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2nd Annual Patriot Dinner Banquet with Bill Whittle, Tammy Bruce, Krista Branch, and Shane Krauser: Please Join Us!!

October 19, 2011 By 7 Comments

The Scottsdale Plaza Resort
7200 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Business/Cocktail Attire

Silent Auction/Cocktails/VIP Reception 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Dinner and Evening Program 6:30 – 9:00 pm

For more information about the banquet, our featured speakers , and to purchase tickets: http://arizonamainstreamproject.org/#q=Events

VIP TICKETS

Premier seating, access to VIP Reception and photo opportunity, signed copy of Bill Whittle’s “What We Believe” DVD, signed copy of Tammy Bruce’s “The New Thought Police,” and signed copy of Krista Branch’s latest CD

$150 (Before Sept. 30th)     $175 (After Sept. 30th)

RESERVED TICKETS

$75 (Before Sept. 30th)     $100 (After Sept. 30th)

STUDENT TICKETS  ~ $50

TABLE SPONSORSHIPS

Complimentary advertisement in event program for businesses, organizations, or campaigns with table purchases made by Oct. 8. Full 5 x 7 ad given for VIP table purchase, and a 1/2 page ad given for a reserved table purchase.

Washington VIP Table (10 guests)

Premier seating, access to VIP Reception and photo opportunity, signed copy of Bill Whittle’s “What We Believe” DVD, signed copy of Tammy Bruce’s book “The New Thought Police,” and signed copy of Krista Branch’s latest CD

$1200 (Before Sept. 30th)     $1500 (After Sept. 30th)

 Jefferson Reserved Table (10 guests)

Reserved seating for dinner and evening program

$600 (Before Sept. 30th)     $750 (After Sept. 30th)

 Madison Table (10 students) ~ $500

Sponsorships for speakers are available:  Call Honey Marques, Executive Director, by phone at 808-283-3661 or by email at honey@arizonamainstreamproject.org or more information and to make contribution.

 

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Matt Salmon’s Union Connections

August 8, 2011 By 31 Comments

By Jean Valjean

Reposted from Western Free Press.

Matt Salmon seems to be playing both sides of the political fence. Salmon apparently is a Phoenix union supporter but a self-described “conservative” in Arizona’s East Valley.

Matt Salmon’s website home page welcomes you with this quote:

“Your financial support will help ensure my message of smaller government, fiscal responsibility and less taxes reaches every voter.” – Matt Salmon

Furthermore, Salmon markets himself as a “conservative.”

If this is true, why is Salmon, a supposed stalwart of conservatism, endorsing liberal union activist Claude Mattox for Mayor of Phoenix?

Matt Salmon’s firm, Upstream Consulting, represents government unions, specifically public employee unions in Arizona. These unions endorse Claude Mattox for Mayor of Phoenix. Salmon then endorses Claude Mattox. In turn, Salmon receives money from the unions. In addition, Salmon gets more ammunition against his primary opponents, specifically Kirk Adams.

Why? One reason is the unions hate Kirk Adams for spearheading pension reform in Arizona. Adams’ pension reform was the most ambitious in the country, targeting the public safety unions that Salmon represents. In fact, Arizona is on the union’s target list of states to “fight back” against.

This provides a unique solution for the unions and Matt Salmon. Salmon gets to capitalize on privately raising money from the unions, coordinating attacks on Salmon’s more anti-union primary opponents, while claiming he has nothing to do with the unions. The unions also get a more “friendly” candidate by eliminating old enemies.

While Kirk Adams was trying to pass pension reform and getting government sector spending in control with universities and unions, Matt Salmon was lobbying against these things. During Salmon’s lobbying tenure, he picked battles with the Goldwater Institute over corporate welfare, protected government public safety unions, and fought to protect ASU’s government gravy train.

Matt Salmon is receiving money from other union players. The list includes ex-union boss Billy Shields and union spokesman David Leibowitz.

Once again, why is Salmon endorsing union candidates and receiving union money? Why is Salmon suggesting he is a symbol of “smaller government” when there is no bigger symbol of “Big Government” than public-employee unions and their political candidates? Does Salmon really believe in these union backed candidates and issues or is it just “politics?” Do we want to reward politicians who take on political risks or those who take advantage of them?

