Monday, November 10, 2008

Steve Lonegan, Americans for Prosperity (AFP)

Dear Fellow Taxpayer:
I need your help. For the past three years, I have been criss-crossing New Jersey recruiting, educating and activating our citizens about the dangers of New Jersey’s expanding government.

Through our “Taxpayer Action Seminars,” Americans for Prosperity (AFP) has reached thousands of concerned taxpayers and recruited them as part of our organized effort to preserve free market values in this state. From Sussex County to Cape May County, AFP has sponsored programs in more than 250 community centers, libraries, Rotary Clubs, Republican Clubs, Democrat Clubs and in front of any group concerned with our state’s economic decline. But to keep up this effort I must be continuously raising money. Every program takes funding from someone like you and now, more than ever, you and I must stand up to the constant attack on our core principles. I am asking you to donate to AFP and help me keep up the momentum when we need it most. Americans for Prosperity is a 501©4 organization. There is no disclosure and contributions are unlimited. No disclosure means you are safe from retribution from vindictive bureaucrats so, even if you are one of the many disgruntled government employees fed up with conditions in this state, you are safe contributing to our efforts.
Everywhere I travel, I hear the same message - taxpayers are fed up with the nation’s highest state and property taxes and want a change. New Jersey’s job producing businesses, both small and big, are being driven out of this state and business owners and employees alike realize the consequences of this slow, but steady decline.

I am more and more convinced each day that our citizens are ready to call on Trenton to return to the principles of limited government, low taxes and individual freedom that was born in this state—the crossroads of the American Revolution—and will settle for no less. AFP is the only organization that is offering leadership, and the resources, to build an effective grassroots movement determined to preserve our future prosperity by influencing legislative decision-making.

To achieve this goal I need your financial support.
Our mission is to recruit, educate, motivate and activate thousands of citizen activists to take back New Jersey.

I hope you will support AFP with your most generous contribution of $50, $100, $1,000, or what ever you can afford, to help us continue to grow.

Americans for Prosperity is the nation's leading grassroots organization of taxpayer activists committed to the belief in limited government, lower taxes and individual freedom. The effort to put New Jersey back on track will be challenging, but it is a challenge you and I must meet.

Along with our regular Taxpayer Action seminars, AFP also produced programs such as the Bloggers Conference recently held at the Glen Pointe Marriott.

This is part of our ongoing effort to dominate the Internet and use all the tools of the “new media” now available to everyone.

Last May, more than five hundred citizens from across our state converged on Trenton to attend our “Defending the American Dream” Summit Conference that included great speakers like WABC and WNTP radio host Mark Levin and newspaper columnist Bob Novak.

And just last month, 2,000 of our activists from across the country converged on Washington, DC for the greatest show of strength the free market movement has seen in years. Our New Jersey delegation, more than 200 strong, came home motivated and ready to fight. (You can see my speech to the conference by clicking here).

It is through these grassroots programs that we have built the state’s most effective organization standing up for taxpayers. That is how we defeated two ballot questions last year that meant higher taxes and more debt and how we were able to stop Governor Corzine’s radical $38 Billion Borrowing and Toll Hike Scheme.

However, like any movement, it must always be raising the funds necessary to keep on winning. I hope you will consider supporting Americans for Prosperity with your most generous contribution so we can continue to put New Jersey back on track.

Please make a minimum contribution of $50.00 today and I will send you a signed copy of my latest book Putting Taxpayers First. This book is the culmination of my 12 years experience as a mayor and the intense learning experience I have had as AFP’s State Director.

I am proud to tell you this book has sold more copies than Nancy Pelosi’s and I hope you enjoy reading it and consider becoming a regular supporter of Americans for Prosperity, both as a donor and by becoming a citizen activist. You will be joining more than 10,000 others who are working to change the course of history in New Jersey.

With your help, we will win.
Very truly yours,
Steve Lonegan
State Director

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