ACTION ALERT - No-Trail vs. Pro-Trail on Nov. 6

With just two days until trail voters go to the polls, TPAC believes we are still in a dead heat in most, if not all, of our key targeted White House, Senate, and House races.  Dozens of OHV clubs in various states are working hard right now to make sure their members vote for our trail candidates.  However, they need those of you who have not engaged your OHV networks to send out a personal note to your contacts urging them to go and vote PRO-TRAIL on Nov. 6.

Virtually all of TPAC’s key targeted and/or endorsed races are in battleground and/or swing states.   Our candidates continue to get pummeled by huge ad campaigns and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts funded by extreme elements of the environmental movement.    For example, left-wing activists have chartered bus-loads of protesters from the S.F Bay Area into Sacramento to try and defeat our trail champion Dan Lungren (CA –CD7).

HERE IS OUR LIST OF KEY TARGETED AND/OR ENDORSED RACES FOR ELECTION 2012

President and Vice-President of the United States

 Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan

U.S. Senate

Tom Smith (PA-Senate)
Richard Mourdock (IN-Senate)

Josh Mandel (OH-Senate)
Tommy Thompson (WI-Senate)
Dean Heller (NV - Senate)
Denny Rehberg (MT-Senate)
George Allen (VA- Senate)
Jeff Flake (AZ - Senate)
Heather Wilson (NM-Senate)
Rick Berg (ND-Senate)
 

U.S. House of Representatives

 

Andy Barr (KY CD-6)

John Koster (WA CD-1)
Dan Lungren (CA CD-7)
Chip Cravaack (MN CD-8)
Ricky Gill (CA CD-9)
Scott Tipton (CO-CD-3)

Take nothing for granted.  Fire up your computer’s email list and get on your FACEBOOK page and urge your friends and riding buddies to make sure they vote PRO-TRAIL on Nov. 6.   There are two very different political paths that face each one of us in two days.  We still have time to have a positive impact on this election.  Your effort WILL make a difference.

Stay vigilant and continue to work hard  – your FREEDOM to enjoy OHV recreation on public and private lands depends on it!

 

Don Amador, Founder

The Trail PAC
www.thetrailpac.com

 

PS - Stay tuned for more updates and/or breaking news over the next 3 days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timber, Trails, and Election 2012 - Keep OHV Off ESA List

With just four weeks left in this election cycle before Nov. 6, TPAC and trail voters are entering a critical phase in our effort to elect a pro-trail and pro-EPA reform majority to the U.S. Senate and to keep our access majority in the House. 

As you know the pro-trail majority in the House of Representatives has worked hard on our behalf.  However, the anti-access majority in the U.S. Senate has stymied efforts by pro-access Senators to hold the White House, regulators, and land-agencies accountable on issues such as Forest Service Travel Management, Presidential National Monument Designations, OHV event cost-recovery reform, EPA’s politically motivated anti-OHV regulatory agenda, and taxpayer-funded environmental lawsuits.

Several decades ago, the green lobby decided to put the timber industry out-of-business on federal lands. To successfully accomplish that goal they helped elect their candidates to Congress and the White House.  Today, the federal timber program has functionally gone extinct.

Those same groups now have painted a political target on the back of the OHV community and are using the political and judicial process to accomplish a similar goal.   Our fate does not have to be the same as federal timber operators. We have the power in this election to change the political structure in Washington D.C. 

 

Your support is already making a difference.  Our 7 targeted key Senate candidates and 5 targeted key House races know that off-roaders are supporting and defending them as they battle their League of Conservation Voters or CREDO SuperPAC-supported opponents.

 

New polling data has come in which shows the FL, OH, and Connecticut senate races have become virtual ties and are contests that TPAC should be getting into.  Remember, trail voters need a net gain of four senate seats (3 senate seats if Romney/Ryan win) to achieve our goal of electing a pro-access majority to that body.

 

This week is fish or cut bait time for trail voters in Election 2012.  TPAC and our team of political analysts will be reviewing new polling data and races nationwide this week so that our fiscal resources can be directed to campaigns where those funds will have the most impact. 

 

Federal election law allows you to donate up to $5,000 dollars to TPAC to help our effort.  Don’t sit on the sidelines in this election – it’s too important.  Don’t expect other trail voters to carry the load by themselves.  Join with us in this effort to promote and protect responsible OHV recreation on public and private lands via the electoral process.

 

DONATE $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, up to $5000 TO KEEP OHV OFF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST

http://www.thetrailpac.com/donate.html

 

 

Thanks for your continued support!

