Take Iowa Issue up with National Taxpayers' Union?

[jj111]

Ed Failor, of Iowans for Tax Relief, who says Ron Paul is excluded:

1. Is listed as "Senior Advisor" to the McCain organization at their headquarters in Iowa.
2. Stated on the radio show yesterday that he is on the Board of Directors of the National Taxpayers Union.

BUSTED! ED FAILOR, WHO EXCLUDED RON PAUL FROM THE IOWANS FOR TAX RELIEF DEBATE, WORKS FOR JOHN MCCAIN CAMPAIGN AS SENIOR ADVISOR!
Posted Jun 20, 2007 12:02 PM PST
Category: POLITICS/CORRUPTION
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/mccain/mccainorgia.html


In addition, he's a financial supporter of McCain:
Edward Failor Contribution List in 2008
Name & Location Employer/Occupation Dollar Amount Date Primary/General Contibuted To
Failor, Edward D Mr. Jr. MUSCATINE, IA 52761 Iowans For Tax Relief/Executive Vic $250 03/31/2007 P JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC. - Republican
Failor, Edward D Mr. Jr. MUSCATINE, IA 52761 Iowans For Tax Relief/Executive Vic $1,000 03/31/2007 P JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC. - Republican
http://www.campaignmoney.com/finance.asp?type=in&cycle=08&criteria=failor


http://www.ntu.org/main/misc.php?MiscID=14
NTU Statement of Ethics & Principles
NTU adheres to a strong set of unwavering ethical and policy principles.

Policy Integrity.
b. No Employee Compensation from Outsiders Seeking Influence. No NTU employee has ever received outside personal compensation from a lobbyist, corporation, or other entity seeking to sway NTU's policy agenda.


Non-Partisanship.
c. Candidate Endorsements. NTU does not endorse candidates for public office, but our Political Action Committee, the National Taxpayers Union Campaign Fund (NTUCF), has done so since 1994. Although NTUCF usually will make some small campaign expenditures (mostly all for travel to announce our endorsement), NTUCF has a policy of not writing checks to candidates. While NTUCF has endorsed more Republicans than Democrats, in every election cycle the PAC has endorsed Democrats, and has frequently endorsed independent and third party candidates. This philosophy of recommending the best candidate for taxpayers, regardless of affiliation, is reinforced by NTUCF's bylaws requiring endorsement decisions to be made by a unanimous vote of its Board of Directors, which consists of two Republicans, one Democrat, and two Independents.

I think we should ask some questions about the National Taxpayers Union about this scandal and ask them if they wiill support in writing that Ron Paul be included in the forum, or else explain why they have on their board of Directors Mr. Failor who happens to be a major player in the McCain headquarters as their "senior advisor"....


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Anybody agree we should contact them and ask them some questions?

[literatim]

There is no point. They are well aware of the situation, but they have no control over the Iowans for Tax Relief organization.

[Warhawk]

That is correct, they don't have any direct power over the situation. However, they have a lot of influence, have worked with the ITR as recently as last week on the National Taxpayers Conference, and with Failor on the board there, it is an issue that should interest them.

That said, don't email them unless you have something you think is important to add, and for goodness sake, don't send any 'form' emails. We're not looking for what we've been doing with the ITR. I think in this case, fewer is better, and having just several people send a couple well-thought-out emails discussing the problem is enough to get them interested. These are the good guys, remember.