Mark Block
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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.[1]
In October, 2011, he served as Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign chief of staff.[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
