tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11860642540392308172024-02-06T19:10:47.261-08:00Anna Little for Congress Press ReleasesAnna C. Little, Esq. Former Highlands Borough Mayor, Former Monmouth County Freeholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257104689984570748noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-77714201833193439162012-10-28T22:21:00.003-07:002012-10-28T22:21:28.006-07:00National Right to Life Committee Endorses Congressional Candidate Anna Little<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">HIGHLANDS, NJ, October 29
- Anna Little, Congressional Candidate in New Jersey’s Sixth District, has received
the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee. In a letter to the
Little campaign, the nation’s largest pro-life network said that all Americans
concerned about the right to life should vote to send Little to the U.S. House
of Representatives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">“I am deeply honored to
receive the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee,” said Little.
“I will fight for every American’s Right to Life – especially for our most
vulnerable citizens, for the very young, for the aged, for the infirm.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Little has long defended
the right to life in her personal and public life. On October 10, Mayor Little
again received the endorsement of the Political Action Committee of New Jersey
Right to Life, the state's premier right to life organization. She is one of
only three Congressional Candidates and the only challenger to be so endorsed. NJRTL-PAC
also endorsed Little in 2010. “The first right named in the Declaration of
Independence is the Right to Life. If our right to live is not protected, then
all our other rights are rendered meaningless, ” Little concluded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The complete text of the
endorsement letter reads as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">October
16, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Dear
Mayor Little:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">National
Right to Life is pleased to endorse you for election to the U.S. House of Representatives,
to represent the 6th Congressional District of New Jersey. You are a strong
advocate for life. You support pro-life legislation and you oppose the use of
federal funds for abortion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Your
opponent, Congressman Frank Pallone, has compiled an extreme pro-abortion
voting record. Congressman Pallone voted to allow the use of abortion for sex
selection to continue, and he voted to allow the current policy of permitting
abortion for any reason, until the moment of birth, to continue in our nation’s
capital. He even voted to keep partial-birth abortion legal. Congressman
Pallone voted to enact President Obama’s health care law, which will provide
government funding for health plans that pay for abortion on demand, and will
result in the rationing of life-saving medical treatments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">You
are needed in Congress to help reverse the abortion-expanding and rationing
effects of that law. This endorsement reflects your commitment to strengthening
a culture of life throughout the nation and in the U.S. Congress. We look
forward to working with you to protect the most vulnerable members of the human
family – unborn children and medically disabled or dependent persons, whose
lives are threatened by abortion or euthanasia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">All
voters who are concerned with the right to life and with the protection of the most
vulnerable members of the human family should vote to send you to the U.S.
House, where you can work to advance vital pro-life public policies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">David
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Executive
Director<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">National
Right to Life Committee Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">www.nrlc.org<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">For more information about
Anna Little for Congress, please visit annalittleforcongress.com.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Additional source comments and
candidate interviews are available. Media inquirers please contact Pat Iurilli
at 732-985-5123.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-33294727047736130892012-10-26T13:00:00.000-07:002012-10-26T15:45:04.840-07:00Democrat Incumbent Congressman Frank Pallone Scores Zero on the Catholic Advocate Scorecard<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">HIGHLANDS, NJ, October 26 - 24-year incumbent Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) has</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">scored a zero on the Catholic Advocate Scorecard because he voted against ten bills important</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">to Catholic voters over the course of his latest term in office.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Anna Little, Candidate for Congressional District 6 in New Jersey, commented today on the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">results of the Catholic Advocate's Congressional Scorecard, saying, “It is appalling, but not</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">surprising, given the incumbent's boast that he wrote the ObamaCare bill, that he would</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">neither vote for the repeal or the repair of President Obama’s signature legislation.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">What is distressing to me,” continued Little, “is that Congressman Pallone represents a</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">heavily Catholic district and considers himself a Catholic, yet he has continually voted against</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">bills that would protect the sanctity of human life, protect marriage, protect the family, and</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">promote school choice, not just this term, but every term in Congress since 1988. These issues</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">are near and dear to Catholic voters in Congressional District 6 and nationwide. Voting to</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">defend human life, marriage and school choice benefits not only Catholics, but all Americans,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">as they protect our God-given rights, and they would help all Americans financially.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops is currently suing the U.S. Government, along with other</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Catholic and non-Catholic religious groups, for the infringements on religious freedom</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">imposed by the seriously flawed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">aka "ObamaCare/PalloneCare.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Little supports the right to life from conception to natural death. Since the Roe v. Wade</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">decision was handed down 39 years ago, more than 53 million Americans have been aborted,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">removing them from America's work force and depriving our country of their contributions in</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">many areas, including Social Security which is going bankrupt because more people are</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">drawing out than paying into it. Little supports the right of parents to send their children to</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">the school that best meets their needs, regardless of whether that school is public or private,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">so students do not continue to be locked into failing district schools. The competition fostered</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">by school choice also increases opportunities for jobs and advancement in the education field.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Little also supports Americans’ right to choose their own health insurance and medical</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">providers, or forego insurance and contract directly with medical providers, free from</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">government mandates and any penalties for noncompliance. Mayor Little has committed to</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">defund and repeal ObamaCare, which infringes on patient rights and religious liberty and will</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">impose heavy fines on Americans who object. She does however, agree that our health system</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">needs reform, and will fight for tort reform and limitations on malpractice lawsuits.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">To view the complete scorecard, including a list of 11 Catholic supported bills, visit:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">http://scorecard.catholicadvocate.com/getCongressmen.php?member=400308&fb=1</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">For more information about Anna Little for Congress, please visit annalittleforcongress.com.</span></span><br />
Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-38455746845415569082012-10-26T09:00:00.000-07:002012-10-26T11:00:30.070-07:00U.S. Congressional Candidate Anna Little Receives Top Grade from NRA<br />
HIGHLANDS, NJ, October 26 - Anna Little, candidate for the Sixth Congressional District,<br />
received a top score of "AQ" from the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA again<br />
recently released its rankings for political candidates, on its Political Victory Fund Grades and<br />
Endorsements page, http://www.nrapvf.org, where Anna Little received their highest grade of<br />
"AQ", while her opponent long term incumbent Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) received<br />
a failing grade of "F".<br />
An "AQ" grade is a qualified "A," which is the highest grade awarded by the NRA. An AQ<br />
rating describes “a pro-gun candidate whose rating is based solely on the candidate's<br />
responses to the NRA-PVF Candidate Questionnaire and who does not have a voting record<br />
on Second Amendment issues.” A grade of "F" is the lowest grade awarded by the NRA.<br />
"I am proud and honored that the NRA chose to give me a grade of "AQ", which is essentially<br />
an "A" grade. I have always been a friend of gun owners, sportsmen, hunters, and target<br />
shooters and the like, and hold them in the highest regard." Little said, "If elected, I pledge to<br />
do everything in my power to preserve the constitutional guarantees and rights for Americans<br />
to keep and bear arms. It will be an honor and a privilege to represent gun owners all across<br />
this great nation. Our forefathers thought so highly of this right, that they listed it as the<br />
second amendment to the US Constitution, and clearly stated that ...the right of the people to<br />
keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed," Little continued. "The President's administration<br />
recently showed its contempt for gun owners everywhere, when they ordered that almost 1<br />
million US M1 Garand and M1 carbine rifles in perfect operating condition be destroyed,<br />
grouping them with the B.A.R & Thompson fully automatic guns, rather than be put into the<br />
hands of gun collectors. It is a tragedy that these firearms will be destroyed, instead of being<br />
prized and appreciated by collectors and gun enthusiasts alike. To make matters even worse,<br />
the President and Secretary of State have previously publicly expressed an eagerness to sign<br />
the UN Small Arms Treaty, which will be overseen by the country of Iran, which will further<br />
erode the gun rights of Americans.<br />
"The UN Small Arms Treaty, under the guise of fighting terrorism, will overturn 200 years of<br />
precedence of US gun ownership," explained Little, "It will be the worst thing that can ever<br />
happen to gun rights for Americans."<br />
A UN treaty, if ratified, will immediately become the law of the land, and will supersede all US<br />
laws, including the US Constitution, thereby nullifying the Constitutional second amendment<br />
guarantees. This is hardly what the framers of our US Constitution could have envisioned.<br />
