For Immediate Release

September 26, 2006

Contact Steve King

(608) 836-6972

 Coalition for America’s Families Launches New Web Site

[Middleton]

The Coalition for America’s Families (CFAF) announced the launch of a new web site today called DoyleforSale.com.   The site highlights media coverage of on-going state and federal investigations into potential corruption in the Doyle Administration and includes an extensive list of newspaper articles along with facts sheets and audio and video coverage of the Governor and his top aides.

“Make no mistake, Governor Jim Doyle is running away from his record on ethics,” said CFAF Chairman Steve King.  “Even as the Governor and his aides continue to be investigated by state and federal prosecutors, Governor Doyle is airing a television commercial saying he’s spent his whole career fighting to clean up corruption,” continued King.

King said, “Wisconsin taxpayers need to know the truth about their Governor and what he has done to our state’s once proud reputation.  That’s why the Coalition for America’s Families (CFAF) has created DoyleforSale.com.

State and federal prosecutors are investigating whether the Doyle administration steered a state travel contract to a firm whose executives gave twenty thousand dollars to Doyle's campaign.  In addition, prosecutors are looking into whether campaign donations to Doyle played a part in the Public Service Commission’s decision to allow the sale of a nuclear power plant in Kewaunee, as well as allegations that Doyle’s administration gave a sixty- eight million dollar building contract to a firm whose employees contributed fifty-one thousand dollars to Doyle’s campaign.

For Immediate Release                           
Contact Steve King
April 20, 2006                     
   (608) 836-6972

[Middleton] The Coalition for America’s Families (CFAF) announced a
statewide radio advertising campaign starting Monday, alerting Wisconsin
taxpayers to Governor Doyle’s strong opposition to the Taxpayer
Protection Amendment and urging them to contact their state Senator in
support of the bill.

“Wisconsin is the 7th highest taxed state in the nation --- ten percent
above the national average.  Governor Doyle has vetoed a property tax
freeze three different times, and now he’s actively campaigning to
defeat the Taxpayer Protection Amendment.” said CFAF President Steve
King.  “Wisconsin taxpayers need the kind of relief the Taxpayer
Protection Amendment will provide.”

The radio ad contrasts Doyle’s position on the amendment with that of
Congressman Mark Green.

“This past Monday was tax day in Wisconsin,” continued King.  “While
Congressman Mark Green was traveling the state speaking out on the need
for tax relief, Governor Doyle was in Madison trying to put the best
possible spin on Wisconsin’s status as a tax hell.”

The State Assembly is likely to vote on the constitutional amendment
next week with the State Senate to follow thereafter.  “High taxes are
driving families and jobs out of Wisconsin.  We need the Taxpayer
Protection Amendment to restore fiscal sanity and bring taxes in line
with the taxpayer’s ability to pay,” King concluded.


For more information go to www.coalition4families.com

The Coalition for America’s Families is a diverse coalition of concerned
citizens, businesses, non-profit organizations and other stakeholders.
CFAF is organized as a nonprofit corporation and has received
recognition of its tax exempt status under section 501 C4 of the
internal revenue code. Its mission is to fight to lower the tax burden
and increase the decision making power of the American family.




6907 University Boulevard, #176, Middleton, Wisconsin 53632 (608) 836-
6972





 



:60 Radio Script
Taxpayer Protection Amendment

Voiceover:

Wisconsin’s taxes are 7th highest in the nation and 10 percent above the
national average!

That's a big price to pay and it’s driving families and jobs out of
Wisconsin.

The good news is Congressman Mark Green is leading a drive to cap all
taxes in Wisconsin

It’s called the Taxpayer Protection Amendment, and Mark Green knows it
will protect vital services and provide long-term tax relief.

Unfortunately, Governor Doyle and the teachers’ union in Madison are
scheming to kill property tax relief .
 
Mark Green wants to keep our taxes from going up.  

Governor Doyle doesn't.

He's already vetoed three property tax freezes.

Call your Senator today at 800 362 9472. Tell them to support Mark Green
on the Taxpayer Protection Amendment.
 
Tell them to stop Governor Doyle from killing tax relief. Again.  

Paid for by Coalition for America’s Families.


6907 University Boulevard, #176, Middleton, Wisconsin 53632 (608) 836-
6972





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For Immediate Release                                                                  Contact Steve King

January 21, 2006                                                                            (608) 836-6972

[Middleton] The Coalition for America’s Families (CFAF) announced a radio advertising campaign in Milwaukee, starting Monday, alerting Milwaukee Families to the impending threat facing Milwaukee’s School Choice Program. “Without the Governor’s support, thousands of Milwaukee children will be sentenced to a failing Public School System where two-thirds don’t graduate,” said CFAF President Steve King. 

Earlier this month the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released their plans for rationing the existing spots in the program. If the current enrollment cap stays in place, up to 4,000 students will lose seats in schools they have chosen and dozens of schools will face the prospect of closing. Three times Governor Doyle has vetoed bills that would have lifted the caps on the program.

“Governor Doyle has been playing with the very lives and fortunes of Milwaukee’s poorest children, and his failure to act will force up to 4,000 kids out of their current choice school. What’s more, dozens of schools will face the prospect of closing. We urge the governor to avert this crisis for Milwaukee’s children by lifting the cap,” said King.

The Milwaukee Choice program is a system where families at 175% of the federal poverty rate, or less, are given a voucher to enroll their child at the school of their choice.  A study by the Manhattan Institute found that while Milwaukee Public High Schools only graduate 36% of students, 64% of former MPS students enrolled in choice schools graduate.”

The ad, called Schoolhouse Door, was produced by Mikel Holt, editor and associate publisher of the Milwaukee Community Journal, and WTMJ talk show host Charlie Sykes with students from MessmerHigh School in Milwaukee. It aired on Sykes radio show last week. CFAF purchased the ad and will air it on WNOV-AM, WMCS-AM, and WJMR-FM in Milwaukee.

For more information go to www.coalition4families.com

The Coalition for America ’s Families is a diverse coalition of concerned citizens, businesses, non-profit organizations and other stakeholders. CFAF is organized as a nonprofit corporation and has received recognition of its tax exempt status under section 501 C4 of the internal revenue code. Its mission is to fight to lower the tax burden and increase the decision making power of the American family.

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Schoolhouse Door Script

CFAF

:60 Radio

50 years ago the Supreme Court opened the school house doors. But the fight hasn't been

easy and the fight isn't over

In 1957 a governor named Orville Faubus stood in the school house door in Little Rock , Arkansas to keep nine African American students from getting an education

  In 1963 a governor named George Wallace stood in the school house door at the University of Alabama to keep two African American Students from going to School

Now in 2006 don't let a governor named Jim Doyle stand in the school house door, again, this time blocking hundreds of African American students right here in Milwaukee

Students who just want a chance

 A chance to go the school of their choice

If governor Doyle doesn't lift the cap on school choice he'll be standing in the school house Doyle just as surely as governor governor Faubus and Governor Wallace

Governor Doyle let our people Go

Governor Doyle let our people in

Governor Doyle let our children learn

Governor Doyle get out of the School House Door!

Paid for by the Coalition for America’s Families

For Immediate Release                                                                  Contact Steve King

January 21, 2006                                                                            (608) 836-6972

[Middleton] The Coalition for America’s Families (CFAF) announced a radio advertising campaign in Milwaukee, starting Monday, alerting Milwaukee Families to the impending threat facing Milwaukee’s School Choice Program. “Without the Governor’s support, thousands of Milwaukee children will be sentenced to a failing Public School System where two-thirds don’t graduate,” said CFAF President Steve King. 

