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New TV Ads in Alaska

Washington - Today, Club for Growth.Net began running a major statewide ad buy in Alaska. The $100,000 ad buy will run for two weeks on broadcast and cable television throughout the state.

The ad buy contains two 15 second bookend ads-"Dollar a Gallon" and "Slow Down"-and seeks to educate people in Alaska about Don Young's recent support for a one dollar a gallon gas tax. Even as gasoline prices topped four dollars a gallon, Rep. Don Young called for a 400% increase in the gas tax because Young wants people to stop driving "like a bunch of idiots." Young made these comments during a Transportation Committee Hearing on May 6, 2008. If enough people call Don Young, perhaps he will reconsider such misguided proposals in the future.

"Listening to Don Young propose a huge gas tax hike, it is clear that the congressman is out of touch with regular Americans," said Club for Growth.Net president Pat Toomey. "Perhaps Don Young can afford a dollar a gallon gas tax on top of four dollars a gallon gasoline, but most Alaskans can't and they deserve to know what kind of tax hike their congressman is promoting. We hope people in Alaska will call Don Young and tell him they can't afford his gas tax."

Posted at 11:49 AM, July 15, 2008 | Trackback (0) | #

New TV Ad in New Mexico

Club for Growth.Net Releases New Ad Buy in New Mexico

Washington - Today, Club for Growth.Net released a new television ad in New Mexico. The $175,000 ad buy will run for two weeks on broadcast and cable throughout the state.

Entitled "Budget," the ad educates people in New Mexico about Rep. Heather Wilson's record on important economic issues, like taxes, spending, and health care. In Congress, Heather Wilson has joined the Democrats in voting for two tax increases, a slew of outrageous pork projects, and the expanded government-run health care program contained in the SCHIP bill. In contrast, Rep. Wilson's colleague Rep. Steve Pearce voted against wasteful spending, against raising taxes, and against the Democrats' government-run health care program. The ad encourages people to call Heather Wilson and ask her to be fiscally conservative when voting for this year's budget.

"This ad seeks to educate people in New Mexico about Heather Wilson's tax-and-spend record in Congress, and the best way to do that is by presenting a contrast," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "New Mexico has two Republican congressional members. One votes with the Democrats for tax increases and wasteful spending-that's Heather Wilson. The other votes against tax increases and wasteful spending-that's Steve Pearce. We hope the ad encourages people in New Mexico to call Rep. Wilson and ask her to vote for more conservative tax policies."

Posted at 11:35 AM, May 22, 2008 | Trackback (0) | #

New TV Ad in New Mexico

Club for Growth.Net Releases Major Ad Buy in New Mexico

Washington - Today, Club for Growth.Net released a television ad in New Mexico. The $200,000 ad buy will run for a week on broadcast and cable throughout the state.

The ad seeks to educate people in New Mexico about Rep. Heather Wilson's record on taxes and spending in Congress, with the hope that they will call Rep. Wilson and encourage her to adopt more fiscally responsible policies. The ad focuses in particular on Heather Wilson's support for the SCHIP bill, which would raise taxes dramatically, increase government spending by $35 billion, and massively expand government-run health care.

"Most Republicans in the House recognized the SCHIP bill for the big-government bonanza that it was, but Heather Wilson joined with Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi in supporting higher taxes, more government spending, and government-run health care," said Club for Growth.Net President Pat Toomey. "With this ad, we hope to educate taxpayers throughout the state about Heather Wilson's economic record. We encourage them to call Rep. Wilson and tell her to vote against Nancy Pelosi's tax increases and big-government programs in the future."

Posted at 12:08 PM, May 9, 2008 | Trackback (0) | #

Heather Wilson's Record on Wasteful Spending

HERE ARE SOME OF THE PORK PROJECTS THAT REP. HEATHER WILSON HAS VOTED FOR IN RECENT YEARS. CLICK ON THE LINKS TO SEE THE VOTE TALLIES.

