Living in Flyover Country

By American Majority Team | November 19, 2010 |

I visited a close friend last weekend and sat next to a Chicago native on my flight back into Kansas City.  A sweet older gentleman, he asked, “What’s it like living in Kansas?”  I answered that it’s great if you like small towns, and that while I know it lacks the mountains of Colorado and…

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What You Know Matters

By American Majority Team | November 11, 2010 |

My colleagues have posted recently about the importance of the upcoming city council and school board elections; here in Kansas, we’ll be voting on those local individuals representing us in April and now is the time to start thinking about solid, conservative candidates who can carry the people’s voices. Changing the world starts in our…

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Activists Rank American Majority Most Helpful Organization According to Study

By American Majority Team | October 13, 2010 |

A study released today by the Sam Adam’s Alliance surveying both “establishment” and “tea party” activists sheds light on the rapidly changing political landscape. While it appears many legacy organizations are happy to simply ignore a rising group of activists, organizations including American Majority have received positive feedback for their work supporting grassroots action across the…

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Notes from the Summit

By American Majority Team | October 1, 2010 |

As we were pleased to do last year, American Majority is providing in-depth training at the Smart Girl Politics 2010 Summit in DC this weekend, and I wanted to share some notes from it with you. Yesterday, we held five training sessions, with Anita MonCrief and Faulkner Strategies joining us at the Summit- we started…

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Identifying Voter Fraud and Legitimate Voter Registration

By American Majority Team | September 10, 2010 |

At one of our trainings recently, I had the opportunity to sit in on a presentation from American Majority spokesperson Anita MonCrief.  You might remember hearing about her when she blew the whistle on ACORN voter fraud in 2008, having been employed by its writing and research department since 2005. She shared cases of voter…

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Update: Driveway Taxes and Pooches Pool Parties

By American Majority Team | August 27, 2010 |

You might remember this post from last week, where I discussed the new “driveway tax” passed last week by the city council in Mission, KS.  This tax (assessed as a fee) will apply to nonprofits including churches, schools and governments, will charge homeowners $72 each year for having a driveway, while businesses will be charged…

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