 

Don Amador, Founder

The Trail PAC
www.thetrailpac.com

 

TPAC Takes on Media Bias in Week Long Social Media Event

Just a Click (LIKE) to Save Our Trails and it's FREE

 

Dear Trail Voter,   The mainstream media is working overtime to bias the news to discourage pro-trail voters in blue and battleground states in the hope that you will give up and stay home. The Trail PAC is going to counter that with the 1st ever pro-trail social media week. This national counter offensive is called OPERATION SOARING EAGLE.   Some congressional races are won or lost by less than 50 votes or just one vote per precinct. With the election just a few weeks away, it is important for trail voters to inform their Facebook friends about our targeted races and encourage them to go to the polls on November 6 and VOTE!   TPAC knows many people are busy trying to make a living and don't have time to follow political campaigns. That is why it is important for YOU to LIKE the pro-trail candidates below so your social networks throughout the country will know about these candidates and the issues.     TPAC is not asking for any donations today. Our national counterattack is FREE. All we ask of you is to go to the following races and LIKE them. Also, feel free to share your support of the Trail PAC and these candidates with your social networks. Just those few extra votes WILL make a difference in this historic election.     ACTION ITEM: Go to all of the candidate's websites and LIKE them.  This will have a huge impact and best of all it's FREE!   Here is TPAC's list of targeted key races as of October 2, 2012   U.S. Senate   Tommy Thompson (WI-Senate) http://www.tommyforwisconsin.com/    Dean Heller (NV - Senate) http://deanheller.com/     Denny Rehberg (MT-Senate) http://dennyrehberg.com/     George Allen (VA- Senate) http://www.georgeallen.com/     Jeff Flake (AZ - Senate) http://www.jeffflake.com/     Heather Wilson (NM-Senate) http://heatherwilson.com/     Rick Berg (ND-Senate) http://www.bergfornorthdakota.com/view/       U.S. House of Representatives   John Koster (WA CD-1) http://www.kosterforcongress.com/   Koster's Facebook page link since it was harder to find on website:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Koster-for-Congress/246070079439      Dan Lungren (CA CD-7) http://www.danlungren.com/      Chip Cravaack (MN CD-8) http://chipcravaack.com/      Ricky Gill (CA CD-9) http://www.rickygill.com/     Scott Tipton (CO-CD-3) http://www.votetipton.com/   Thanks in advance for taking a few minutes to help save our trails via the election process.   Feel free to check back into these campaigns throughout the week to see how many of your friends are getting engaged.   Thanks also for your support of TPAC.   Don Amador, Founder The Trail PAC www.thetrailpac.com

TPAC's Targeted/Key Senate and House Races

Trail voters have just about 6 weeks until Election Day on November 6 where we can and will make a difference in the political arena.  TPAC wanted to give its supporters a quick update on our key targeted Senate and House races as of today.

 

All of our key races are classic examples of where you have pro-access and pro-EPA reform candidates v. candidates who champion the closure agenda of the League of Conservation Voters, Earth Justice, Earth First!, and the Sierra Club.

 

TPAC Targeted/Key Senate Endorsements

 

Dean Heller (NV – Senate)

Denny Rehberg (MT-Senate)
George Allen (VA- Senate)
Jeff Flake (AZ – Senate)
Heather Wilson (NM-Senate)
Rick Berg (ND-Senate)
Others - TBA

 

TPAC Targeted/Key House Endorsements

 

Dan Lungren (CA CD-7)

Chip Cravaack (MN CD-8)
Others – TBA
 

Also remember that TPAC has joined forces with various OHV leaders to host its ONLY formal fundraising event -Dan Lungren (CA CD-7) – between now and November 6.  It will be held on September 30 at the CAL4WD HQ in Sacramento at 6:30pm.

 Here is link to event flyer with directions

http://www.cal4wheel.com/latest-news/292-cal4-and-trailpac-team-to-support-ohv
 

This is a critically important event for OHV politics since the Lungren race is viewed by most political experts as the hottest House contest in this election.   Our event is right after his debate with Bera and we need to give Dan a warm welcome and a strong show of trail voter support.

 

Sept. 22 - SACBEE Article on Lungren Hot Race

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/22/4843618/hot-debate-set-for-a-hot-us-house.html

 

 Please make plans to carpool to this event and if you can’t make it… please send in a donation to the Lungren folks since they have set up a special online donation link for this event.

EVENT DONATION SITE

https://www.efundraisingconnections.com/c/seitchikhq/Donate.aspx?PageID=120930

Please RSVP to Lindsey Seitchik/Lungren Campaign if you are coming – Lindsey@setichikHQ.com

 Also, RSVP to Don Amador at TPAC -  info@thetrailpac.com

PLEASE RSVP TO BONNIE STEELE AT CAL4WD HQ so she can plan on number for seats, refreshments, etc.   Bonnie is the CAL4 office administrator who is in charge of getting the facility ready for the event.

 Contact Bonnie at: ca4wdc@cal4wheel.com

Thanks again for your continued support.  TPAC has received a number of calls from candidates who value our active support and appreciate our efforts to publicly defend them from the Big Green political attack machine.  TPAC is the only pro-recreation PAC out there that has taken on that important role at the national level.

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