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June 11, 2012 7:15 PM
Dear Members and Friends,
The last seven days have been very hectic as we focused our efforts on the NJ Republican Primary. (Only the Delaware Primary remains.)
We were very fortunate to be on the winning side of four out of five contested primary races. (See press release below.)
Former Highlands Mayor, Anna Little (NJ-6), won her primary in a 70-30 landslide--picking up more votes than she did in her 2010 84-vote primary victory over Diane Gooch. PAC President Don Adams traveled to Highlands, NJ to represent the PAC at her victory party.
(Anna was finally able to give a victory speech--having been deprived of the opportunity to do so in 2010 due to the narrow margin of victory and the potential of a recount.)
In another important PAC contest, Dave Larsen (NJ-7) lost to entrenched incumbent Leonard Lance 60-40. It was the closest Republican primary of the night.
PAC Vice President, Bill Green, traveled to Laren Headquarters to represent the PAC in this important district. (Newly installed Board Delegate, Bill Miller, was also on hand as he had been heavily involved in the campaign.)
No matter how you look at it, Dave ran a formidable campaign--winning Morris County and doing well in other areas--including the one we worked--the suburbs of Lambertville. We thank all who volunteered for either the Lambertville lit drop or phone bank, including Dave Summers, Carol Reign, Teri Adams, Joe Slowinski, John Peteraf, Bill Green, Carol Klein, Lin DeCesare, Keith Brown, Kacey Brown, and last, but not least, Stephanie Lieberman. We also congratulate our other endorsed candidates: Governor Mitt Romney, Senator Joe Kyrillos, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4)--(all three won contested primaries); Congressman Jon Runyan (NJ-3), Greg Horton (NJ-1), and Eric Beck (NJ-12)--(all three ran unopposed).
As for the Friday evening Romney Rally at the Valley Forge Casino, we were shut down and forced out. We estimate that 15-20 folks (not a bad showing for a last minute Friday night rally) never made it very far from their cars as Gaming Security Officers moved quickly (in the parking lot) to make sure that Romney supporters, who showed up to counter Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's appearance on behalf of Obama, did not have a chance to get organized. They forced us to leave the premises immediately. (BTW, we had no intention of actually entering the casino and we would have happily moved to the sidewalk.) Despite the fact that the protest never got underway, some Romny supporters were threatened with arrest -- apparently, they did not move out of the parking lot quick enough -- having stopped to engage in conversation. Do you think Security Officers would have treated Occupy this way? While the "Officers" made it a point to say that we were on private property and that the Tea Party was a political party (which it is not), we countered that the casino is open to the public (public access laws) and that the casino management was hosting an event with the Democrat Party (the oldest political party in the Western hemisphere). Clearly, the security forces were ordered to stop us from exercising our First Amendment rights to assemble and speak. This time, they succeeded. Round 2, no matter where the location, will be different. I guarantee it. On behalf of the PAC Board of Delegates, Don Adams | 