Little concluded by saying, "our military is the backbone of our country, and the members of<br />
our armed forces have fought and died to safeguard and protect our rights and freedoms, and<br />
the Second Amendment is one of those key rights and freedoms, which our fighting men and<br />
women have paid for with their blood."<br />
For more information about Anna Little for Congress, please visit annalittleforcongress.com.Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-16113071013574636802012-10-24T12:00:00.000-07:002012-10-26T10:58:59.093-07:00Sixth District Debate Cancelled, Frank Pallone Declines League of Women Voters<br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia;">HIGHLANDS, NJ, October 24th
- Incumbent Frank Pallone declined a request to participate in a debate with
Congressional Candidate Anna Little. The debate, coordinated and sponsored by
the League of Women Voters and scheduled for October 28, was canceled due to a lack
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-fareast-font-family: ArialMT;">"The voters in the
sixth district should not be ignored," said Little. "I am
disappointed in Congressman Pallone's decision to avoid a debate. Because of
redistricting, the new district was not previously represented by Congressman
Pallone and voters in the newly drawn sixth district deserve the chance to see
the candidates who are asking to represent them in Congress side-by-side
discussing their perspectives on the critical problems we face in New Jersey
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Congressional Candidates have participated in debates during the 2012 election;
C</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-fareast-font-family: HelveticaNeue;">ongressional Candidate John
Arvanites debated long-time incumbent Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen last week; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-fareast-font-family: ArialMT;">Congressman<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> Bill Pascrell and Rabbi
Schmuley Boteach just participated in the second of three scheduled debates and
</span><span style="color: #212121;">Congressman Jon Runyan and Candidate Shelley
Adler will meet in a debate on Nov. 1. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-fareast-font-family: ArialMT;">“Why is Incumbent Frank
Pallone afraid to face voters in a debate?” asked Little’s Campaign Council, Torin
Kelly. “</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-fareast-font-family: ArialMT;">Maybe as a 24 year incumbent
Pallone feels as though he doesn't need to participate in the campaign process,
but voters in the sixth district deserve the same level of transparency from
Congressman Pallone that other Incumbents and Candidates are providing New
Jersey voters in Congressional districts across the state.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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participate in the debate, Little enthusiastically and immediately responded
that she would attend. Several of the independent candidates had responded, but
Frank Pallone declined the invitation to debate and his failure to participate caused
the only debate scheduled for New Jersey's sixth district Congressional race to
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-fareast-font-family: ArialMT;">"I welcome the
opportunity to debate the issues with the other candidates at any time and any
place,” Little continued. “New Jersey’s unemployment rate has climbed to 9.9
percent, the highest since 1977 and almost 10 percent of homeowners are 90 days
or more behind on their mortgage payments, the second-worst delinquency rate in
the nation - voters can't afford to be kept in the dark on economic issues any
longer. Congressman Pallone has been a tourist in his own district long enough
and it is time to face the voters and have an open and honest dialog about the
main issues. I stand ready to debate Congressman Pallone and I urge him to join
the rest of us and reschedule this important discussion.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anna Little for Congress, please visit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-84773767907457613442012-10-12T12:00:00.000-07:002012-10-14T19:45:42.150-07:00Frank Pallone Ignores League of Women Voters’ Debate Request <br />
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Incumbent Congressman Frank Pallone has failed to respond to a request from the
League of Women Voters to attend a debate with Congressional Candidate Anna
Little on October 28th.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The voters in the
Sixth District should not be ignored," said Little. "I am
disappointed in Congressman Pallone's decision to avoid a debate. Because of
redistricting, voters in the newly drawn Sixth Congressional District who were
not previously represented by Congressman Pallone deserve the chance to see the
candidates who are asking to represent them in Congress side-by-side discussing
their perspectives on the critical problems we face in New Jersey and the
nation. As an almost-24-year incumbent,” continued Little, “Congressman Pallone
may feel as though he doesn't need to participate in the campaign process, but
I believe that voters in the Sixth Congressional District should not be taken
for granted."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When requested to
participate in the debate, Little immediately and enthusiastically responded
that she would attend. Little said that she is ready and willing to discuss the
issues that are important to voters in the Sixth Congressional District: Jobs,
the Economy, Taxes, and the Health Care Bill. Congressman Pallone has yet to
respond. His failure to participate could cause the debate to be cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I welcome the
opportunity to debate the issues with the other candidates at any time and any
place,” said Little. “I question Congressman Pallone's resistance to
participate. Why is someone who was elected to represent the voters afraid to
face the voters in a debate? New Jersey’s unemployment rate has climbed to 9.9
percent, the highest since 1977. Almost 10 percent of homeowners are 90 days or
more behind on their mortgage payments, the second-worst delinquency rate in
the nation. Voters cannot afford to be kept in the dark on economic issues any
longer. It is time to face the voters and have an open and honest dialogue
about the issues that concern them. I stand ready to debate Congressman Pallone
and I urge him to join the rest of us in this important discussion.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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not respond in the affirmative, the league of Women Voters will cancel the
debate. If that should happen, as long as the venue is still willing to host
the debate, it will become an open town hall-style meeting. Candidates for the Republican
and Democrat parties in congressional districts 4 and 12 were also invited to
participate in the debate, but as only one of those four candidates has
responded, the League of Women Voters has decided that as of yet there is no
cause to hold the debate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and sponsored by the League of Women Voters and will be held on October 28 from
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at Temple Shalom of Aberdeen, 5 Ayrmont Lane at Church
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Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-55986015378399803712012-08-16T12:00:00.000-07:002012-10-14T19:45:40.909-07:00Anna Little Signs Taxpayer Protection PledgeHIGHLANDS, NJ, August 16 - Anna Little, the Republican endorsed candidate running for New Jersey's 6th Congressional seat, recently signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge sponsored by Americans for Tax Reform (ATR).<br />
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The Pledge commits signers to "oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for<br />
individuals and/or businesses and oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits,<br />
unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates."<br />
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"American families are struggling to keep their homes out of foreclosure and to put bread and meat on<br />
the table. Government must reduce spending immediately to avoid tax increases, and must work to<br />
reduce its financial burden on taxpayers. This is not just a matter of prosperity, but a matter of<br />
survival. For that reason I have signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge;<br />
committing to every American that I will oppose any and all efforts to take more of their hard earned<br />
money through a tax increase," - stated Anna Little.<br />
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ATR has offered the Pledge to all candidates for federal office since 1987. To date, President George<br />
W. Bush, 41 U.S. senators, and 192 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed the<br />
Pledge. Additionally, seven Governors and over 1,200 state legislators have signed the Pledge.<br />
"Americans, now more than ever, need leaders committed to fiscal responsibility and pro-growth<br />
economic policies," said Grover Norquist, president of ATR.<br />
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"I strongly encourage every candidate for federal and state elective office to sign the Pledge," Norquist<br />
continued.<br />
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Copies of the Pledge are available at www.atr.org or by calling (202) 785-0266.<br />
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, please visit www.annalittleforcongress.com.Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-86917794615782218472012-08-13T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-14T22:16:14.608-07:00Local GOP Leadership to Host Fundraiser for Anna Little for Congress Tomorrow Night<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, August 13 - Monmouth County Republican Chairman John Bennett & Middlesex<br />County Republican Chairman Samuel Thompson are hosting an evening in support of Anna Little,<br />candidate for New Jersey's 6th congressional district.</div>
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The evening will feature nationally recognized political commentator, author and 2010 Senate<br />candidate Christine O'Donnell tomorrow.</div>
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"John Bennett has shown exceptional leadership by encouraging members of grass roots organizations<br />and Republican volunteers to work together. I am honored to have his support along with Chairman<br />Thompson and the support of this historic team. Our continued commitment to victory on November 6<br />will ensure that We The People direct our Government," stated Anna Little.</div>
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Limited tickets are still available for the event Tuesday, August 14th from 6:00 PM – 8:00PM at<br />Lakeside Manor, which is located at 410 Route 36 Hazlet, New Jersey 07730. Please RSVP to<br />732-658-5461 or <a href="mailto:anna@annalittleforcongress.com" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">anna@annalittleforcongress.com</a>.</div>
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Candidate comments regarding the event are available; Media inquirers please contact Pat Iurilli at<br />732-985-5123 to schedule an interview.</div>
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The event host committee includes: municipal chair Anita Greenburg of Old Bridge, Assemblyman<br />Rob Clifton, President of Monmouth County Affiliated Republican Club Wayne Pomanowski &<br />Mayor Fred Rast of Atlantic Highlands.</div>
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Anna Little is a wife and mother of three children, an immigration attorney, former Monmouth County<br />Freeholder, former Mayor of the Borough of Highlands, former councilwoman in the Borough of<br />Highlands, and the Republican endorsed candidate for U.S. Congress in the sixth district of New<br />Jersey. Anna proved her ability to manage fiscally responsible government by reducing Monmouth<br />County and Borough of Highlands municipal budgets, which avoided a tax increase. Anna was also<br />successful in implementing an economic growth vision for New Jersey's Bayshore Region that<br />provided private sector business stability through this recent recession.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, please visit <a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a>.</div>
Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-41444538881868143612012-08-11T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-13T17:36:24.609-07:00Anna Little Endorses Rep. Paul Ryan for Vice President<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, August 11 - Anna Little for Congress joins the celebration of fiscal<br />conservatives across America today with the announcement of Gov. Romney's selection of<br />Rep. Paul Ryan as the next Vice President of the United States of America.</div>
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“Because of his clear focus on reforming government, promoting jobs and advocating for<br />economic freedom on behalf of every American, I enthusiastically endorse Rep. Paul Ryan as<br />our Nation's next Vice President and will continue to support his efforts to restore the<br />economy through government reform,” stated Little.</div>
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“Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan knows that the first and most important issue on the<br />mind of every American today is supporting their family. We cannot settle for a focus on<br />survival rather than living the American Dream,” Little continued. “Paul Ryan has been an<br />unwavering champion for real job growth, and will lead this country beyond economic<br />recovery which will put Americans back to work and restore America as an exceptional<br />world leader.”</div>
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Anna Little is a wife and mother of three children, an immigration attorney, former<br />Monmouth County Freeholder, former Mayor of the Borough of Highlands, former<br />councilwoman in the Borough of Highlands, and the Republican endorsed candidate for U.S.<br />Congress in the sixth district of New Jersey. Anna proved her ability to manage fiscally<br />responsible government by reducing Monmouth County and Borough of Highlands<br />municipal budgets, which avoided a tax increase. Anna was also successful in implementing<br />an economic growth vision for New Jersey's Bayshore Region that provided private sector<br />business stability through this recent recession.</div>
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Rep. Paul Ryan, a 42 year old Republican from Wisconsin, is "the Chairman of the House<br />Budget Committee, where he works to bring fiscal discipline and accountability to the federal<br />government. He is a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, which has<br />jurisdiction over tax policy, Social Security, health care and trade laws. Paul has put forward<br />a specific plan to tackle our looming fiscal crisis, driven by the explosion of entitlement<br />spending” (<a href="http://paulryan.house.gov/biography" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://paulryan.house.gov/biography</a>).</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, please visit<br /><a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a>.</div>
Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-76941627800635478992012-08-09T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-13T17:35:38.269-07:00Anna Little Concerned About Veterans Claim Processing Delays<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, August 9th – Anna Little, candidate for the Sixth Congressional District, expresses<br />serious concerns over the inability of the Federal Government to properly handle and process Veterans<br />health care claims. “Our veterans placed their lives in danger to serve our nation, and they deserve timely<br />claims processing and proper treatment to address their injuries and illnesses.”</div>
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For years, several attempts have been made to correct the Veterans Administration (VA). According to<br />the VA records, 5.4 million Veterans received treatment in 2011 and received $43 billion worth of<br />medical care. Unfortunately for our veterans seeking treatment, excessive delays have repeatedly<br />occurred across the nation. The media has reported that in central Texas, the average processing time for<br />a Veteran’s claim is more than one year at 393 days, with the national average at 254 days. Reportedly,<br />the VA only processed 1 million of the 1.3 million claims it received in 2011. This means that 300<br />thousand veterans have unprocessed claims and did not receive their requested help.<br /><a href="http://www.stripes.com/central-texas-veterans-face-nation-s-longest-wait-for-va-disability-claims-" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.stripes.com/central-texas-veterans-face-nation-s-longest-wait...</a><br />1.184925?localLinksEnabled=false</div>
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The VA also has repeatedly lost sensitive patient data over the years, to the extent that they must file<br />monthly reports to Congress. The reports can be found on the VA website:<br /><a href="http://www.va.gov/about_va/va_notices.asp" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.va.gov/about_va/va_notices.asp</a></div>
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These delays and data breaches pose dreadful nightmares for our Veterans unable to receive timely health<br />care treatment for their service related injuries. However, what do these problems portend for all of us<br />with the Federal Government poised to oversee all health care claims under the Patient Protection and<br />Affordable Care Act (PPACA), aka Obamacare? If the Federal Government can not properly process 1.3<br />million new claims while providing services to 5.4 million veterans, how can we trust the government to<br />provide timely and proper services to 300 million citizens of the United States?</div>
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It is alarming that the President and his supporters in the Senate and House of Representatives have<br />arrogantly and willfully failed to realize the pending collapse of our health care services, in forcing<br />government bureaucracy to handle patient claims, once PPACA is implemented. It is clearly evident that<br />the VA needs to hire, train, and retain additional staff, along with continual improvement in protecting<br />patient data. Our Veterans have served our nation and the neglect in the VA bureaucracy is a clear<br />example of why we must elect a new President, Senators, and Congressional Representatives who will<br />repeal PPACA.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, please visit<br /><a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a> or call 732-658-5461.</div>
Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-63275896922630208402012-07-23T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-13T17:35:02.854-07:00Statement on Recent Shooting in Colorado<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, July 23rd – Commenting on the Aurora, Colorado movie theater massacre, Anna<br />Little, candidate for the Sixth Congressional District said, “Our sincerest prayers go out to the families of<br />the victims and survivors of the senseless shooting rampage that occurred on Friday, July 20, in Colorado. This is an example of how the delusions of one individual’s twisted mind can have tragic consequences for the lives of so many families.”</div>
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Individuals carrying out incidents of mass violence with firearms tarnish our Second Amendment<br />freedoms. Gun control advocates exploit such tragedies to blame gun stores, manufacturers, and even the<br />entertainment industry, rather than hold the individual responsible for their criminal actions. Responsible<br />and mentally stable citizens understand that they must respect and properly handle firearms, and that the<br />purpose of firearms is to defend the innocent against acts of violence, not to cause them.</div>
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The shooting in Colorado is an act of domestic terrorism. The victims were randomly selected while<br />attending what they thought would be an entertaining night out. Meanwhile, the President refuses to<br />recognize the act of domestic terrorism that took place at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009. The<br />President classifies that incident as “workplace violence.” <a href="http://nation.foxnews.com/ft-hoodshooting/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://nation.foxnews.com/ft-hoodshooting/</a><br />2011/12/07/obama-regime-calls-ft-hood-shooting-workplace-violence</div>
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Individuals responsible for many of these shootings often exhibit mental health disturbances. We must be<br />more aware of those who express radical views of violence, so that we can give them proper mental<br />health care. This can help prevent future attacks on innocent civilians. Additionally, authorities must not<br />be afraid to investigate violent extremism, such as the Fort Hood shooting. Americans deserve the truth so<br />they can take steps to protect themselves and others.</div>
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We must be vigilant and prepared to prevent future incidents of terrorism in any form. There may be<br />other “lone wolf” terrorists, like the Colorado movie theater, or there may be bombings, similar to the<br />April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City attack, the failed car bomb attack on Times Square on May 1, 2010, or the<br />planned New York City subway attack that was foiled on July 31, 1997. <a href="http://articles.cnn.com/1997-08-" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://articles.cnn.com/1997-08-</a><br />01/us/9708_01_brooklyn.bomb.presser_1_hamas-gazi-ibrahim-abu-mezer-lafi-khalil?_s=PM:US<br />As Americans, we must increase our awareness and vigilance against future threats, as the world is<br />becoming a less secure place due to economic hardships, political instability, and radical violent<br />extremism.</div>
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Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and survivors of the Aurora, Colorado attack, as well as to<br />the victims and survivors of terrorism everywhere.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, please visit<br /><a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a> or call 732-658-5461.</div>
Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-24483301762660502992012-07-16T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-13T17:34:04.136-07:00Statement on the UN Gun Ban Treaty<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, July 16th – Anna Little, candidate for the Sixth Congressional District here,<br />condemned the U.N. Small Arms Ban Treaty that lawmakers in D.C. are taking up this week.<br />“The U.N. has repeatedly failed to protect innocent civilians, and we have no reason to trust the<br />U.N.,” she said. “The United Nations anti-gun agenda has only led to mass genocide. U.N.<br />resolutions have failed to prevent ‘ethnic cleansing,’ murder, sexual assaults, and forced<br />displacement of civilians by those in authority.”</div>
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Currently, the U.N. has sent Kofi Annan as special U.N. Envoy to negotiate peace in the Syrian<br />civil conflict. Previously, Annan became head of U.N. Peacekeeping Forces in March 1993, and<br />later became Secretary General of the U.N. During his tenure, the largest modern-day mass<br />slaughters occurred: in Rwanda in 1994, in Bosnia in 1995, and in Kosovo in 1999.</div>
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It is also disturbing that the U.N. is meeting this month to discuss a small-arms weapons ban<br />treaty. Without small arms, Libyans would have been unable to protect themselves from the<br />Muammar Gaddafi’s henchmen, not end his dictatorship in 2011. Moreover, it was NOT the<br />U.N. who helped Libyans, but the direct intervention of military forces from the North Atlantic<br />Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO forces also established peace in Bosnia and Kosovo,<br />whereas the U.N. utterly failed to protect the people of Rwanda, Bosnia, and Kosovo from<br />attack.</div>
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Incidents can happen anywhere due to the failings of human nature. Here in the United States,<br />Condoleezza Rice mentioned in her biography how her father joined a neighborhood watch to<br />protect African American homes from being burned down by racists in the 1960's. The local<br />police at that time did nothing to stop these attacks, nor did they arrest anyone for burning down<br />homes in her Alabama neighborhood. If not for the rights protected by the Second Amendment,<br />her family and neighbors would not have had the rifles or shotguns to protect their families from<br />the racists at night. This is why our Founders specifically called out this right for all citizens:<br />When the government and police fail to protect honest civilians, to whom do you turn for<br />protection?</div>
