Media Advisory

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 9, 2007                      Contact: Mark Block, (414) 475-2975 

Americans for Prosperity to Hold “Defend Wisconsin-Taxpayer Rally” at State Capitol 

Milwaukee – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) will hold a citizen rally “Defend Wisconsin – Taxpayer Rally”

WHAT: “Defend Wisconsin-Taxpayer Rally”to urge Wisconsin Legislators to pass a state budget with no tax increases.

WHO: 

Mark Block, Wisconsin Director, Americans for Prosperity 

Vicki McKenna, Radio Talk Show Host, WISN, Milwaukee and WIBA, MadisonReince Priebus, Chairman, Republican Party of WisconsinOwen Robinson, Boots and SabersPat Snyder, Radio Talk Show Host, WSAU, Wausau

Fred Dooley, The Real Debate

WHEN: 12:00 Noon; Wednesday, October 17, 2007

WHERE:         Wisconsin State Capitol,

                        King Street Entrance,

                        Madison, WI

Transportation Provided:      Register at www.afpwi.org

LaCrosse, Eau Claire, Wausau, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Racine, Waukesha and more.

Pre-Rally: 

What:  Meeting place prior to State Capitol Rally

Where: Kavanaugh's Esquire Club, 1025 North Sherman Avenue, Madison, WI

When: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 17, 2007

 Transportation Provided:      Register at www.afpwi.org Eau Claire, Wausau, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Racine, Waukesha, La Crosse Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is the nation’s premier grassroots organization committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP 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# # #