Friday, May 14, 2010
Celebrating the 100th meeting of CLT's "Friday Morning
Group"
Citizen for Limited Taxation hosts
a meeting of conservative activists from all around the state on the
second Friday of every month. The Friday Morning Group (FMG) meets
from 9:30 to 11:30 in Lexington by invitation only. We welcome
individuals who are politically active in center-right
organizations, on town committees, fiscally-conservative candidate
campaigns, etc. The meeting is patterned after the Wednesday morning
meetings hosted by Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform in
Washington, DC. More detail about the issues covered can be found in
Grover’s book “Leave Us Alone.”
There are similar “leave us alone coalition” groups in almost every
state. Massachusetts has one of the top four or five most active
nationally, with an average attendance of over fifty activists.
On May 14th we celebrated the 100th meeting of the group – having
scheduled a meeting every month since December 2001. There’s always
a guest speaker, along with 8-10 others on the agenda. Grover
himself came to help celebrate the 100th as guest speaker; he drew a
record crowd of 81 attendees.
Chip Faulkner, CLT associate director hosts the meeting. If you want
to learn more about the FMG, you can call Chip at 508-915-3665 or
email at fjf@cltg.org.
Many thanks to CLT member and FMG regular, Len Mead, for providing
the photos here of the meeting. We also thank Len for the large
banner and Sue Blais and Howard Bibeault of the Attleboro Republican
City Committee, who brought the big birthday cake and soda. Lastly
we appreciate the FMG regular – who wishes to remain anonymous – who
paid the May fee for rental of the auditorium.
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Chip Faulkner beside the congratulatory
banner supplied by long-time member Len Mead. |
Bill Hudak, candidate for Congress in the
Sixth District, Grover Norquist and Chip Faulkner |
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Kamal Jain, candidate for state auditor,
addresses the meeting and Chip Faulkner |
A view of the meeting room in Lexington - 81
attended this 100th meeting of the FMG. |
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Congratulatory cake by Attleboro Town
Committee's Sue Blais and Howard Bibeault. |
The meeting focuses on a question from the
audience. |
Citizens for Limited Taxation
▪ PO Box 1147
▪ Marblehead, MA 01945
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