity, Illinois: It’s Time to Get to Work… November is Coming!‏

August 11, 2010 by

Join Americans for Prosperity, Glenn Beck, Right Nation 2010
September 18, 2010 at the Sears Centre Arena, Hoffman Estates, Illinois…

Americans for Prosperity is proud to announce its partnership with Glenn Beck and Right Nation 2010. Join us for an unprecedented event featuring national conservative organizations and popular political & media personalities in the 10,000-seat arena.

Americans for Prosperity is offering an EXCLUSIVE Pre-Ticket Sale! (For more information click here)
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Americans For Prosperity, Illinois: It’s Time to Get to Work… November is Coming!‏”

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Final Report: RightOnLine 2010

July 26, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Pictured from the left: Robert Bluey [Heritage Foundation], Guy Benson [Chicago Radio Host], Ed Morrissey [HotAir.com], and Warner Todd Huston [PubliusForum.com]

I just flew in from Las Vegas where I attended Americans For Prosperity’s RightOnLine 2010 conference. As always, it was an uplifting experience, educational, and a whole lot of fun. I caught up with old friends, met with business partners, and made new friends.

For those unaware of what this whole RightOnLine thing is, think of it as an activist’s training program. If you attend you’ll find sessions and panels that range from such introductory programs as “Blogging 101” ad “podcasting 101,” to more in depth online activities as “Citizen Journalism” and “Global Warming and Energy Policy.” It really is a worthwhile endeavor and if the conference ever comes to a town near you, please do yourself a favor and attend.
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Final Report: RightOnLine 2010″

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I’m Headed to Vegas… the RightOnLine Conference

July 22, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

In about a half hour I am off to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend the RightOnLine Conference.

I have a bunch of posts scheduled to auto post over the next few days, but it remains to be seen how much I can post while I am away. I hope to get some posts up about the conference but I can’t promise anything.

Anyway, “I’m leaving on a jet plane,” in a few hours.

I’ll be seeing many of you out there, I’m sure…

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Governor Quinn Pretends to Cut State Spending, Quinn Passes on a Real Balanced Budget

July 2, 2010 by

From Americans For Prosperity, Illinois…

Chicago, Illinois – The Illinois chapter of the grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP-IL) and it’s over 30,000 statewide members express great disappointment in Governor Quinn’s failure to VETO the states unbalanced budget.

“Over the last several weeks Americans for Prosperity and its members have written several hundreds of letters requesting the governor to Veto the budget forcing lawmakers to do their job. “Today, Governor Quinn had a chance to do just that. Unfortunately, Governor Quinn failed to do his job” said state director Joe Calomino.
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Governor Quinn Pretends to Cut State Spending, Quinn Passes on a Real Balanced Budget”

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America Speaks Out June 26th, Navy Pier‏

June 23, 2010 by

From Americans for Prosperity…

Our friends at “America Speaks” have requested assistance in driving activists to a very interesting event next Saturday. Please take the time to read the below information and determine if you can join them on June 26th at Navy Pier.

Joe Calomino
State Director
Americans for Prosperity
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America Speaks Out June 26th, Navy Pier‏”

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Take Action: Tell Governor Quinn to Veto the Budget!‏

June 19, 2010 by

From Americans for Prosperity, Illinois….

On May 25, 2010, the Illinois General Assembly shirked their duties by passing an unbalanced budget by adding $3.7 billion in new debt that will be passed on to our children and grandchildren! This new debt adds to our current $13 billion deficit and doesn’t even begin to address the $80 billion plus in unfunded pension liabilities or the billions of dollars in unfunded Medicaid liabilities.

The General Assembly’s decision to borrow against our future, in-lieu of making the tough choices, like where to cut costs and how to rein in spending, is akin to paying off a Master Card bill by charging it to a Visa Card. It’s irresponsible and incompetent!
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Take Action: Tell Governor Quinn to Veto the Budget!‏”

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AFP, Illinois: How Did We Get In This Mess?

