I seem to have been a bit late and missed the meeting.
Posts published in October 2026
How the LNC spent its money in September We supported a candidate. Laurie for Liberty, in Indiana, was sent $10,000. Paychex was sent: $24892 for salaries $ 9573 for 401K, Admin, and payroll tax $ 406 for service fees We also paid $2571 for Health Insurance. $959 to CIMA for prepaid incurance. We did fundraising: $1081 to the Miles Press…
Lose more money? There was a failure to respond to the change in income. The former and current Treasurers failed to respond when budget expectations were not being met. The convention was the old board, and it lost several hundred thousand. I need to go back and listen to a recording of the meeting where Pat Ford spoke, once I…
Meeting comes to order at 8PM exactly. 49 people are present. There are public comments. The arguments for and against adopting the SIC report have been heard before, many times. Martin objects to adopting the agenda. There is a roll-call vote to adopt. Shaw and Martin vote against. Vote is 16-2. Agenda is adopted. Knebel moves to appoint Rich Bowen…
The Special Investigatory Committee has filed its report. It is available as a link. The report is 34 pages single-spaced of type. It goes on in vast detail about prior actions of LNC Regional Representative Martin. Of particular note is that the relevant Regional formation agreement authorized the LNC to remove Martin subject to an appeal to the Region’s Chairs,…
Readers may recall an event in Grand Rapids in which a delegate to the national convention was alleged to have struck another delegate. The delegate alleged to have made the attack was later seen being led off in handcuffs by local peace officers. A trial was scheduled for October 8. By report, a judge was selected, the witnesses were there,…
LPUS Sustaining Membership fell from 8948 to 8891 over the past month, a decrease of 57 members or 0.64%.A mailing to lapsed members recently has been performed to improve the situation. Typos corrected in the numbers.
On October 1, 2026, the Libertarian National Committee filed suit against Angela McArdle and Austin Padgett. Damages of a quarter million to a million were proposed. There is an extensive list of specific issues, of which Freedom calls, a Rally, and a fundraising contract were mentioned.