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The U.N. gun ban does nothing to protect people. All it does is create a greater population<br />subject to victimization by gangs, criminals, and tyrants. The Founding Fathers of the United<br />States, through hard experience in the lawless frontier and in relations with a royal government<br />increasingly hostile to their rights as subjects, deemed the right to bear arms as key to individual<br />self protection and so enshrined this inalienable right in the Second Amendment.</div>
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The Founders also saw the right to bear arms as an essential element of freedom, providing our<br />citizens and all free peoples assurances against tyranny and despotism. They knew that dictators<br />tend to restrict or ban their subjects from possessing arms in order to help control the population,<br />as King James II had attempted to do about a century earlier. In the 20th Century, some of<br />history’s most notorious tyrants, including the leaders of Germany and the Soviet Union in the<br />mid-1930's, imposed rigid gun restrictions.</div>
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But this administration refuses to acknowledge the wisdom of our Founders. U.S. Attorney<br />General Eric Holder, in February 2009, mentioned his support of the President's ban to sell<br />assault weapons to Americans. Yet Holder allows assault weapons to be sold and transported to<br />the drug cartels in Mexico under the disastrous Fast and Furious Operation. Why does the U.S.<br />Attorney General permit drug cartels to obtain assault weapons, but law-abiding Americans<br />residing in urban neighborhoods of Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. can not<br />purchase pistols for self protection?</div>
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Like many of my constituents and Americans across the country, I believe the State of Texas’<br />Castle Law Doctrine is the proper and responsible way for honest citizens to own firearms to<br />protect their families and homes. Independence is being able to take care of yourself, rather than<br />relying solely on the government for every form of support.</div>
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We are one of the few free countries that allow the average citizen to own firearms. We must<br />elect a new President, Senator, and Congressional Representative who will protect our Second<br />Amendment rights and prevent the UN from oppressing our nation. Please write to your elected<br />officials and contact the President today, and ask them not to give away our right to bear arms to<br />the U.N.</div>
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Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-16986604029204542262012-07-14T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-13T17:33:19.510-07:00Anna Little Urges Supporters and Public to Help Victims of Recent Devastating Fires<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, July 14 - Three catastrophic fires have raged in Sixth Congressional District<br />municipalities over the last 6 weeks, leaving more than 200 people homeless. Sixth District<br />candidate, Anna Little, urges her supporters and the general public to help these displaced<br />families by making donations of food, baby supplies, clothing, and financial contributions.<br />In the early morning hours of Sunday, June 3, an electrical malfunction sparked an intense fire<br />that consumed several homes on Cortland Street in Perth Amboy, leaving 52 homeless and<br />injuring nine, including a family of three who were hospitalized with second- and third-degree<br />burns.</div>
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On Thursday, July 5, a five-alarm fire occurred at 485 State Street in Perth Amboy, displacing<br />sixty people. Seven people were injured in the fire.</div>
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Then, on Wednesday, July 10, another devastating fire occurred at the Woodbridge Village<br />apartments in the Avenel section of Woodbridge. The fire destroyed fifty apartments, leaving<br />another 100 people homeless. Thankfully, there were no serious injuries.</div>
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Monetary donations for the victims of the fire in Perth Amboy can be made to the Jewish<br />Renaissance Foundation (JRF), Attn.: State Street Fire Fund and/or Cortlandt Street Fire Fund,<br />149 Kearny Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 08861. Monetary donations may also be made via its web<br />site, <a href="http://www.jrfnj.org/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.jrfnj.org</a>. Drop-offs for new clothing and shoes can be made at the JRF office at 149<br />Kearny Ave.</div>
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The First Presbyterian Church, at 621 East Woodbridge Avenue in Avenel, is handling collections<br />for victims of the Woodbridge fire, including diapers and toiletries. There are several drop-off<br />points located elsewhere in the town. For more information about what and how to donate, call<br />the church at 732-634-1631. Monetary contributions can be made through the Woodbridge<br />Mayor's Office, with checks made out to the Mayor's Community Charity Fund.<br />For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, visit<br /><a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a> or call 732-658-5461.</div>
Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-43264914605561387402012-07-12T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-12T18:00:03.956-07:00The Impact to American Society if PPACA is not Repealed<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, July 12th – Under the guise of providing “optional” birth control services, President Obama and his supporters in the Senate and House of Representatives, led by Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Bob Menendez, and Frank Pallone, will deny We the People's freedom to practice religion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly referred to as Obamacare. By infringing this freedom, Obama and his supporters also impede critical aid to the neediest of Americans, indeed all Americans.</div>
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The Catholic Church has advocated for the right to life from conception until natural death, for generations and is the only Christian denomination that continues to stand against the use of artificial birth control. Adults who voluntarily choose to patronize or work at Catholic institutions are already aware of the Church's position on these matters. Adults who wish to receive prescription birth control while employed or attending a Catholic institution can choose to purchase birth control on their own or patronize another institution. No one forces these individuals to adhere to the Church's beliefs, violate their convictions, or attend Catholic institutions. They are free to choose.</div>
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However, the PPACA threatens to close down charitable institutions sponsored by the Catholic<br />
Church, through fines and penalties for refusing to perform abortions, sterilizations or provide<br />
prescription birth control. These fines would force these Catholic institutions to choose between<br />
violating the tenets of their faith, or obeying their consciences and facing increased costs that<br />
will have to either be passed on to those receiving their services, or have the increased costs<br />
reduce them to bankruptcy and closure. Either option denies Catholics and all people of faith the<br />
freedom to practice their religion. Not only will Catholics and other Christians suffer from the<br />
denial to operate ministries, but the entire country will suffer from the loss of the Church’s<br />
charity work, which will be especially painful now, in this time of critical need.</div>
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Take for example, education: the Catholic Church educates 2.6 million children every year, at a<br />
cost of $10 billion a year to students’ parents and sponsoring parishes.1 The same 2.6 million<br />
children would cost taxpayers an estimated $18 billion to teach in public schools.1 The Church<br />
also operates 230 Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. which educate more than 700,000<br />
students each year, and they advance to achieve top positions in their fields.1</div>
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If the Catholic schools are closed, parents in low-income, urban districts would be forced to send their children back to failing public schools, compounding the existing overcrowding conditions.<br />
College students would be forced to apply and enroll at new institutions, possibly losing<br />
education credits, or possibly paying more tuition in order to meet different college requirements<br />
for graduation. All existing schools and colleges would have to increase public school taxes and<br />
college tuition costs to cover construction of new facilities and added teacher expenses to<br />
accommodate the influx of new students.</div>
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The Catholic Church also operates 637 nonprofit hospitals, which treat one in five patients in the<br />
United States every day.1 Through Catholic Charities, the Church also provides food, shelter,<br />
clothing, counseling and other services to the poor and needy nationwide, regardless of the<br />
client’s religious affiliation. As just one small example, the local chapter of Catholic Charities in<br />
the Chicago area provides 2.2-million free meals each year.1 That is just one of the cities served<br />
by Catholic Charities, and just one part of its mission.</div>
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If Catholic hospitals, schools, and charities are closed, who will support those in the most dire<br />
need in low income, urban areas? Government programs are already failing to support them now.<br />
By closing down religiously affiliated charities who provide education, health care, and other<br />
services, PPACA will not help people, but rather will push those already struggling to survive to<br />
complete collapse.</div>
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We must protect our freedom to practice our faith, as well as our freedom to choose which<br />
schools and hospitals to meet our family’s needs. We must continue to allow the Catholic<br />
Church and other religious groups to provide education, health care, and other services to those<br />
in greatest need, an essential practice of the Christian faith. Closing Catholic and religious<br />
charities will only increase the costs to the taxpayer, while decreasing services to the<br />
communities.</div>
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This is the reality of Socialist and Communist forms of government, and the suppression of a<br />
fundamental right: freedom of religion. History has shown us what happened when the Socialist<br />
and Communist-led governments of 1930s’ Germany and Russia moved to suppress the people's<br />
belief in God, eliminated the freedom to practice religion, and forced people to rely on<br />
government for every need.</div>
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We must repeal PPACA before this happens. We must elect new leadership for the offices of<br />
President, Senate, and Congress. This is how We the People will protect our United States<br />
Constitution, freedom, and unique way of life.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, please visit<br />
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1- Reference: From pages 16 and 17 of “Rediscover Catholicism,” Second Edition, by Matthew<br />
Kelly, ©2010, Beacon Publishing</div>Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-59977679164373681222012-07-03T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-12T17:58:13.060-07:00The Importance of Independence Day In Light of Current Events<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, July 3rd – Sixth District Congressional candidate, Anna Little, said that, as<br />
we prepare to celebrate the anniversary of our Independence, “We must unite all Americans to<br />
repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), otherwise known as<br />
