AFP-Florida in the News - Sales Tax Defeated
November 5, 2008 | FL
Adam Guillette, state director of Americans For Prosperity, opposed the increase and sponsored public debates against it. "This is a tremendous victory for First Coast families and Americans For Prosperity. The taxpayers have sent a strong message: They want fiscal responsibility and low taxes," he said.

AFP-Florida in the News - Sales Tax Defeated
November 5, 2008 | FL
Adam Guillette, state director for the group Americans for Prosperity, said voters in St. Johns sent a message to the county commission to cut "reckless" spending and reduce taxes.

Sales Tax Increase Defeated in St. Johns County
November 4, 2008 | FL
With all 46 precincts reporting, the $120 million sales tax increase was rejected by voters, 55.37% to 44.63%.

AFP-Florida in the News - St. Johns Sales Tax Forum
October 31, 2008 | FL
Adam Guillette, the Florida director for Americans for Prosperity, a national nonpartisan group that advocates for limited government interference in economics, countered that a sales-tax increase would deter tourism and hurt residents who are already struggling.

AFP-Florida in the News - St. Johns Sales Tax Forum
October 31, 2008 | FL
"This is a tough economy. No business can afford this right now," Americans for Prosperity state director Adam Guillette said at a debate moderated by WOKV's Jared Halpern Thursday night.

AFP-Florida in the News - St. Johns County Sales Tax Op/Ed
October 31, 2008 | FL
Here’s my two cents on the 1 cent sales tax: Vote “No” this Election Day and keep penny-pinching bureaucrats out of your pockets.

Poll Says Sales Tax Increase Will Fail
October 30, 2008 | FL
The Home Rule Charter and the 1-cent sales tax increase for conservation lands are both heading toward defeat in the Nov. 4 General Election ballot, according to a random telephone poll of 2,233 likely St. Johns County voters taken this week.

AFP-Florida in the News - St. Johns County Tax Hike
October 30, 2008 | FL
St. Johns County Commissioner Ron Sanchez and Adam Guilette, state director for the nonpartisan Americans for Prosperity, will debate a sales-tax increase that will be decided next week by county voters.

AFP to Discuss the Sales Tax Hike with County Commissioner at Public Forum
October 29, 2008 | FL
On Thursday, October 30th, State Director Adam Guillette will be discussing the $120 million sales tax increase with St. Johns County Commissioner Ron Sanchez at a public forum moderated by WOKV radio.

AFP's Phil Kerpen Discusses the Financial Crisis in National Review
October 28, 2008 | FL
Blame for today’s financial panic can be assigned to a Federal Reserve that kept interest rates too low while a bubble inflated; unscrupulous lenders; people who bought homes they couldn’t afford; Wall Street wizards who overleveraged and wrote derivatives they couldn’t pay; and a Congress that set the policy goal of universal home ownership and recklessly grew Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pursue that goal.

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