The State Board did allow supplemental election of ‘Associate’ members at biennial State Conventions. These elections were beauty contests. In 1998, following the state convention the Party state newsletter Mass Liberty listed addresses for 29 core party activists, ranging from the State Chair and Regional Chairs through to board members. Of these, 18 lived in Suffolk (Boston) or Middlesex (largely…
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As reported on Jake Porter’s substack jakeporter.substack.com. The substack is donor-supported; consider going there and subscribing. Other Items The report also found: McArdle hired a neighbor on behalf of the party A website contract didn’t benefit the party and there are some potential conflicts surrounding it The committee investigated possible conflicts of interest regarding board member Pat Ford and McArdle for establishing…
LAMA Breathes Its Last What I had not anticipated when I left the LPMAPAC Board was that eastern Massachusetts activists would use their joint control of the LAMA and LPMAPAC Boards to destroy LAMA—the long-term LPUS affiliate— under the guise of a merger. The eastern group announced that they were going to merge the two organizations. The presentation of the…
As reported on Jake Porter’s substack jakeporter.substack.com. His substack is donor-supported; consider going there and subscribing. Jake Porter wrote: Swing Vote Strategist LLC-What the Report Found McArdle misled board member, Kathy Yeniscavich after I revealed payments from the party’s joint fundraiser with RFK Jr. were going to an address associated with McArdle. Background On 07/11/2024, the Executive Committee voted to…
From my book Funding Liberty LAMA used the clever approach to disaffiliation, namely changing the rules so that the PVLA was no longer eligible to be an affiliate. Quoting from my book Funding Liberty: “At the start of 2000, the Libertarian Association of Massachusetts Board, which was also controlled by the eastern group, changed its by-laws. They added a new…
As reported on Jake Porter’s substack jakeporter.substack.com. His substack is donor-supported; consider going there and subscribing. How much money did Freedom Calls, LLC raise for the party? The report claims that Freedom Calls LLC was paid $49,600 by the LP but only managed to raise somewhere between $0 and $2,468.57. McArdle Used Party Resources to Help Mises Caucus The following…
We quote from a public statement by Libertarian Party member Dave Canny: Following the killing of a U.S. citizen by ICE agents in Minnesota, and the immediate defense of those actions, while openly attacking the victim as well as our 2A rights, by the President and senior administration officials, I ask LPMI members to seriously consider what is being defended…
Coordination between campaigns was rather limited. As it turned out, none of the Libertarians who had volunteered to run for state legislature were in my Congressional District, so I was unable to share petitioners. The statewide slate did no advertising on Worcester-area (my Congressional district) media outlets, under the pretext that they advertised on Boston outlets that could be heard…
As reported on Jake Porter’s substack jakeporter.substack.com. The substack is donor-supported; consider going there and subscribing. Libertarian National Committee: Former Party Chair Angela McArdle Misused Donor Funds to Pay Domestic Partner 94-page report details how McArdle misled the board on conflicts of interest involving her domestic partner who received $114,000 from party contracts since August 2023. JAKE PORTER By Gage…
The level of disagreement over immigration enforcement continues to escalate. Readers of a certain age will recall photographic coverage of the war in Vietnam, and a few images the focused people’s minds. We perhaps now, for better or worse, have a modern equivalent. In case the above was unclear, the below may get the message across: We read complaints that…