Obamacare, and pass a new health care law that protects our freedoms and liberties.”</div>
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When the United States of America declared its independence in 1776 from British rule, securing<br />
our God-given rights were of primary importance in forming the new nation's government. These<br />
rights include the inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But today, our<br />
rights are being gravely eroded by the President and his supporters in the Senate and House of<br />
Representatives.</div>
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The PPACA “tax” and penalties that force individuals to buy health insurance does NOT make<br />
health care affordable, but it does destroy liberty. Its health care mandate destroys our First<br />
Amendment right to religious freedom as it threatens to close religiously affiliated health<br />
institutions that refuse to perform abortions, sterilizations, or offer prescription birth control.<br />
These elective medical procedures are NOT required to maintain women’s health, but are aimed<br />
squarely at destroying life, the first inalienable right named in the Declaration.</div>
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Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, who formerly served as the president of the U.S.<br />
Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that the “HHS regulation will mean the destruction of<br />
Catholic institutions in this country.” He laments that Catholic institutions face a pyrrhic choice<br />
of paying exorbitant and unsustainable annual fines or shutting down. As Bishop Michael<br />
Sheridan of Colorado Springs warns, the “highest levels of our federal government are trying to<br />
push a Communist understanding of ‘freedom’ on Americans of faith.”<br />
<a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/next-battle-catholic-bishops-unanimous-our-vigorousopposition-unjust-and-illegal" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://cnsnews.com/news/article/next-battle-catholic-bishops-unanimous-o...</a></div>
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Compare the Church's choices with those faced by couples in China, who must choose between<br />
paying a fine for having a second child, or the child’s life being forcibly terminated. In fact, the<br />
Communist government continues to forcibly perform abortions on women even in late-term<br />
pregnancy, to enforce compliance with their onerous one-child-per-family law.<br />
<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/15/3-chinese-officials-suspended-over-forcedabortion/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/15/3-chinese-officials-susp...</a></div>
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While the governments of Europe and Japan do not impose fines or forced abortions, socialized<br />
medicine/socialist policies are slowly bringing about a reality in which only the wealthy can have<br />
a child. Despite having socialized health care, the number of children born per woman is not<br />
enough to prevent the population of these industrialized countries from shrinking. Even having<br />
just one child puts a family at risk for living in poverty and relying on government assistance.<br />
Oppressive taxes and high health care costs associated with child birth and family care largely<br />
factor into this decline: Couples simply can not afford to have and raise children.<br />
<a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/demographic-worries-german-birthrate-rising-butfor-how-long-a-608172.html" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/demographic-worries-german-b...</a><br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/25/japan-birthrate-decline" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/25/japan-birthrate-decline</a></div>
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Here in the United States, the State of California demonstrates that socialized health care is not<br />
affordable or sustainable. Scores of millionaire actors, professional athletes, and business<br />
professionals reside in California. Despite the state’s ability to tax its many millionaires,<br />
California still has a $15.7 billion deficit on their proposed $92 billion budget. The crippling<br />
costs from their unrealistic health care system contributes significantly to this deficit.<br />
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-15/california-budget-heads-toward-deal-as-deadlinelooms.html" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-15/california-budget-heads-toward-...</a></div>
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Our Founding Fathers established the Constitution of the United States of America so their<br />
children and future generations, can live in freedom and prosperity. We must unite now to elect<br />
a new President, Senator, and Congressional Representatives, who will uphold the founders’<br />
vision. We must unite across political parties to elect the best candidates who will give their all<br />
to serve We the People, instead of expecting We the People to give them all we have.<br />
As we celebrate our nation's Independence Day tomorrow with our family, friends, and children,<br />
let us be very thankful for our liberty and way of life. We must not forget that many in Europe<br />
and Asia, either by economic pressure or government oppression, are needlessly denied many<br />
freedoms we enjoy, including the opportunity to have children.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, please visit<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, July 2nd – Sixth District Congressional candidate, Anna Little, said that the<br />
U.S Supreme Court decision last week to strike down Arizona’s immigration law fails to protect<br />
the citizens of the United States.</div>
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While the Supreme Court upheld the Arizona provision allowing officers to inquire about<br />
immigration status during lawful stops, the Court struck down all other provisions of the Arizona<br />
law, holding that federal immigration law preempts them under the U.S. Constitution.<br />
Responding to the Arizona decision, Anna Little said, “A country that does not secure its borders<br />
will cease to be a sovereign nation. Preventing the flow of gang members, criminals, and<br />
terrorists into our country is the first step in protecting our Republic, and ensuring our national<br />
security."</div>
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This is where our Federal government has failed the citizens and future citizens of the United<br />
States of America. Many immigrants come to America to escape the high crime rates,<br />
oppression, or extreme poverty that exists in their home country. Unfortunately, many do not<br />
understand how to legally apply for entrance into the U.S.</div>
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Yet they are so desperate to escape with their families, that they pay human smugglers to bring<br />
them into the United States illegally, in the mistaken belief that it’s the only way out. Once in the<br />
U.S., however, the smugglers abandon some of these illegal immigrants in the desert, or - in the<br />
case of many of the women - the smugglers kidnap them and force them into prostitution. When<br />
Condoleezza Rice was Secretary of State, the Federal Government took active action in rescuing<br />
women and arresting human traffickers involved in this modern day slave trade.</div>
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Criminal gangs smuggle in drugs that harm people's lives, health, and our Nation's economic<br />
productivity. These drug sales enable the gangs to buy firearms that are then turned on law<br />
enforcement officers and innocent citizens.</div>
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This is exemplified by “Fast and Furious,” the disastrous operation about which U.S Attorney<br />
General Eric Holder deliberately refuses to answer questions from Congress. This program<br />
willfully permitted automatic weapons to be sold and transported to the drug cartels that threaten<br />
to destabilize Mexico.</div>
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Securing the borders is one part of the equation to protect our nation. In order to correct the<br />
immigration situation, we must promote a simplified and timely legal immigration process, so<br />
that everyone has a clear understanding of how to legally enter the U.S.</div>
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We need elected officials who will rise to the challenge of promoting legal immigration,<br />
preventing human trafficking, and reducing the influence that the criminals have in our nation.<br />
We must work together to ensure that the United States remains a beacon of freedom and liberty<br />
that encourages people to legally immigrate and become citizens of the country of their choice.<br />
Only by electing a new President, Senate leadership, and a new Congressional Representative<br />
can the U.S. Attorney General be made to answer for the deaths of American and Mexican<br />
Federal Agents that occurred as a result of his approved operations.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, please visit<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, June 28 – Sixth District Congressional candidate Anna Little called today’s<br />
U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act<br />
(PPACA) a disappointing defeat for the American people. Now, Little says, we must work even<br />
harder to guarantee that the flawed health care law, commonly called Obamacare, is repealed.</div>
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During the summer of 2009, crowds packed town hall meetings to tell Frank Pallone, Anna<br />
Little’s opponent in the Sixth Congressional race, not to vote for the health care legislation.<br />
Despite the vigorous outcry from his constituents, the 24-year incumbent Congressman voted for<br />
Obamacare. He even boasted that the legislation was “not Obama’s bill, not Pelosi’s bill, but my<br />
[Pallone’s] bill.”</div>
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President Obama signed the unpopular bill into law on March 23, 2010, after unprecedented<br />
parliamentarian moves resulted in highly partisan votes in favor of the legislation in both houses<br />
of Congress.</div>
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A coalition of 26 states challenged the law, arguing that its mandate requiring everyone to buy<br />
health insurance violates the U.S Constitution. In a 5 to 4 decision issued today, the Supreme<br />
Court upheld the law’s individual mandate. It ruled that the penalty for not buying health<br />
insurance “can reasonably be read as a tax,” and therefore survives under Congress’ power to<br />
tax.</div>
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Responding to the decision, Anna Little said, “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold<br />
Obamacare, aka Pallonecare, against Constitutional challenges, is a disappointing defeat for the<br />
American people. Poll after poll shows that the American people do not want the federal<br />
government to be running our health care. We do not want government bureaucrats to come<br />
between us and our families and the medical care that our families need, especially the elderly,<br />
the infirm and children.”</div>
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“Furthermore,” Little continued, “the decision thwarts our Constitutional right to Religious<br />
Freedom. The Individual Mandate forces religious institutions out of the business of health care.<br />
This will reduce health care access, and increase the demands on the remains of a system whose<br />
funding was reduced by half a trillion dollars. Despite the High Court’s ruling, We the People<br />
believe that there are clear Constitutional boundaries to the powers that the President, Congress,<br />
and the entire federal government may assert over the American people. Four of nine Justices<br />
agree with us.”</div>
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“This disastrous ruling proves that we have much work to do. We must focus our attention, with<br />
even more fire and energy, on repealing Obamacare. We must work to elect a President,<br />
Senators, and Representatives committed to the law’s repeal, and committed to Constitutionally<br />
limited government, so that we can put Justices on the Court who better understand the limits<br />
placed by our Founders on the federal government’s powers.”</div>
