FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Contact: Mary Ellen Burke, (202) 349-5880 or mburke@afphq.org

Americans for Prosperity’s Hot Air Balloon Tour to Stop in Shreveport to Expose Hidden Energy Tax Hike in “Cap-and-Trade” Legislation, June 4th

Photo Opportunity
Free rides in AFP’s 70 foot hot air balloon will be provided to the public

Shreveport – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is taking its nationwide Hot Air Balloon Tour to Shreveport on June 4th to expose the extreme economic costs of cap-and trade-legislation to the American taxpayer.

“This cap and trade scheme is nothing more than a tax on energy- plain and simple,” said AFP President Tim Phillips. “We think American families need to know what these proposals will cost them – lost jobs, even higher energy prices, and less freedom.”

AFP’s Hot Air Tour has the goal of building grassroots pressure against costly state, local, and federal climate change policies. AFP has pledged to mobilize citizens in order to fight off any attempts to pass a cap-and-trade regulatory scheme.

On Thursday, June 4th AFP will join taxpayers from every corner of the state at the to expose this hidden energy tax hike. Attendees will have the chance to ride in AFP’s hot air balloon and listen to Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips speak on the economic dangers of cap-and-trade legislation.

The event is free and open to the public. Food will be served.

What: Shreveport Hot Air Tour Event
Who: Americans for Prosperity
Tim Phillips, President of AFP

When: Thursday, June 4th , 6:00pm
Where: 3701 Hudson Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71109

The Hot Air Tour will also travel to Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana from June 2-5 as part of its southern swing of the tour. Last month, AFP reached out to hundreds of citizens at events in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

For more information about the Hot Air Tour, including a full schedule of events, please visit www.hotairtour.org

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen leaders committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth and returning government to its constitutional limits. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org

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