Budget & Spending Issues
May 30, 2013 JBudget & Spending
by Katy Abram I just got off the phone with an elderly veteran who fought the Japanese during the war. We had a very long conversation but despite the time I spent on the phone with him one thing was clear. He told me, “I didn’t fight those Japanese only to have our own people [...]
May 29, 2013 JBudget & Spending
If you have signed up to join us for our Lobby Day in Harrisburg please take a moment and call your legislators to set up a meeting sometime during the day. The ideal times are between 10:30-11:30am and 3-4pm but please meet with them any time they have available. Click here to register. We have [...]
May 23, 2013 JBudget & Spending
You need to know one thing: Decisions are made by those who show up. Nowhere is that more true than in Harrisburg. Right now, the government sector unions, pro-Common Core advocates and other special interests are gathering in Harrisburg to do “back room deals” to get the issues they want advanced. We need to have [...]
May 22, 2013 JBudget & Spending
It’s time to visit Harrisburg friends! The legislature is getting down to the wire over the next few weeks and YOU need to have your voices heard. Do you want reform in Harrisburg? Do you want the taxpayers voices heard over the special interests? AFP-PA will be running buses from across the state for our [...]
March 27, 2013 JBudget & Spending
by Matt Hissey, AFP-PA field coordinator Recently, I led 6 Americans for Prosperity activists to a meeting with their Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6th district), and we certainly did have an eventful time. We started off meeting at Starbucks half an hour before our scheduled meeting to discuss strategy. This enabled us to all get on [...]