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“After the faulty Obamacare is repealed, we can work on genuine health care reforms that will<br />
address issues of soaring health care costs and health care affordability.”</div>
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Little suggested that the parts of the PPACA bill that the American people find desirable can be<br />
passed individually as separate legislation, after the current bill is repealed.</div>
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Among the health care reforms Little proposes are:<br />
Establishing a patient choice-directed, free-market health care system, to make health<br />
care affordable<br />
Enacting tort reform, which would help reduce costs of lawsuits and “defensive<br />
medicine” that adds billions of dollars to the price of health care<br />
Allowing health care insurance providers to sell policies across state lines, to increase<br />
competition and drive down prices<br />
Encouraging Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), which would put people in direct control<br />
of their health care, without any third party interference<br />
Removing antitrust protection for insurance companies</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, visit<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ, June 27 – On Saturday, June 16, Congressional District 6<br />
Candidate, Anna Little joined other nationally known conservatives in speaking to the<br />
assembled Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference in Washington, D.C. Little's<br />
remarks were made as an invited member of the conference's "Mama Grizzly" panel,<br />
composed of women leaders from around the country.</div>
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The Faith and Freedom Coalition is a grassroots conservative organization committed<br />
to “the simple virtues of faith, hard work, marriage, family, personal responsibility, and<br />
helping the least among us.” It embraces “respect for the sanctity and dignity of life,<br />
family, and marriage,” and advocates for limited government, lower taxes, fiscal<br />
responsibility, and free markets. Since its founding in 2009, the group has grown to over<br />
500,000 members, supporters, and volunteers nationwide.</div>
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The 2012 Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference, the organization’s third annual<br />
national conference, held from June 14 to 16 in Washington D.C.’s Renaissance Hotel,<br />
attracted over 1,000 participants. Many prominent speakers addressed the Conference,<br />
including presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, Florida Senator<br />
Marco Rubio, former presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and<br />
Herman Cain, and conservative talk-show icon Glenn Beck.</div>
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Emily Miller, Senior Editor of the Washington Times, moderated the Mama Grizzly<br />
Panel, while Sher Valenzuela, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, and<br />
Colleen Holmes, Executive Director of Eagle Forum, joined Anna Little on the panel<br />
stage.</div>
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Anna Little encouraged the panel’s audience not to “be shy about telling your neighbors<br />
about your values and your sense of what is right and what is wrong, because it is you –<br />
We the People – that direct this government and it’s you – We the People – who will<br />
elect the next President of the United States and the Senators [and Representatives] we<br />
need to take back control of this government and to set things right.”</div>
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Responding to a question about repealing Obamacare, Mayor Anna Little said, “I am a<br />
daughter, a mother and a wife. It is my job to take care of my family. God help the<br />
government bureaucrat who comes between me and my family and the medical care<br />
they need.”</div>
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Regarding the role of women in politics, Little commented, “The women in New Jersey<br />
are leading the charge. The women who are changing the political landscape in this<br />
election cycle are the volunteers at the local level, who are stepping up to inform the<br />
voting public about economic issues and the need for change in government<br />
leadership.”</div>
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Little also noted her strong belief “that we [candidates for public office] should not stay<br />
in elected office for long. We should go back and live under the laws that we have<br />
made.” In contrast, Little’s opponent in the race to represent Congressional District 6<br />
has been in office for 24 years.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, visit<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ - Today is June 14, Flag Day. On this date in 1777, when our Founders were<br />fighting for our Independence, the Continental Congress established the Stars and Stripes as the<br />official flag of our fledgling nation. June 14 is also the birthday of our United States Army,<br />founded in 1775 when the Continental Congress authorized enlistment of riflemen to serve what<br />was then called the “United Colonies.”</div>
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Like most Americans, our family will proudly fly our flag and remember all the brave men and<br />women who carried it into battle defending the land of the free and the home of the brave. Let us<br />never forget that they swore an oath “to support and defend the Constitution of the United<br />States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same.”</div>
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For military families, current citizens, future citizens, and for all who love America, the flag is<br />more than the pretty piece of cloth it is made from. We Americans honor the U.S. flag because it<br />is a potent symbol of our form of government; a government of the people, by the people, and<br />for the people: Its 13 stripes represent the people of the 13 colonies who had the genius and the<br />conviction to forge our government in a Constitution that recognizes our rights as gifts from God.</div>
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The 50 stars of the U.S. flag represent the people of the 50 states who had the courage to defend<br />that conviction against tyranny. It is also symbolic of our defense of those rights, and the<br />freedom that defense provides, a freedom which remains unique among nations of the world.</div>
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People around the world become very emotional when they see their country’s flag desecrated or<br />hear it called “offensive” when displayed. Try traveling to Europe, or the Middle East, and see<br />what happens when you try to burn their national flag.</div>
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In the Olympics, the winning athletes all celebrate their nation’s victory and success in proudly<br />displaying their nation’s flag. National flags are a symbol of unity and pride in one’s country and<br />heritage.</div>
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We must all work tirelessly to defend each and every one of the rights provided by our unique<br />Constitution , a few of which are: the right to freely practice our religion; the right to free speech<br />and press; the right to petition our government for a redress of grievances; the right to peaceably<br />assemble; the right to keep and bear arms; the right of the people to be secure in their persons,<br />houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures. Many of these rights are<br />now under attack, or have been under attack for some time.</div>
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I believe that if we keep the following thought as our constant prayer, we will surely protect our<br />Constitutional rights. “God bless all who have served and are currently serving our country.<br />May we, by our words and especially our actions, ever demonstrate our gratitude for the<br />sacrifices they, and their families have made, as we enjoy the blessings of liberty. By so doing,<br />let us make every day, Flag Day, as we show our appreciation for our way of life.”</div>
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Please join me in raising your U.S. flag today as a statement of your pride and love for the flag<br />and what it symbolizes: our great nation, the United States of America.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, visit<br /><a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a> or call 732-658-5461.</div>Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-43523584336973390512012-06-11T00:00:00.000-07:002012-07-13T11:15:03.176-07:00Anna C. Little, 6th District Congressional Candidate, Receives the Endorsement of the Jewish Voice and Opinion Newspaper<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ – The Jewish Voice and Opinion newspaper has endorsed Anna Little for the<br />Sixth Congressional District seat, adding to a growing list of groups endorsing Little.</div>
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In its June 2012 issue, Susan Rosenbluth, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Jewish Voice<br />and Opinion newspaper, announced the publication’s endorsement of Little. Rosenbluth wrote,<br />“The Jewish Voice heartily endorses Mrs. Little, the former mayor of Highlands, in her race for<br />Congress in New Jersey’s Sixth District against Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ). Go Anna!”</div>
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The Jewish Voice and Opinion, in print since 1987, is an influential monthly periodical published<br />in Englewood and distributed throughout New Jersey. According to the paper’s web site, “The<br />Jewish Voice and Opinion speaks out forcefully and unashamedly for the unique concerns of . . .<br />‘classical Judaism.’ As a politically conservative Jewish publication, we take as our mission to<br />present news and feature articles not generally available elsewhere in the Jewish or secular<br />media.”</div>
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The publication based its endorsement, in part, on Little’s strong stance in support of the State<br />of Israel. For example, Little calls for Jerusalem to remain Israel’s undivided, eternal capital.<br />Responding to the Jewish Voice’s statement of support, Little said, “I am humbled and honored<br />by this endorsement. We must support Israel as our ally and the only true democracy in the<br />Middle East. America has much to learn from Israel about how best to defeat our common<br />enemies.”</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer,<br />visit <a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a> or call 732-658-5461.</div>Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-15507720538897678622012-06-08T00:00:00.000-07:002012-07-13T11:14:10.704-07:00Anna C. Little Decisively Wins Republican Primary for 6th Congressional District<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ – In a decisive victory, Sixth Congressional District candidate Anna Little<br />beat her opponent Ernesto Cullari by a commanding 70% to 30% margin in the June 5<br />Republican primary. Little is now set to face 24-year incumbent Democrat Frank Pallone in the<br />November general election.</div>
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In Tuesday’s election, Little received 7,665 votes to Cullari’s 3,263, 800 votes more than the<br />6,804 votes she received in the 2010 Republican primary, when she beat Diane Gooch by a mere<br />83 votes.</div>
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In Monmouth County, Cullari had received the backing of the county’s Republican organization<br />in a 6 to 5 vote in a closed meeting attended by only twenty party officials. In yesterday’s<br />primary, however, the county’s voters gave Little 3,424 votes to 2,394 for Cullari, a healthy 59%<br />to 41% margin.</div>
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In Middlesex County, where Little was endorsed by the county Republican organization in an<br />open countywide convention, Little received 4,241 votes to only 869 for Cullari – an<br />overwhelming 83% to 17% margin.</div>
