From Dave Nalle:

I'm very pleased to announce my appointment as Texas State Director for the Gary Johnson for President campaign. With the help of State Finance Director Charles Lupton I'll be working with the national campaign to raise awareness of Governor Johnson's principles and platforms as we move forward towards the Texas GOP primary in March.

No state has a greater love for individualism and liberty than Texas does and Gary Johnson's vision of a smaller and less intrusive federal government which respects state and individual rights is just what most Texas Republicans want to hear. We've had enough of a government which is constantly meddling in our wallets and our bedrooms and our businesses.

For our nation to recover from the disastrous policies of the Obama administration we need real leadership with a proven record. In two terms as Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson vetoed over 750 bills, cut state budgets, created impressive job growth and found sensible solutions to serious problems facing his state. We need the same kind of pragmatic and proactive leadership in Washington to get our government under control and back on track. Gary will bring us balanced budgets now, not 20 years down the road, with immediate budget cuts and lower taxes to spur job creation. Gary has a realistic plan to reduce the size and cost of government by 42% if we just stop spending, stop borrowing and stop printing money we don't have.

Gary has the experience, the skills and the ideas we need in a president, but he needs our help. The media is trying to pick the candidates. They're keeping Gary out of the debates and focusing on big government and big spending candidates like Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. Their Republican Party of crony capitalism and endless bailouts for special interests cannot be the future of our party if we are to preserve our republic and our liberty. We need to be more than just voters. We need to become citizen activists.

Gary is running a true grassroots campaign. It will only succeed with your effort and your support. We need volunteers here in Texas to work on getting Gary on the ballot and to coordinate local efforts all around the state. If you're interested in volunteering, please send me an email at dave@fontcraft.com. All are welcome. Gary's ideas appeal across the political spectrum because we're all waking up to the fact that government has become our master and not our servant. We'll welcome Republicans, Democrats, Independents and Libertarians who are ready to take back our nation and restore our liberty.

If you have more money than you have time, the campaign needs all the financial help it can get as we start things up here in Texas and to make a real mark in the early primaries. Anything you can give will help at http://www.garyjohnson2012.com. We want Texas to lead in fundraising just like we lead in our love of liberty.

We're also sponsoring Hangout events in September and October where groups of supporters can get together at a home or in a coffee shop or anywhere else to talk with Gary live by teleconference.

I hope you'll also keep in touch through social media. A great start for that is joining our Facebook page.

Times may be grim, but I see hope glimmering on the horizon. With your help and a candidate like Gary Johnson we will see a new day dawn for liberty and a restoration of true government for the people in 2012.

Please don't hesitate to contact me by email or phone 512-656-8011, and expect to hear more good news as the campaign progresses.