Georgians for the FairTax - Meetings by Congressional District

6th & 11th District

Kennesaw, GA, May 20, 2006

Hello again fellow Fairtaxers! Once again I was excited about the number of people who showed up this month for our gathering! Although we were without our esteemed leader, Boyd Parks, Mike Lowry was good enough to step in and keep our district informed and inspired to continue our fight. The goal we set in May is to add a Call for Action whenever discussing or educating people about the Fairtax; not only have them sign the petition, but also have them send letters to their Representatives and the Administration in Washington. As a Fairtax supporter, we can make up a general letter and have people sign that when they sign the Petition and we can make sure it gets sent to the right office. With the success of Boortz’s Fairtax Rally, word is spreading about the Fairtax and the population is starting to get serious about getting our new tax system into place; we need to take advantage of the current interest in the Fairtax and turn that into support for it.

As I am sure everyone in the 6th District knows, Tom Price is our Fairtax supporting U.S. House Representative; he has shown his support of our cause publicly AND will be attending our next District meeting on June 17th. Currently Representative Price is putting together a “Tax in Advance and Advisory Panel,” to study the Fairtax and prepare information to give to the Congressional Budget Office; they can evaluate the Fairtax and confirm that it is a Revenue Neutral change, which will help us gather more support for sure! We are pleased and honored that Tom Price is willing to give up sleeping in on a Saturday morning to join our group to listen and share ideas to get HR 25 passed. PLEASE arrive early on June 17th, around 8:00am or 8:15am, Mr. Price will be able to join us until 9:00am and we want him to know just how strong the support for the Fairtax is becoming!

Last but never least, we have many events coming up, and we need some volunteers! The next event is Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of Slavery, and will be held in Marietta; if you would like more information about this event, you can Google it, and if you have some time to spare, please e-mail Bob Jones @ bob6657j@bellsouth.net. We were able to get 170 Petitions signed at the last event, A Taste of Acworth, and we want to surpass that amount this time around. THIS JUST IN: we have reserved a booth along the main street in Historic Norcross during their July 3rd Fireworks Extravaganza; this is a great opportunity for our organization, as they expect 10 to 12 thousand people to attend the Fireworks event! Houston will be supporting this booth and we are currently in need of Volunteers and ideas; due to increased littering in the last few years, we are not allowed to pass out Literature. We CAN pass out pens, Chap Stick, sell Books, T-shirts, and we will have two DVD players to show the new DVD and a CD player so we can play the Banks & Shane Fairtax Song. Please bring any other ideas for this event with you on June 17th or e-mail me at melissaearnest@hotmail.com. The Fairtax Wave is on the move, and I am proud to be a part of a District that has helped build the wave! Until we meet again on June 17th at the Golden Corral off Barrett Parkway (at 8:00 am this month), keep fighting the Good Fight and inspire others to do so as well.

Melissa Earnest
District Spokesperson- 6th District of GA

Tom Price visit - June 17th, 2006

The Fairtax ’06- IT MUST HAPPEN

The FairTax ‘06
Kennesaw, GA, April 15th, 2006

Hello again fellow FairTaxers! I was excited to see so many new faces at our last meeting; and how wonderful to be able to get together and plan the biggest change to our tax system since the beginning of withholding, on the most dreaded day of the year for most people—APRIL 15th Tax Day. Plan is what we did; not only did we have positive discussions and hear of great ideas and progress, but we also prepared for the FairTax educational event at the Crown Road Post Office on April 17th. A Big Thanks goes out to James Kleitz for organizing this event; we were well prepared and well manned and informed at least 1,000 people coming to the Post Office on Monday night.

Thank you to everyone who stayed after the meeting on Saturday to help fill envelopes to hand out on Monday. When I arrived at 6:30pm, there were almost no envelopes left and most people had gone to handing out FairTax Fact Cards. This event was very successful. We definitely educated a great number of people on the FairTax. Educational, because whenever you get a group of people together to talk about an changing the tax system, you inevitably learn something new, and a lot of fun because of all the FairTax supporters who came down to Hapeville!

Of course, we did not spend the whole meeting preparing for the Post Office Adventure; we were lucky enough to have Gene Key, Georgia’s State Director attending and he had many exciting updates. We learned of a new FairTax Video that will be very helpful in getting more Speakers trained and it can also help those who are holding weekly or monthly meetings; you can start the meeting with the Video so visitors can learn about the FairTax plan, and then you can spend the rest of the time answering questions.