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At the Anna Little campaign’s victory party at the Original Oyster in Highlands, Ray Goddard<br />hailed Little as a leader who will be “our next Representative in Congress,” saying that she knows<br />what to do when she gets there:<br />• “Anna knows that we need to fix our unemployment woes and provide jobs;<br />• “Anna knows that we need to repeal Obamacare;<br />• “Anna knows that we need to secure our borders and fix our immigration system;<br />• “Anna knows that we need a strong military; and<br />• “Anna knows that we need to reverse our out-of-control national debt.”</div>
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Goddard urged Little’s supporters to take her message to the people of District 6 in the 22 weeks<br />remaining until the general election to assure that Little would represent the voters in Washington<br />come January.</div>
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Remarking on Little’s primary victory, State Senator Sam Thompson, Chairman of the Middlesex<br />County Republican Organization, said, “The people have spoken. Now there is one more ‘Little’<br />thing to do – send Frank Pallone home!”</div>
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Republican State Committeeman and former State Senator John Bennett called Little to<br />congratulate her. As Little held the phone to the microphone, Bennett told the jubilant crowd that<br />her victory shows that “the people are what counts in politics.”</div>
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In her victory speech, Little thanked all of her supporters, including the various Tea Party leaders<br />and local political leaders in attendance. She told her supporters, “This is not my victory. It is<br />YOUR victory! I am very proud of each and every one of you for all that you do for your local<br />communities, for your families and for your country.”</div>
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She outlined the three major issues of the campaign, urging the crowd to recite with her, “Jobs.<br />Economy and taxes. And repeal Obamacare!”</div>
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Little emphasized that “we need to present a unified front” to beat Frank Pallone, and must reach<br />out to everyone - Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike - who are dissatisfied with<br />Pallone’s 24 year liberal reign. She reminded her supporters that this is not “Pallone’s seat, it’s<br />not Pelosi’s seat, it’s not Barack Obama’s seat – it belongs to We the People of District 6.”</div>
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Little thanked her family, including her mother, her brother, her husband, and her children. When<br />she introduced her daughter Christine, Little remarked, “In case you need a reason for what we<br />are doing, it is for the members of Christine’s generation. If we do not change the direction of this<br />country, there will be nothing left for the next generation. We owe it to them to do all we can.”</div>
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Little concluded by telling her supporters, “You sent a clear message to your local Republican<br />leadership that We The People are in charge, and WE will direct our government. Your hard work<br />paid off. It is my honor to work side by side with you as we take back the people's seat in<br />Congressional District 6, replacing a liberal progressive incumbent with a true representative of<br />the people this November.”</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer,<br />visit <a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a> or call 732-658-5461.</div>Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-25284558636196029262012-06-05T00:00:00.000-07:002012-08-12T17:59:05.497-07:00Anna C. Little, 6th District Congressional Candidate, June 5th – NJ Primary Election Day<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ - June 5th is an important day for New Jersey Republicans. This primary<br />
election is one that will determine if New Jersey will move ahead in promoting transparency in<br />
government.</div>
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The citizens and voters in New Jersey – and across the United States -- are tired of the<br />
exaggerated claims and negative attacks made in blogs and online postings against many<br />
candidates.</div>
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The citizens and voters are sick of political party monopoly control in selecting elected officials.<br />
The rise of the grassroots Tea Parties is based on educating voters and encouraging open, public<br />
meetings, where political candidates and elected officials must interact with the citizens and<br />
voters they are supposed to represent.</div>
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The Tea Parties are not beholden to any single political party, nor does it matter what political<br />
party their members are aligned with. The Tea Parties support candidates who best represent<br />
their views and promote open government.</div>
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The unsubstantiated attacks made against Herman Cain, a Tea Party favorite for President,<br />
earlier this year were nothing more than an orchestrated attack to remove a candidate who many<br />
people believed in supporting and voting for. The recent smears of the Jersey Shore Tea Party<br />
and Bayshore Tea Party Group are another example of how political insiders are trying to blind<br />
the voters and discourage them from having independent views and thoughts.</div>
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Likewise, Anna Little is being attacked merely for standing behind her convictions and daring to<br />
challenge the Monmouth County system, where the political party bosses and bloggers scheme to<br />
predetermine who will be the winning candidate. Three of the exaggerated and outright false<br />
attacks being made on Anna's good record include:</div>
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1. The recent lawsuit detailed by the opponent in his exaggerated press release and by various<br />
blog entries is merely an example of a frivolous lawsuit against a small business owner. Anna's<br />
personal experience in dealing with politically motivated attacks and lawsuits make her a strong<br />
proponent of Tort Reform, which would limit liability from frivolous lawsuits and allow small<br />
businesses to operate.</div>
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Tort Reform will also allow the courts to focus on prosecuting and punishing repeat violators.<br />
We all know that there are too many frivolous lawsuits that plague New Jersey, backlog the court<br />
system, and limit small businesses. A frivolous lawsuit is every small business owner's greatest<br />
fear, where the legal defense fees could exceed their income. There are also those who file<br />
lawsuits, in the hope that the innocent business owner will settle for a smaller cash amount,<br />
rather than pay potentially larger legal fees in a court case.</div>
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In Anna's situation, the person who filed suit against her was not even her client. Voters making<br />
a simple search of public records will uncover the truth of the case.</div>
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2. Another of the opponent's exaggerated claims is that increased user-only fees created financial<br />
hardships for the residents of Highlands. With such important national issues as energy<br />
independence and health care, why does her opponent believe that raising the vital statistics<br />
service fee to $15 in the borough of Highlands is such a crisis, when Edison Township and<br />
Middletown both charge $25 for similar service?</div>
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Once again, modern technology allows voters to perform their own research, since municipal<br />
governments publish their fee and penalty schedules online. Residents are able to compare their<br />
town's fees with other towns to determine what is reasonable and fair; rather than rely on<br />
deceptive tactics, like those used by the producer of the Bowling for Columbine "documentary."</div>
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As Mayor of the Borough of Highlands, Anna Little has been attacked as being disloyal to the<br />
Republican Party for negotiating a common-sense agreement with the police department and<br />
Democrats on the Highlands Borough Council. This practical solution reduced the police budget<br />
while retaining dedicated police officers while not reducing law enforcement services to the<br />
town. This is an example of Anna's ability to put political party lines aside in order to ensure that<br />
her constituents receive the affordable services they elected her to provide.</div>
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To overturn the liberal agenda that threatens to weaken our Constitution, we need candidates<br />
who can put partisan political party bickering aside, so that they can make decisions that serve<br />
and protect the communities they have been elected to represent.</div>
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3. Anna's opponent has proposed to have a debate where only the press -- and not the general<br />
public -- is allowed to attend. Closed-door sessions like these deny the voters their right to<br />
receive unedited information directly from their elected officials/candidates, in person. We all<br />
recall how Nancy Pelosi and Frank Pallone used closed-door sessions to pass the deplorable and<br />
flawed PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) health care bill.</div>
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Similarly, in Monmouth County, the Town Committee Chairs and Regular Republicans were<br />
denied their right and opportunity to nominate and vote for the candidate of their choice. A mere<br />
handful of political insiders made a closed-door decision to select a candidate for the party line,<br />
with no regard to their public service, professional experience, or prior voting record. This is a<br />
similar process used by Democrat Party bosses across NJ, where candidates must swear fealty to<br />
the party boss to be elected.</div>
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In comparison, Middlesex County Republicans have an open convention that allows Republican<br />
voters and all committee members to nominate their choice of candidate. At the Middlesex<br />
County Screening Committee meeting in March 2012, the municipal committee chairs<br />
overwhelmingly voted in favor of nominating Anna Little 25 to 3. At the Middlesex County<br />
Republican Convention later that month, the delegates reinforced this decision, with Anna<br />
receiving 74% of the vote.</div>
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Since her last run for Congress, Anna Little has volunteered her time and money to travel to<br />
Washington, DC, to work with and support Conservative think tank projects. She took these<br />
actions to help ensure that Nancy Pelosi does not regain a majority in the House, that Harry Reid<br />
is replaced in the Senate, and that a new President is elected in 2012.</div>
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Frank Pallone understands all this and is hoping that Anna Little will not be his Republican<br />
challenger in 2012. If the Republican Party and Tea Party stand united, the liberal agenda can –<br />
and will -- be stopped. There are simply too many hardcore Democrat voters in NJ for any single<br />
conservative group to overcome alone.</div>
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Your vote for Anna Little on June 5th will send a message to Washington, DC: that New Jersey<br />
will no longer tolerate closed-door sessions; that we want an end to the political patronage<br />
system used by political party bosses like former Democrat Party County Chairmen Sheriff Joe<br />
Spicuzzo and Senator John Lynch; that voters will no longer tolerate exaggerated and outright<br />
false claims in negative campaigns ads; and that candidates must have previously voted in the<br />
District they reside in and wish to represent.</div>
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A high turnout of voters in this year's Republican Primary will show the nation, the President,<br />
and the Senate and House leaders that New Jersey will not meekly stand by and allow our rights<br />
and freedoms to be trampled on any longer. Anna Little is the best candidate to end the<br />
corruption and needless lawsuits that are hindering our nation.</div>
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Please take a stand and vote for Anna Little for US Congressional District 6 (Column E in<br />
