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Americans for Prosperity Foundation to Begin "Taxpayer Trust Tour" Series of Fiscal Roundtable Discussions in Kalamazoo Feb.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 14, 2007                     
Contact: Amy Hagerstrom, (517) 410-8359, or Annie Patnaude, (202) 349-5896

KALAMAZOO – Even as Michigan’s jobless numbers continue to climb and the state deficit deepens, the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) will bring its statewide “Taxpayer Trust Tour” to Kalamazoo on Friday, February 16, at 7:15 a.m. Wall Street Journal editorial board member Steve Moore will be among the featured panelists at the Kalamazoo stop of the Taxpayer Trust Tour, a 14-city series of roundtable discussions to educate citizens on the fiscal challenges the state faces and policy options that will help move Michigan in a more positive economic direction.

The Kalamazoo roundtable discussion will feature brief presentations by panelists and an opportunity for question and answer with both citizens and the media. Among the questions panelists will seek to answer are: “What are Michigan’s challenges and options?” and “Are tax increases the only way forward?” Panelists will specifically address the issues surrounding the slated repeal of the Single Business Tax.

WHAT: Americans for Prosperity Foundation roundtable discussion

WHO:
o       Steve Moore, Editorial Board Member, Wall Street Journal
o       Margaret O’Brien, Portage City Councilwoman
o       Dan Quisenberry, President, Michigan Association of Public School Academies
o       State Rep. Jack Hoogendyk (61st District)
o       Amy Hagerstrom, Michigan Director, Americans for Prosperity Foundation

WHEN: Friday, February 16, 2007; 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Note: A continental breakfast will be provided.

WHERE: Greater Kalamazoo Association of Realtors Building
            5830 Venture Park Drive
            Kalamazoo, MI 49009

“Michigan is at a fiscal and economic crossroads,” AFPF Michigan Director Amy Hagerstrom noted. “Americans for Prosperity hopes to educate citizens about the challenges our state faces and policy options that will help move Michigan in a more positive economic direction.”

Americans For Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is a nationwide organization of citizen leaders committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFPF believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFPF educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org

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