We also discussed the new FairTax radio ads that are playing on WSB; many people had already heard them and were very encouraged to really get involved in making the FairTax our new tax system. There was also mention of a recent addition to the Presidential Race in ’08, Mr. Mike Gravel, who is a Democrat and has publicly come out in support of the FairTax. There was a brief mention of an Agricultural Event in October in Moultrie, GA; we will pass on more information once we receive it. Last, but definitely not least, we have an event coming up in May that sounds very promising; “A Taste of Acworth,” is a local event scheduled for Saturday, May 20th that can bring between 5,000 and 10,000 roaming, tax-paying, individuals. Bob Jones, who is the man in charge of this wonderful opportunity, has reserved a table for us to inform and educate those in Acworth who do not know about the Fairtax and encourage and offer ideas to get the existing Fairtax supporters more involved in their District. We will need FairTax supporters manning the booth from 10-4; if you would like to get involved, please e-mail Bob Jones at bob6657j@bellsouth.net. If you would like a FairTax shirt to wear, and I know you do, they will be only $20 at the Taste of Acworth, down from its usual $25. This event is held on Main Street at Cowan Road (at the old Day’s Chevrolet) and I hope to see you all there. Our next District meeting will be Saturday, May 20th at the Golden Corral on Barrett Pkwy in Kennesaw; 8:30am-eating and 9:15am-meeting, and after the meeting you can head over to Acworth. Until next time, don’t lose hope; working together….. WE CAN MAKE THE FAIRTAX HAPPEN!
Melissa Earnest

March 20, 2006

Dear FairTax Supporters and Neighbors:

Thanks for attending our last meeting on March 20, 2006 at the Merchant™s Walk
library. Even on a stormy night, 20 of you came to hear and support the FairTax.
Hopefully, we will have better weather for our next meeting.

This Tuesday, April 18th from 6:30 “ 8:00 p.m., there will be a FairTax informational
meeting at the Merchant™s Walk Library in East Cobb. Please come again, and bring
some friends and neighbors. We will show the new FairTax DVD, and answer
questions and hear comments from everyone. Also, we will have information and
DVDs for those who volunteer to hold FairTax Tea Parties in their homes for their
neighbors and friends. Mike and Diane Johnson, and I will be hosting the meeting
again and we look forward to seeing you there!!

Also, there will be a FairTax demonstration at the Crown Road Atlanta Postal Facility
this Monday, April 17th from 3:30 until about 10 p.m. This postal facility is located
near the airport off of I-75 at the Central Avenue exit. There are signs directing to
the postal facility. Remember to take I-75 not I-85 south of downtown to the postal
facility. Since April 15th is on a Saturday, the filing date is this Monday, April 17th. We
expect television, radio, and newspaper media to be on hand. This is a great
opportunity to make a statement and help inform/persuade others.About 40
members from the 6th District are already planning to attend. If you can make it, that
will be great! I am planning to attend from about 4 “ 9 p.m.
Please make every effort to attend this upcoming meeting and bring someone new
with you. It is important to keep the energy moving in a positive direction.

Other upcoming meetings are:
Tuesday, May 23rd Mountain View Library on Sandy Plains Road
Monday, June 19th Mountain View Library on Sandy Plains Road
The hours for meetings are: 6:30 “ 8:00 P.M.
Agenda:
6:30 “ 7:00 P.M. Meet and Greet Guests
7:00 “ 7:25 P.M.Introduce and Show Video
7:25 “ 7:45 P.M. Answer Questions
7:45 “ 8:00 P.M. Wrap Up, Petitions, Handouts

Thanks again for all of your support and I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

Randy Bundy
East Cobb FairTax Coordinator

Mike and Diane Johnson
East Cobb FairTax Coordinators

February 18, 2006- Kennesaw, GA

Hello again fellow Fairtaxers; it is that time of that month for us to come together and share our experiences, our progress, and our ideas. Congressional District Six has once again stepped up to the plate and hit a Home Run. Our 2nd official meeting not only brought supporters within the District, but also those from Norcross, Jonesboro, Tyrone, and even Calhoun; we were grateful and excited about their presence. As far as our experiences and progress in the last month, we have had many successes; our State leader, Gene Key, joined us on Saturday to share the results of meeting with the Farm Bureau, and the outlook is good. Although the Farm Bureau’s endorsement does not mention the Fairtax by name or HR25 in particular, the description of the tax reform plan they support is the same as the Fairtax; Gene also mentioned a plan to provide friendly reminders to District Farm Bureau leaders about the Fairtax name, with the hope that next January their legislation will have the F- word in it. The Farm Bureau is a strong and experienced organization, and we Fairtaxers appreciate any support they are willing to lend.