Middlesex County / Column 5 in Monmouth County) this coming Tuesday, June 5th.</div>
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2012 Endorsements:<br />
Conservative Party of New Jersey<br />
Monmouth County Tea Party Coalition<br />
Bayshore Tea Party Group<br />
West Jersey Tea Party<br />
Independence Hall Tea Party PAC<br />
Protect America Today<br />
NJ Right to Life PAC</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, visit<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ – On Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, Sixth District Congressional<br />candidate, Anna Little, reaffirmed her belief that Jerusalem should remain the united capital<br />of the State of Israel.</div>
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Today, Sunday, May 20, marks Yom Yerushalayim, or Jerusalem Day, on the Jewish<br />calendar.</div>
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The holiday commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967. Israelis and Jews around<br />the world celebrate the holiday with special prayers of thanks to God, educational programs<br />about Jerusalem, and other festivities.</div>
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Between 1948 and 1967, Jews were prohibited from visiting Jewish holy sites in the eastern<br />part of the city. This includes the Western Wall, a remnant of the wall that surrounded the<br />Holy Temple, the holiest Jewish site in the world, destroyed by the Romans in the year 70.<br />After Israel regained control of all of Jerusalem, open access to the holy sites of Jerusalem<br />was guaranteed to everyone, including Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.</div>
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Anna Little joins Israelis and Jews in saying that, “Jerusalem should never again be divided.<br />It should remain, as it historically has always been, the undivided capital of the free and<br />democratic State of Israel.” Little also called on the Obama Administration to move the<br />United States Embassy to Israel, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as repeatedly called for by<br />laws passed by both houses of Congress.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, visit<br /><a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a> or call 732-658-5461.</div>Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-9416047818645552472012-05-17T00:00:00.000-07:002012-07-13T11:12:03.337-07:00Anna C. Little, 6th District Congressional Candidate, Receives the Endorsement of the Conservative Party of New Jersey<br />
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KEYPORT, NJ – On Thursday, May 17, the Conservative Party of New Jersey announced its<br />endorsement of Anna Little in the race for the Sixth Congressional District seat. This comes on<br />the heels of endorsements by several New Jersey Tea Parties.</div>
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On Tuesday, Richard S. Nodine, the Executive Director of the Conservative Party of New Jersey<br />visited a strategy meeting for the Little Campaign in Keyport, to personally deliver his group’s<br />endorsement to Little. In the presence of 25 campaign volunteers, Little signed the Conservative<br />Party’s Candidate Pledge. The pledge’s ten planks include strictly adhering to the U.S.<br />Constitution, supporting limited government, espousing lower federal deficits and a smaller<br />national debt, backing lower taxes, and championing the Right to Life. Nodine told Little and her<br />supporters that he has “all the confidence that Anna will win.”</div>
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In a press release issued by the Conservative Party of New Jersey announcing the endorsement<br />of Little, Nodine said, “Anna’s career is one of hard work and a dedication to the State of New<br />Jersey, all while being a dedicated wife and mom, raising three children. Her strong business and<br />leadership experiences, and her dedication to our Conservative Pledge are what our State and our<br />Nation need at this critical time in history.”</div>
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Nodine believes that Little understands “that repealing and deregulation are needed to unleash<br />American Exceptionalism, create jobs, and protect the sovereignty of The United States.”<br />The endorsement of Little by the Conservative Party of New Jersey comes after Little recently<br />received the endorsements of four New Jersey Tea Party groups. In mid April, the Monmouth<br />County Tea Party Coalition endorsed Little. On May 3, the Bayshore Tea Party Group<br />endorsed Little, followed by the endorsement of the West Jersey Tea Party on May 4. Then on<br />May 9, the Independence Hall Tea Party PAC announced its endorsement of Little.</div>
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer,<br />visit <a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a> or call 732-658-5461.</div>Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-21205521572057282972012-05-14T00:00:00.000-07:002012-07-13T11:10:55.088-07:00Anna C. Little, 6th District Congressional Candidate, Receives the Endorsements of the Bayshore Tea Party Group, the West Jersey Tea Party, and the Independence Hall Tea Party PAC<br />
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HIGHLANDS, NJ – Sixth District Congressional candidate, Anna Little, was recently endorsed<br />
by three key New Jersey Tea Party groups, bringing her total to four Tea Party endorsements for<br />
the 2012 campaign.</div>
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The Independence Hall Tea Party PAC announced its endorsement of Little on Wednesday, May<br />
9. A week earlier, the Bayshore Tea Party Group announced its endorsement of Little on<br />
Thursday, May 3, and the West Jersey Tea Party announced its endorsement on Friday, May 4.<br />
In April, Little received the backing of the Monmouth County Tea Party Coalition, which holds<br />
meetings in Keyport, New Jersey.</div>
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The Bayshore Tea Party Group announced its endorsement of Little after a vote taken by the<br />
group’s members via e-mail. “I hope we can summon up the passion and energy that will be<br />
needed to fight another uphill battle. If we work hard, we can win,” wrote Barbara Gonzalez,<br />
Bayshore’s co-founder, in an e-mail to members announcing the endorsement.</div>
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Little wrote to Gonzalez to thank Bayshore’s members, saying that the group’s support “means<br />
so much to our team...You moved our conservative base from 29% in 2008 to 46% in 2010. I<br />
know you can do it again. It is my sincere honor and privilege to work side by side with you as<br />
you take control of your government.”</div>
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Headquartered in Middletown, Bayshore backed Little in 2010, propelling her to an upset<br />
primary victory over the well-financed Diane Gooch, who had received the Monmouth County<br />
Republican line in the 2010 primary. Then, aided by the many Tea Party Groups' grass roots<br />
efforts, Little made the race the closest election faced by incumbent Democrat Frank Pallone<br />
since 1992.</div>
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Although the West Jersey Tea Party is based outside of the Sixth District in Medford, New<br />
Jersey, the group pledged to work with Little’s campaign to help elect her. In announcing their<br />
endorsements, which also included two other candidates running for other offices, West Jersey<br />
vice president Keith Peacock said, “Each of these candidates represent the values that<br />
conservatives hold as most important…small government, free market capitalism and fiscal<br />
responsibility. We believe that by sending these people to Congress we can help restore the<br />
nation to the right course and reclaim the beacon of freedom of the world.” Little publicly<br />
thanked the West Jersey Tea Party for its support on her campaign’s Facebook<br />
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The Independence Hall Tea Party PAC is associated with the Independence Hall Tea Party<br />
Association, a tri-state regional Tea Party group covering New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and<br />
Delaware. The group’s PAC, or political action committee, is the only federally registered Tea<br />
Party PAC in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or Delaware. Bill Green, the Vice President of the<br />
Independence PAC’s New Jersey region, called Little a “Reagan Republican,” continuing that,<br />
“Little waged an impressive campaign against incumbent Congressman Frank Pallone. We think<br />
she can finish the job by defeating him in 2012. Her theme, 'Little government is good<br />
government' perfectly matches our Tea Party philosophy.”</div>
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Little’s rival in the Republican primary has yet to receive formal support from any Tea Party<br />
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer,<br />
visit <a href="http://www.annalittleforcongress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #212121; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.annalittleforcongress.com</a> or call 732-658-5461.</div>Pat Iurillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11090607282986687741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186064254039230817.post-75272179414761611202012-05-08T08:11:00.001-07:002012-05-08T08:13:35.009-07:00<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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U.S. Congressio<strike></strike>nal Candidate Anna C. Little issues statement on National Day of Prayer Thankful for our Constitutional Right to the Freedom of Religion and Prayer.
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New Jersey is incredibly blessed and privileged as the only state in the U. S. A. to have a law honoring the First Thursday in May as a Day of Prayer! New Jersey Statute 36:2-34, titled "'A Day of Prayer in New Jersey' designated," states that "the first Thursday in May each year is designated as 'A Day of Prayer in New Jersey' and the citizens of New Jersey are urged to observe the day in ways appropriate to its importance and significance." L.1994,c.44.
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In order to do good work we must possess a pure purpose and a pure heart. We must hold God at our center if we are to keep our methods pure. As Americans we hold fast to the values instilled in us by our families and our religious beliefs. At this time of crisis when Religious Liberty is threatened by our government it is more important than ever to reinforce the need for prayer to keep us close to God and follow His guidance.
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Let this be our prayer:
O Lord, fill us with your grace, and grant us wisdom and courage as we work to bring your people closer to you. May our work be your work and our will be your will as we walk your path and strive to follow your ways. Help us to elect true representatives who understand that government must provide freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. Protect our military in harm's way, and secure their safe return to their families. Help us to appreciate the sacrifice of those who are willing to lay down their lives for their country.
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Seal our hearts in humble servitude to our fellow citizens as we dedicate ourselves to emulating the self sacrifice for the good of future generations which is the legacy of the founders and the bedrock of the American Spirit.
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We pray that you will guide our hands as we do all things in Your Name. Amen.
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Please spend some time in prayer with loved ones today exercising your unalienable right to practice your religion openly here in the United States. Remember in prayer all those living under oppression who long for the opportunity to pray openly and freely worship their God.
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May God bless you and your families. May God Bless America.
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For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, visit<br />
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www.annalittleforcongress.com or call 732-658-5461.<br />
<br />Anna C. Little, Esq. Former Highlands Borough Mayor, Former Monmouth County Freeholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257104689984570748noreply@blogger.com0