New Taxpayer Group Opens in NC

RALEIGH — A national taxpayer advocacy organization based in Washington opened its third state chapter Tuesday in North Carolina. The Americans for Prosperity Foundation, which will develop grassroots activism promoting limited government and individual freedom, established other chapters in Texas and Kansas. “Americans for Prosperity will fight to end the out-of-control growth of big government programs,” former state Rep. Carolyn Russell, NC co-chairman of AFPF, said at a press conference. “When I was a legislator, I introduced the taxpayer protection bill of 1997 that limits the state spending to the growth in the economy. That safety net would have prevented North Carolina from the deficit it now faces.”