Americans For Prosperity Taps Rohrer — Sam Rohrer, the man who Michele Bachmann says inspired her to run for office has been picked by Americans For Prosperity as its Pennsylvania Director.
The quiet, gentlemanly Berks County man represented the 128th District in the Pennsylvania House as a Republican from 1993 until last year when he chose not to seek re-election to pursue a run for governor.
During his tenure he was one of the loudest voices warning of the looming train wreck regarding the financing of state pensions. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment was authoring the the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program which he describes as the most successful school choice program in the country.
Despite being GOP chairman of the House Finance Committee, Rohrer was never close to party leaders and never warmed up to the Tom Corbett who beat him in the gubernatorial primary and would eventually win the office.
This story from the primary campaign sums up where Rohrer stands on things.
Americans For Prosperity describes itself as a grassroots movement of over 1.6 million activists nationwide who advocate and promote limited government, lower taxes, and more freedom.
Rohrer certainly fits that bill.
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