On July 7, 2009 over 300 activists attended a town hall event to discuss the damaging affects of policy initiatives such as Cap-and-Trade, Government controlled Health Care and the Employee Free-Choice Act. AFP-IL and the Kankakee Chamber of Commerce hosted the event. The featured speaker was Fox News political pundit and analyst William Kristol.

Other featured speakers were:
Kankakee Regional Chamber President David Hinderliter, Environmental attorney Gary Baise, and Americans for Prosperity Policy Director Phil Kerpen.

Check out part one of William Kristol's speech:

Check out part two of William Kristol's speech: