October 7, 2008

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform -- www.ATR.org -- will visit Sioux Falls Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 13-14) to campaign in favor of Initiated Measure 10, a South Dakota state ballot measure that will stop elected officials from using tax dollars for lobbying or political campaigns or to award government contracts to their campaign donors.

Newsmax magazine last month named Norquist one of the top 25 most influential Republicans in the nation. http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/powerful_republicans/2008/09/08/128848.html

Americans for Tax Reform last December donated $10,000 to South Dakotans for Open and Clean Government to help launch the group's successful petition drive to place Measure 10 on the ballot. ATR's donation is the only out-of-state contribution received by the group, which has fully disclosed all of its donors as required by state campaign finance laws.

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SCHEDULE

Monday, Oct. 13

REMARKS AND NEWS CONFERENCE
12:30 PM Holiday Inn City Centre, Embassy Rooms

TAPE KCPO-TV TALK SHOW "THE FACTS"
5-5:30 PM KCPO-TV Studios

TOWNHALL MEETING
6-9 PM University of Sioux Falls, Room 101, Science Building
Hosted and introduced by Councilman Kermit Staggers,
USF Associate Professor of History and Political Science

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Norquist biography found at ATR website:
http://www.atr.org/home/about/ggnbio.html

Mr. Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a coalition of taxpayer groups, individuals and businesses opposed to higher taxes at both the federal, state and local levels. ATR organizes the TAXPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE, which asks all candidates for federal and state office to commit themselves in writing to oppose all tax increases. To date, President George W. Bush, 193 House members, and 41 Senators have taken the pledge. On the state level, 7 governors and 1,221 state legislators have taken the pledge.

Mr. Norquist is author of the book Leave Us Alone -- Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives. The book is an optimistic look at how the conservative movement can and will grow during the next 25 years.

Mr. Norquist also:

Serves on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association of America.
Serves on the board of directors of the American Conservative Union.
Serves as a Contributing Editor to the American Spectator Magazine.
Serves as president of the American Society of Competitiveness.
Wrote the book Rock the House - an analysis of the 1994 elections, which has been translated and published in Japanese.

In the past, Mr. Norquist served as:

A commissioner on the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce.
A commissioner on the National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service.
Economist and chief speech-writer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (1983-1984).
Campaign staff on the 1988, 1992, 1996 Republican Platform Committees.
Executive director of the National Taxpayers’ Union.
Executive director of the College Republicans.

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