We also received a positive update on Duane’s Library Project; we are expecting approval from the Cobb County Library system to hold monthly meetings any day now. After hearing about Duane’s success, many others, including myself and my mentor, Diane Earnest, have decided to apply for approval in the Fulton and Gwinnett County Library systems. Our goal is to have approval and our first meeting scheduled by our next District meeting date. We can’t forget to thank Dr. Karen Walby, the Fairtax’s Chief Economist, who is working hard to translate the Scientific studies to a shorter and easier to read summary; she has translated three already and they are or will be available on the Fairtax website. Along the same lines, Gene informed us that a CD presentation about the Fairtax is in the final stages and we will hopefully be receiving them in the near future. Last, but certainly not least, we got an update from Mike Lowry, who has had some speaking engagements with seniors, and reports that many seniors are very enthusiastic about the Fairtax and would like to know more; he will continue to educate anyone who will listen in the future.

On a personal note, we would like to recognize our distinguished District leader, Boyd Parks, whose rebuttal to an article opposing the Fairtax was published recently in the Marietta Daily Journal; his philosophy inspired me and I hope it will inspire you; he believes that even if you think there is no way you’ll be published- write it anyway. And that is one of my Call-to-Actions this month, write your local paper or Newsletter about your desire to pass HR25 and why; it does not need to be an editorial piece to make our point, in fact, a letter to the Editor can spark more opportunities to spread the Fairtax word. Also, go to some of your local shops and ask if they will allow you to put a Fairtax window cling-on (available from the National and State websites) on the front of their store; you will be pleasantly surprised by how many people will say “Yes.” Make sure you get your hands on the New Petition, which allows for more people to sign on one sheet, and fill it up; as you have people sign your petition, hand them a copy and challenge them to fill theirs. Our most important new focus needs to be on the US House Ways and Means Committee; there has been a comment made that if we can get the bill onto the floor, it will pass. There is a list of members of this committee and their thoughts about the Fairtax available on the Georgia Fairtax website under scorecards; find out who has not confirmed their support and change their minds. Every Fairtax supporter can make a difference; remember our slogan this year, “IT MUST HAPPEN!”

To end our update I would like to remind everyone that Congressional District 6 meets every 3rd Saturday of the month at the Golden Corral on Barrett Parkway; breakfast starts at 8:30am and the meeting begins at 9:15am. March’s meeting will be on March 18, 2006; we welcome all supporters to this meeting and hope to outgrow our meeting room. Although, we are not sure when yet, US Representative Tom Price has already agreed to join us at one of our meetings; we will let you know the details when Boyd gets the logistics worked out. Mike Lowry will be hosting a meeting at the Huntcliff Summit Independent Living Center on March 23rd and it is open to the public. As we begin to branch out and host local meetings in our areas, we will try to make sure they are advertised sufficiently not only for those who want to know more about the Fairtax, but also for those who can contribute with knowledge they already have. Until next time, stay strong, and remember that we are working to change a nation, which takes heart, dedication, and time; however, the Fairtax Must and Will Happen!

January 14, 2006, Kennesaw, Georgia

“It Must Happen” was the theme of Congressional District Six’s first monthly meeting. Although primarily an organizational meeting, we came up with many good ideas and plans for building support. Plus our most important goal for the year: combating the resistance to the FairTax in the form of, “It will never happen,” our battle cry is “It Must Happen.”

Georgia is the most active state in support of the FairTax, thanks to the voices of John Linder, Neal Boortz, and Herman Cain, and we are constantly growing with numbers in the tens of thousands, but we can’t stop here. We need to double the membership in Georgia, and believe me, with this group, it can be done!

CD Six’s first meeting was a vibrant atmosphere and ideas poured out of its members as easily as the coffee we enjoyed. Ideas like having a FairTax section in town parades and booths at various festivals throughout the year. We also discussed the importance of having informational meetings in each part of the District.

We were very excited to hear that the Fayette Daily News has taken an interest in our cause and is doing a three- or four-part series on the FairTax. It is even considering a weekly column for updates. This, of course, led to many volunteers to consider asking their local papers for space for the FairTax.

Another brilliant idea was to have FairTaxers at Tom Price’s Town Hall Meetings to bring up the subject and spread the word. Tom Price is very much in favor of the FairTax, but does not talk about it enough. We would like to change that.

One of the most exciting ideas, in my opinion, is to take on the college campuses. We will contact various clubs at Georgia colleges to convince them to let us speak at their meetings. We believe that this initiative could be a huge success and push us closer to passing H.R. 25. The outlook for this year is bright; we are only one month into the year and already supporters are lining up to take action. Most importantly, we have to change people’s attitude towards the possibility of a National Retail Sales Tax, and make sure that everyone knows that, “It Must Happen!”

Congressional District Six will be holding another breakfast meeting at 8:30 AM on Saturday, February 18, 2006, at the Golden Corral on Barrett Parkway in Kennesaw. Even if you do not live in the Sixth, please join us. We are all in this together. Our goal is to outgrow the room we are currently in at the restaurant in six months or less! Come and help us make this happen!

M. E., 6th District Spokesperson

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