Alexanders

We Made the Move! – Jean & Neil Alexander

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 26, 2004
[Sent to local media in southern Oregon]

SUBJECT: Josephine County Family Leaves for Liberty

Contact: Jean or Neil Alexander
Email: jalexander@freestateproject.org or nalexander@freestateproject.org
Phone: 541.218.2141 or 408.499.7778
Website: www.freestateproject.org

The Alexanders, a family of five from Selma, are leaving Oregon. They're not seeking work, to be closer to family, or looking for better weather. The Alexanders are leaving for liberty.

Originally drawn to Southern Oregon by the spirit of the "State of Jefferson", the Alexanders are looking for a somewhat more concrete version of that spirit of liberty. Neil Alexander states,"Let's face it, Oregon has very high taxation, and it never seems to be enough. The urban centers of Portland and Eugene overwhelm the politics of the rest of the state, frequently passing laws about subjects they don't understand. Why should that be allowed?"

Jean and Neil Alexander, along with more than 6,000 other people across the country, are participants in the Free State Project ("FSP"). FSP's mission is to coordinate the migration of thousands of libertarian activists to New Hampshire. Once there, they will work to create a pro-liberty culture within the political system to reduce the size and scope of government.

New Hampshire was chosen in 2003 by a vote of FSP participants, who call themselves "porcupines" - an animal that bothers no one, but has quills for its own defense. Oregon was not among the finalists, which included several Western states including Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska.

"Nationally, libertarians are thinly spread and therefore rarely get any real representation", says Jean Alexander. "This last presidential election showed that the two major parties continue to dominate politics and both are leading us to bigger and bigger government. I'd like to see a state, any state, show up as something other than red or blue on the national election maps."

The success of the FSP would likely entail reductions in burdensome taxation and intrusive regulation; reforms in state and local law; an end to federal mandates, and a restoration of Constitutional Federalism. Demonstrating the benefits of liberty to the rest of the nation (and the world) is the goal of the FSP.

Citing an historical analogy particularly apt to Oregonians, Neil says, "I like to think of our departure as the beginning of the 2nd Oregon Trail. 160 years ago, people from all over the United States used the Oregon Trail to gain opportunity and freedom. That migration was from East to West. The famous quote should now say, 'Go East, young man.'"

For more information on the Free State Project contact:

Amanda Phillips, President
Email: aphillips@freestateproject.org
Phone: 617-763-1996
Website: www.freestateproject.org

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FSP Mid-Atlantic Local Group

Welcome to the Mid-Atlantic Group page!

Please join us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mid-atlantic_fsp/ for up-to-the-minute updates on Mid-Atlantic happenings! Here you can access the monthly meeting calendar, join our discussions, and learn how you can help us in local activism opportunities and projects, large and small, that will help us get to the 20,000 mark.

For those of you who cannot make it to our meetings, please let us know to help you start a meeting in your local area. Please feel free to contact us for help or questions. Thanks!

Phil Denisch pdenisch@freestateproject.org

Lynn Pina nhjobs@freestateproject.org

Rich Goldman rich1@umbc.edu

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"Trading Links" Program

The Trading Links program was set up to encourage communication between the Free State Project and other freedom groups with the ultimate goal of increasing our membership. Note: The FSP does not necessarily agree or disagree with the ideals and policies of the organizations that we trade links with nor do we endorse them.

There are many pro-freedom organizations, and most have websites. They want us to know about them, and we want them to know about us. If we expect them to take the time to look at our site, then we must take the time to look at their site. We can take the initiative to make this happen.

Based on how much time you have, commit yourself to the discipline of spending a few minutes each day visiting websites that we have traded links with. You do not have to have an interest in what they do. Many of these websites will have a guest register and/or a "contact us" button. Let them know who you are and that you are an FSP member. Ask that their webmaster or leadership to advise their membership to come visit our FSP site so that we might work together in bringing freedom back to our country. If you join their organization or purchase products or services that would also be a good time to invite their membership to come see who we are. Always be courteous, warm and personal when asking their leadership to have their membership come visit us. Just how might this Trading Links program play out?

As of this writing our membership is right at 6,000. If each one of us takes the time to peruse each site, that would be 6,000 hits and messages from FSP members to each site. This would be overwhelming interest to many of these sites and their leadership would feel obligated to advise their members to come visit our site. As we will be adding new links from time to time, it would behoove you to peruse the links every few weeks so that you can visit the new ones. We will be trading links with those organizations that appear to have members who would have an interest in a free state. We will not add links just for the sake of adding links so that you can have confidence that your work will produce results. If you know of an organization that you feel would be good for the FSP to trade links with, please contact our webmaster.

Sites that wish to link to us, can choose from a variety of FSP banners.

Below are some sample messages that the FSP members can leave on the linked websites:

I just perused your website and noticed your stance on ________. This impressed me greatly and it is good to know that there are patriots out there like you. I am a member of the Free State Project and we cordially invite you to find out who we are and what we are all about. Please ask your webmaster or leadership to accept our invitation for your members to come visit us at www.freestateproject.org or via our link on your website.

Most Appreciatively,
Farley Freedom
Hi, just finished reading your website and am so encouraged to know that the freedom movement has folks like you on board. I am a member of the Free State Project and our leadership has asked us to communicate with you so that we can know more about each other and perhaps work together to bring our country back to being a constitutional republic. Please feel free to ask your members to come visit us at www.freestate project.org or through the link we have on your site.

Live free or Die,
Lee Anne Liberty
Hello,

I am a member of the Free State Project and I wanted to let you know how impressed I was with your work on ________. Our country is in dire need of the ideals that your organization puts forth. Please do ask your leadership to invite your members to come visit us and I think you will find that we also have some answers to the problems our country faces. You can contact us at www.freestateproject.org or through our link on your website. Keep up the good work.

Sincerely,
Farley Freedom