House Vote 559 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Clover Bend Historic Site in Arkansas. Amendment failed, 98-331.

House Vote 560 - Bars funding of $100,000 for the St. Joseph's College Theatre Renovation in Indiana. Amendment failed, 97-328.

House Vote 561 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Maverick Concert Hall preservation in New York. Amendment failed, 114-316.

House Vote 562 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Bremerton Public Library restoration in Washington. Amendment failed, 98-333.

House Vote 565 - Bars funding of $140,000 for the Wetzel County Courthouse in West Virginia. Amendment failed, 104-323.

House Vote 566 - Bars funding of $150,000 for equipment for the Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory. Amendment failed, 97-330.

House Vote 567 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the W.A. Young and Sons Foundry in Pennsylvania. Amendment failed, 104-328.

House Vote 568 - Bars funding of $100,000 for the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters to renovate a hall in Ohio. Amendment failed, 66-364.

House Vote 569 - Bars funding of $1,200,000 for projects related to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Route. Amendment failed, 86-343.

House Vote 590 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the Grace Johnstown Area Regional Industries Incubator and Workforce Development program in Pennsylvania. Amendment failed, 87-335.

House Vote 591 - Bars funding of $500,000 for a project in the Barracks Row area of Washington, D.C. Amendment failed, 60-361.

House Vote 592 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association's SPUR urban center. Amendment failed, 102-317.

House Vote 594 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the West Virginia University Research Corporation's renovation of a small-business incubator. Amendment failed, 101-325.

House Vote 595 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the Abraham Lincoln National Airport Commission. Amendment failed, 107-318.

House Vote 597 - To remove 148 requested earmarks from the bill. Amendment failed, 48-372.

House Vote 636 - Bars funding of $1,000,000 for the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure in Pennsylvania. Amendment failed, 98-326.

House Vote 637 - Bars funding of $1,500,000 for the South Carolina Historically Black Colleges and Universities Science and Technology Initiative. Amendment failed, 70-357.

House Vote 638 - Bars funding of $500,000 for the Emmanuel College Center for Science Partnership in Massachusetts. Amendment failed, 79-337.

House Vote 639 - Bars funding of $1,000,000 for nano-structured fuel cell membrane electrode assembly in California. Amendment failed, 81-348.

House Vote 640 - Strikes numerous earmarks from the bill. Amendment failed, 39-388.

House Vote 654 - Bars funding of $34,000,000 for the Alaska Native Education Equity program and other programs. Amendment failed, 74-352.

House Vote 663 - Strikes all earmarks in the bill. Amendment failed, 53-369.

House Vote 664 - Bars funding of $300,000 for its Bay Area Science Teacher Recruitment, Retention and Improvement Initiative. Amendment failed, 89-341.

House Vote 667 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the On Location Entertainment Industry Craft and Technician Training project at West Los Angeles College in Culver City, CA. Amendment failed, 114-316.

House Vote 668 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the American Ballet Theatre in New York City for educational activities. Amendment failed, 118-312.

House Vote 669 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, S.C. Amendment failed, 70-360.

House Vote 671 - Bars funding of $200,000 for the Corporation for Jefferson's Popular Forest in Forest, VA. Amendment failed, 68-360.

House Vote 679 - Bars funding of $200,000 for the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, MO. Amendment failed, 96-327.

House Vote 698 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the Belmont Complex in Kittanning, PA. Amendment failed, 87-335.

House Vote 699 - Bars funding of $400,000 for the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in Wausau, WI. Amendment failed, 68-356.

House Vote 700 - Bars funding of $50,000 for the National Mule and Packers Museum in Woodlake, CA. Amendment failed, 69-352.

House Vote 701 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the Friends of Cheat Rails-to-Trails Program in West Virginia. Amendment failed, 81-342.

House Vote 702 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the Houston Zoo in Texas. Amendment failed, 77-347.