June 2, 2010 by

From Americans for Prosperity, Illinois…

How Did We Get In This Mess?
The State’s fiscal problems didn’t occur overnight! Click here to view a snapshot of how we got into this mess!

“November is Coming” and not a minute too soon…
At the start of this year’s legislative session Governor Quinn and the General Assembly were looking down the barrel of a political shotgun. Illinois was facing record debt; record backlog of unpaid bills; record unemployment rates; record deficits and the taxpayers were demanding ACTION. Click here to find out what we got.

AFP-IL Launches Springfield Chapter
AFP-IL is excited to announce that the founder of the Illinois Policy Institute, Greg Blankenship, has joined Americans for Prosperity and will be building an AFP chapter in Springfield. Greg has already partnered with local activist and is leading an effort to hold the Springfield Park District accountable for how they spend taxpayer dollars.

Articles of Interests
A Small Step Toward Fiscal Reform
Time to Fight Back Against the EPA’s Power Grab
Cap-and-trade magic show
Crippled By The Unions

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Candidate & Activist Training — Special Media Panel With WIND’s Guy Benson/WYLL’s Sandy Rios

May 9, 2010 by

Special Media Panel Announced at May 15 Activist Training Featuring Sandy Rios and Guy Benson

Americans for Prosperity is thrilled to announce that conservative talk radio hosts Sandy Rios and Guy Benson will be featured speakers during our May 15 activist/candidate training class in Lake Zurich, Illinois.

Both radio hosts will participate in a panel titled, “Freedom Fighters or Angry Mob?: How the Main Stream Media Covers the Tea Party Movement.” The discussion will be followed by a short Q & A session.

It is imperative that all attendees pre-register to attend the May 15 activist/candidate training class, as seating is limited.

Please pre-register NOW and join Sandy Rios, Guy Benson, Americans for Prosperity and American Majority for a full day of training and lively discussion.
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Candidate & Activist Training — Special Media Panel With WIND’s Guy Benson/WYLL’s Sandy Rios”

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Legislative Update: Springfield Lawmakers Passing the Buck

May 3, 2010 by

This was sent out by Americans for Prosperity Illinois, but I want to be sure and direct your attention to the info about SB 2494, the school voucher bill. This is a very important bill that is soon to be considered in Springfield. This bill would be good for education in Illinois.

It appears that the legislative leaders will once again fail to show the courage to make the tough decisions and will be passing the buck to Gov. Pat Quinn forcing him to decide funding levels for most state programs in FY 2011 and more than likely authorizing more borrowing. In a recent Continue reading “

Legislative Update: Springfield Lawmakers Passing the Buck”

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Outrageous: FBI Uses Non-Violent Conservative Group as Bait to Catch Stalker

April 8, 2010 by 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

Senator Patty Murray (D, Wa) doesn’t want to hear from her constituents if they are upset at her vote for Obama’s take over of our nation’s healthcare. One voter in particular has earned Murray’s ire. He has almost daily called Murray’s offices and in no uncertain terms informed the Senator that he hates her healthcare votes. Really hates it.

Murray was so upset that her constituents had the gall to call and complain that she cravenly called in the F.B.I. to trap upset constituent Charles A. Wilson. The F.B.I. came upon an outrageous idea in order to confirm that the phone number registered in Murray’s caller I.D. was, indeed, being used by Mr. Wilson to “threaten” the Senator.

An F.B.I. agent called Wilson and pretended to be a representative of Patients United Now, an arm of the conservative, free-market organization Americans for Prosperity.
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Outrageous: FBI Uses Non-Violent Conservative Group as Bait to Catch Stalker”

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Tea Party Protest at Illinois Rep. Bean’s Office

March 20, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

I attended a gathering of Americans protesting both for and against Obamacare in front of Illinois Rep. Melissa Bean’s Schaumburg offices this afternoon, though those protesting against Obamacare far out numbered those in favor of it I have to say. It is also amazing that anyone came out as cold and snowy as it was!