This is a big issue that deserves more transparency and answers.

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Rights of Crime Victims, Seminar presented by Steve Twist, Tuesday, Aug. 9th

August 5, 2011 By 2 Comments

INVITES YOU TO ATTEND

SEMINAR ON RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS

PRESENTED BY

STEVE TWIST, LAWYER

Steve Twist serves as Vice President and General Counsel for Services Group of America, in Scottsdale, Arizona. SGA is one of the largest privately held companies in Arizona. He is Past Chairman of the Board of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is the former Chief Assistant Attorney General of the State of Arizona. He was the primary author of the Arizona Criminal Code, Title 13, Arizona Revised Statutes, which the Arizona Legislature adopted in 1977.

Steve has worked to promote crime victims’ rights for more than 30 years, providing assistance to Congress, statelegislatures, tribal governments, and local organizations in drafting, passing, and implementing victims’ rights statutes and amendments. He currently serves as President (and founder) of Arizona Voice for Crime Victims; and Vice President for Public Policy for the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA). He is a 2003 recipient of the President’s National Crime Victims Service Award. He also teaches victims’ rights law at the Arizona State University College of Law, where he is a founder of the school’s Crime Victims Legal Assistance Project—a project providing free legal representation to crime victims seeking to protect their legal rights.

Topics of discussion include:

History of the role of crime victims at the founding of our nation…Recent history and the role of President Ronald Reagan…Current challenges faced by crime victims…The need for citizen action

 Date: Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011
Time: 6:30-8:30 PM
Location: Via Linda Senior Center
Address: 10440 E. Via Linda, Scottsdale (map)

Refreshments served

Cost: $10 per person

Payment can be made on-line at www.ArizonaMainstreamProject.org or at the door!  

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Beauchamp Endorsed by National Border Patrol Council

June 16, 2010 By 4 Comments

BEAUCHAMP ENDORSED BY NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL

Bradley Beauchamp, candidate for Congress is Arizona’s First Congressional District, has officially been endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council’s largest sector, Local 2544. Along with their endorsement of Mr. Beauchamp, the Border Patrol Council endorsed Bradley’s plan to secure our border.  This endorsement puts the Border Patrol on a long list of Arizona law enforcement leaders that are supporting Beauchamp, such as Mohave County Sheriff Sheahan and Yavapai County Sheriff Waugh.

On Tuesday, Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol Council’s Local 2544, sent an official letter of endorsement to the Beauchamp for Congress campaign. President Judd wrote, “On behalf of the nearly 3,000 rank and file men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol in the Tucson Sector, it is my pleasure to endorse you in the Republican Primary for Congressional District 1 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Your no-nonsense approach and belief that our nation was founded on checks and balances afforded in our Great Constitution will be a refreshing change in a political climate controlled by special interests and the interests of self-serving politicians.  We hope you will accept our endorsement and our best wishes in your primary campaign.  We are confident you will win the primary and we look forward to working with you in the future.”

Bradley Beauchamp was proud to have the endorsement, saying, “I am honored to be endorsed by the brave men and women who do all they can to protect our borders.  In Congress, I will work tirelessly to make sure these great patriots have all the tools necessary to keep our southern border safe and secure.”

A copy of the letter can be found HERE, and a copy of Beauchamp’s plan to secure our border can be viewed HERE.

Bradley Beauchamp was born and raised in Arizona. He worked his way up from washing dishes in a café and laboring in a turquoise mine to becoming a schoolteacher, successful attorney and most importantly, a defender of the Constitution.

Bradley Beauchamp graduated from Northern Arizona University and began teaching government and civics in Globe, Arizona. After several years in the classroom, and desiring to study the Constitution more in depth, he was accepted into the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Upon graduating, he returned to Globe to practice law in the small towns and rural communities of Arizona. He is endorsed by many Republican leaders in Arizona’s First Congressional District, including Andy Tobin, Steve Waugh, Charles Christensen, Bobbi Peterson, John Rhodes, Terri Kibler, and Rick Fernau.

For more information, please visit www.bradleybeauchamp.com.

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