House Vote 705 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Edmonds Center for the Arts in Edmonds, WA. Amendment failed, 97-327.

House Vote 706 - Bars funding for "parking facilities". Amendment failed, 86-338.

House Vote 735 - Bars funding of $200,000 for the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. Amendment failed, 87-328.

House Vote 736 - Bars funding of $250,000 for the East Coast Shellfish Research Institute in Toms River, NJ. Amendment failed, 77-337.

House Vote 809 - Bars funding of $878,046 for the Catfish Pathogen Genomic Project in Auburn, AL. Amendment failed, 74-357.

House Vote 810 - Bars funding of $628,843 for grape genetics research in Geneva, NY. Amendment failed, 76-353.

House Vote 812 - Bars funding of $489,000 for Ruminant Nutrition Consortium in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Amendment failed, 74-355.

House Vote 813 - Bars funding of $6,371,000 for the wood utilization grant in Mississippi, North Carolina, Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Idaho, Tennessee, Arkansas and West Virginia. Amendment failed, 68-363.

House Vote 839 - Bars funding of $2,500,000 for the Presidio Trust national park in San Francisco, CA. Amendment failed, 94-311.

House Vote 842 - Bars funding of $2,000,000 for the "Paint Shield for Protecting People from Microbial Threats." Amendment failed, 91-317.

House Vote 843 - Bars funding of $1,500,000 for the Doyle Center for Manufacturing Technology in Pittsburgh, PA. Amendment failed, 98-312.

House Vote 844 - Bars funding of $3,000,000 for the Lewis Center for Education Research in Apple Valley, CA. Amendment failed, 57-353.

Posted at 2:02 PM, April 9, 2008 | Trackback (0) | #

New Ad in Michigan

ClubforGrowth.Net Releases New Huckabee Ad in Michigan

Washington – Club for Growth.Net will begin running a new television issue ad tomorrow in Michigan, educating the public about Mike Huckabee’s tax-and-spend record and urging people to call Mike Huckabee and tell him to support a permanent moratorium on taxation of Internet access. As governor, Mike Huckabee joined with two Democratic governors in opposing a federal ban on Internet taxes, saying a federal ban would amount to “putting a federal stop sign onto a state road."

Using a folksy humorous tone, the $200,000 ad buy demonstrates just how liberal Mike Huckabee’s record was on taxes and spending. In fact, his economic record looks a lot like that of another governor from Hope, Arkansas—Democrat Bill Clinton. Besides increasing spending by 50%, Huckabee’s support for higher taxes included:

• Sales tax (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 10/17/96)
• Gas tax (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 04/02/99)
• Grocery tax (Associated Press, 09/11/02)
• Taxes on nursing home beds (Associated Press, 06/25/01)
• Taxes on Internet access (Reuters, 02/23/04)

“Mike Huckabee argues that he is an economic conservative because he cut taxes ninety times, but he doesn’t tell the American public that his tax increases far surpassed his tax cuts,” said Club for Growth.Net President Pat Toomey. “Given Mike Huckabee’s persistent dissembling, Club for Growth.Net feels it is important to educate people about Mike Huckabee’s economic record so they can call the Arkansas governor and challenge him to reform his economic policies. The ad reflects Club for Growth.Net’s conviction that economic growth can only be sustained by lowering the tax burden.”

The $200,000 ad buy will run on statewide broadcast and cable television stations in Michigan through January 15.

Posted at 8:24 PM, January 8, 2008 | Trackback (0) | #

Archives

Ad Buy Increased...Again, Dec 26, 2007

ClubforGrowth.Net Doubles Ad Buy, Dec 14, 2007

ClubforGrowth.Net Releases Huckabee Ad Nationwide, Dec 7, 2007

New Ad in Maryland, Nov 28, 2007

Poppycock!, Aug 3, 2007

Bill Clinton or Mike Huckabee?, Aug 2, 2007