I suppose there were just over 100 folks out with their Gadsen flags, American flags, and both professionally printed and homemade signs with their favorite slogans upon them. One fellow even showed up with his tricorn hat and a pitchfork!
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Tea Party Protest at Illinois Rep. Bean’s Office”

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3rd Annual AFP Defending the Amer. Dream Summit, Wisconsin – Final Report

March 14, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Well, I am back home from attending the AFP Defending the American Dream Summit. The speakers were inspiring and the panel on which I sat during one of the break out sessions was really fun.

A word about what this whole thing was is apropos here. It was attended by some 4,000 folks, all regular every day folks, most from Wisconsin. Not all were necessarily AFP members as it was open to the public. A lot of different tea party groups also had representatives in attendance. There were some few vendors of buttons, T-Shirts and the like, but selling things was in no way the main point of this thing. The speakers and the message was preeminent. This was a true grassroots gathering.

The announcement was made that AFP Wisconsin had grown to 58,000 Wisconsiners and ranked as the second largest grassroots political organization in the state second only to the Wisconsin teachers union.

I guess my only complaint was that they tried to shoehorn so many speakers all into the 10AM to 11:30 AM slot. Here is the list of speakers we heard from…
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3rd Annual AFP Defending the Amer. Dream Summit, Wisconsin – Final Report”

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3rd Annual AFP Defending the Amer. Dream Summit, Wisconsin – Opening Festivities

March 12, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

I am here in Beautiful Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin for the AFP Defending the American Dream Summit… or I assume it’ll be beautiful once the drab days of Winter are over, anyway. I haven’t been to the Dells since about 1973, so things have changed a tad since I was last here.

Tonight, after registration closed for the evening, we had a nice little cocktail party, I mingled a little and heard from a few of the respected speakers from whom we’ll hear more tomorrow.

Grover Norquist from Americans for Tax Reform spoke on the evils of taxes and government spending, then Lord Christopher Monkton came to the podium and gave us a wonderfully droll address of which I’ll say more in a moment. We had the pleasure of hearing a word or two from the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund. Then we heard from the ubiquitous Joe Wurzelbacher, otherwise known as “Joe the Plumber.” Finally we heard a few words from AFP big cheese Tim Phillips.
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3rd Annual AFP Defending the Amer. Dream Summit, Wisconsin – Opening Festivities”

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3rd Annual Defending the American Dream Summit

March 12, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

I will be leaving soon to attend the American for Prosperity’s 3rd Annual Defending the American Dream Summit in beautiful Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.

It is a two day conference with all sorts of great speakers, sessions and panels. I was asked to be a panelist on the “RightOnLine – New Media” panel so if you’re attending come on over to “break out session A” and let’s shake hands and exchange pleasantries!

Thanks to Erik Telford for setting it all up for me.

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Americans for Prosperity: A Message to Governor Quinn‏

February 25, 2010 by 1 Comment

Americans for Prosperity applauds Governor Quinn for opening an online comment portal offering the general public an opportunity to view and comment on the states budget dilemma.

On March 10, 2010 Governor Quinn will be making his annual budget address. Governor Quinn has made it clear that he believes the only way out of the states financial mess is to raise our taxes.

Americans for Prosperity strongly disagrees!
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Americans for Prosperity: A Message to Governor Quinn‏”

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Americans for Prosperity, Illinois: Needing YOUR Help for the Primaries

January 30, 2010 by

AFP-IL is part of broad, growing coalition that has come together in effort to change Illinois politics in a big way.

For the last 3 decades, legislators have created their own districts after drawing a name out of hat!

Illinois is the ONLY state in the nation that allows this magic trick to determine such an important issue. Instead of the people choosing legislators, the legislators choose the people. This leads to a failing system of government that is not responsive to the people.

LETS TAKE BACK OUR GOVERNMENT! The Illinois Fair Map Amendment will take redistricting out of the hands of the legislator and put into the hands of in independent commission, making the process more transparent, fair and accessible to the public.

We need to collect 500,000 petition signatures by April 1, 2010. WE NEED YOUR HELP!
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Americans for Prosperity, Illinois: Needing YOUR Help for the Primaries”