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'''Mark Block''' was the State Director of the Wisconsin chapter of [[Americans for Prosperity]], a free market advocacy group opposing proposals by U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] to reform heath care system and institute a cap and trade system to address global warming.<ref>[http://www.americansforprosperity.org/about/staff "Staff"] Americans for Prosperity website, accessed September 2009.</ref> | '''Mark Block''' was the State Director of the Wisconsin chapter of [[Americans for Prosperity]], a free market advocacy group opposing proposals by U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] to reform heath care system and institute a cap and trade system to address global warming.<ref>[http://www.americansforprosperity.org/about/staff "Staff"] Americans for Prosperity website, accessed September 2009.</ref> | ||
| − | In | + | In 2011, he served as Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign manager or "Chief Operating Officer", as his official title with the campaign states.<ref>Adele M. Stan [http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/152826/not_an_employee_herman_cain_had_mailing_and_email_addresses_at_koch's_americans_for_prosperity_hq Not an Employee? Herman Cain Had Mailing and Email Addresses at Koch's Americans For Prosperity HQ], ''Alternet'', October 21, 2011</ref> |
==Scandals== | ==Scandals== | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 26 October 2011
Mark Block was the State Director of the Wisconsin chapter of Americans for Prosperity, a free market advocacy group opposing proposals by U.S. President Barack Obama to reform heath care system and institute a cap and trade system to address global warming.[1]
In 2011, he served as Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign manager or "Chief Operating Officer", as his official title with the campaign states.[2]
Scandals
Block settled a lawsuit in 2001 accusing him of illegally coordinating a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice's re-election with an outside group. Block agreed to pay $15,000 and stay out of politics for three years.[3][4]
Related SourceWatch articles
- Americans for Prosperity - National and State staff
- Citizens for a Sound Economy
- Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
External resources
- Associated Press Long ties to Koch brothers key to Cain's campaign, published article, USAToday, October 16, 2011
- Anne Landman Consider the Source: MacIver News Service, PRWatch.org, March 15, 2011
- Adele M. Stan Not an Employee? Herman Cain Had Mailing and Email Addresses at Koch's Americans For Prosperity HQ, Alternet, October 21, 2011
- Lisa Graves A CMD Special Report: Who Are the Headliners at Koch-Funded AFP Conventions?, PRWatch.org, March 29, 2011
- Brendan Fischer Walker, Van Hollen, Prosser and Others Attended Koch-Fueled Americans for Prosperity's Tea Party Conventions, PRWatch.org, April 4, 2011
References
- ↑ "Staff" Americans for Prosperity website, accessed September 2009.
- ↑ Adele M. Stan Not an Employee? Herman Cain Had Mailing and Email Addresses at Koch's Americans For Prosperity HQ, Alternet, October 21, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press Long ties to Koch brothers key to Cain's campaign, published article, USAToday, October 16, 2011
- ↑ Anne Landman Consider the Source: MacIver News Service, PRWatch.org, March 15, 2011
