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YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THE
POLITICAL PROCESS - LIKE IT OR NOT!

NOW YOU CAN HELP ELECT CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORT OUR INDUSTRY.

As a businessperson and a taxpayer your voice matters, and you can influence the policies that affect us. The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's ROCKPAC political action committee strives to represent our industry at every occasion.

"Our company's employees have long-supported ROCKPAC. They
recognize the value that it brings through its work to elect candidates who
agree with the aggregates industry's agenda."
- Mac Badgett, Vulcan Materials Company

A PART OF YOUR SUCCESS

On a bipartisan basis, ROCKPAC supports pro-aggregates, pro-transportation, pro-business candidates. While this process tends to favor incumbent members of Congress, ROCKPAC finds worthy candidates by studying their voting records and stated positions on the issues. NSSGA members play a significant role in bringing these candidates to our attention.

"ROCKPAC multiplies the power of my donations to candidates, opening
doors for our company and industry."
- Steve Sloan, Midwest Minerals, Inc.

WHAT HAS ROCKPAC DONE?

  • ROCKPAC contributed to a total of 234 candidates for Congress in 2008 who appeared on the ballot Election Day, up from 228 just two years earlier.
  • ROCKPAC supported the winning candidates in a vast majority of these races that it participated in, scoring an 87 percent success rate in a volatile election year.
  • Out of the 234 candidates ROCKPAC supported, 203 of them were victorious.
  • ROCKPAC contributed $755,500 during the 2007-2008 election cycle (beginning January 1, 2007), an increase of over $118,000 and nearly 20 percent from two years before.
  • For the 16-year period covering the election cycles of 1994 through 2008, ROCKPAC increased the amount of money contributed by 984 percent.

"ROCKPAC provides the means that helps to influence our
representatives in Washington to ensure the sustainability of our company and our
industry."
- Don Eshleman, Oldcastle Materials, Inc.

ROCKPAC CANDIDATE CONTRIBUTION PRINCIPLES

The following principles serve as guidance in determining recipients of ROCKPAC contributions, the event or location at which the contribution will be made, and how much will be committed to the campaign.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

  • No contributions in contested primaries or out-of-cycle races.

  • No contributions to both sides of a race.

  • ROCKPAC donors deliver contributions to candidates in their home states or districts and NSSGA staff attends Washington, DC events based upon those contributions. This doubles the impact of every contribution made.

    • SPECIFIC CRITERIA

    • NSSGA Legislative Vote Scorecard (where there is no federal record refer to state record if it exists.)

    • Recommendations from NSSGA members.

    • Membership on committees of jurisdiction over issues of importance to the aggregates industry.

    • Competitiveness of race.

    • To develop, maintain and enhance relationships beneficial to the aggregates industry.

    • State Executive input.

    • Congressional leadership posts.

    "ROCKPAC gets our message heard loud and clear - without it, we're
    relegated to the sidelines."
    - Bill Schneider, Knife River Corporation

    WHY ROCKPAC?
    Because…

    • ROCKPAC equals strength in numbers.
    • ROCKPAC is an investment in efforts to grow the federal highway program.
    • ROCKPAC works to send people to Congress who represent our industry's views.
    • ROCKPAC backed, and continues to work with, those elected officials who helped enact tax relief measures earlier this decade that benefit the business community.
    • ROCKPAC supports those candidates and legislators who oppose big labor's "card check" scheme that would take away workers' rights to a secret ballot in union organizing elections.
    • ROCKPAC supported elected officials who successfully abolished (previously considered impossible) the estate tax, also known as the death tax.
    • ROCKPAC supports those candidates and elected officials who recognize sensible, scientifically-based safety and environmental laws and regulations.





    ROCKPAC Trustees

      Chairman
        Paul C. Mellott, Jr.; Mellott Company
      Vice Chairman
        John F. Steele, Jr.; Hilltop Basic Resources, Inc.
      Treasurer
        Jennifer Joy Wilson; NSSGA
      Trustees
        Richard Blake; Mellott Company
        Anne Cramer; Casper Stolle Quarry & Contracting Co.
        Paul I. Detwiler, III; New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.
        Gerard V. Geraghty; Rogers Group, Inc.
        Jeffrey V. Goodman; Hedrick Industries
        John Hay; Oldcastle Materials, Inc.
        Louis A. Griesemer; Springfield Underground, Inc.
        Cliff Kirkmyer; CEMEX
        Randy Kremer; Granite Construction, Inc.
        Kenneth D. MacLean; Lafarge
        Rodney Marchand; ORICA USA Inc.
        Rod Martin; Martin Stone Quarries, Inc.
        Joe Schlabach; Deister Machine Company, Inc.
        Steve Sloan; Midwest Materials
        Kim W. Snyder; Eastern Industries, Inc.
        David P. True; Austin Powder Co.
        Bruce A. Vaio; Martin Marietta Materials





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