Earlier this month the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released their plans for rationing the existing spots in the program. If the current enrollment cap stays in place, up to 4,000 students will lose seats in schools they have chosen and dozens of schools will face the prospect of closing. Three times Governor Doyle has vetoed bills that would have lifted the caps on the program.

“Governor Doyle has been playing with the very lives and fortunes of Milwaukee’s poorest children, and his failure to act will force up to 4,000 kids out of their current choice school. What’s more, dozens of schools will face the prospect of closing. We urge the governor to avert this crisis for Milwaukee’s children by lifting the cap,” said King.

The Milwaukee Choice program is a system where families at 175% of the federal poverty rate, or less, are given a voucher to enroll their child at the school of their choice.  A study by the Manhattan Institute found that while Milwaukee Public High Schools only graduate 36% of students, 64% of former MPS students enrolled in choice schools graduate.”

The ad, called Schoolhouse Door, was produced by Mikel Holt, editor and associate publisher of the Milwaukee Community Journal, and WTMJ talk show host Charlie Sykes with students from MessmerHigh School in Milwaukee. It aired on Sykes radio show last week. CFAF purchased the ad and will air it on WNOV-AM, WMCS-AM, and WJMR-FM in Milwaukee.

For more information go to www.coalition4families.com

The Coalition for America ’s Families is a diverse coalition of concerned citizens, businesses, non-profit organizations and other stakeholders. CFAF is organized as a nonprofit corporation and has received recognition of its tax exempt status under section 501 C4 of the internal revenue code. Its mission is to fight to lower the tax burden and increase the decision making power of the American family.

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Schoolhouse Door Script

CFAF

:60 Radio

50 years ago the Supreme Court opened the school house doors. But the fight hasn't been

easy and the fight isn't over

In 1957 a governor named Orville Faubus stood in the school house door in Little Rock , Arkansas to keep nine African American students from getting an education

  In 1963 a governor named George Wallace stood in the school house door at the University of Alabama to keep two African American Students from going to School

Now in 2006 don't let a governor named Jim Doyle stand in the school house door, again, this time blocking hundreds of African American students right here in Milwaukee

Students who just want a chance

 A chance to go the school of their choice

If governor Doyle doesn't lift the cap on school choice he'll be standing in the school house Doyle just as surely as governor governor Faubus and Governor Wallace

Governor Doyle let our people Go

Governor Doyle let our people in

Governor Doyle let our children learn

Governor Doyle get out of the School House Door!

Paid for by the Coalition for America’s Families

Middleton – The Coalition for America’s Families will begin airing a new television ad on Monday June 6^th that takes issue with Governor Doyle’s proposal to raise taxes and fees to fund new spending programs like free health care for the partners of gay state employees.  

 The group’s Chairman Steve King says the Governor broke his word. “Governor Doyle told us he would balance this budget without raising taxes.  Instead he’s raised taxes and fees on items like nursing home beds, daycare, and healthcare by a whopping $368 million dollars,” said King. “Wisconsinites pay the 5^th highest taxes in the country and we still went into this budget with $1.6 billion dollar deficit.  How did it become a priority to give free heath care to the partners of state employees?” King asked.

King says Doyle raided both the transportation and medical compensation fund for $800 million to pay for his increased spending plans. “His $800 million raid of these funds to pay for new spending of up to $13 million for domestic partner benefits demonstrates he’s lost touch with the average taxpayer,” King said.

The ad which will air in Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay refers viewers to a Coalition sponsored website, www.sickoftaxes.com  that enables them to send the Governor an email. “I hope people will log on and tell the Governor that too many of his priorities are all wrong,” said King.

The Coalition for America ’s Families is a diverse coalition of concerned citizens, businesses, non-profit organizations and other stakeholders. CFAF is organized as a nonprofit corporation and has received recognition of its tax exempt status under section 501 C4 of the internal revenue code.

Its mission is to fight to lower the tax burden and increase the decision making power of the American family.

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