[Addendum, the text and vote for the first resolution on McArdle.] I have arrived at the meeting and have been let in. Meeting came to order at 8:03. Vinson, Lam, McGee, Nanna and his alternate were absent. The Committee voted to go into executive session, with the Special Investigatory Committee and Mr. Hall. At 8:45, they are still in Executive…
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The P Transaction Accounting software is seldom the stuff of political machinations. Accounting and programming can be dry-as-dust topics. The P Transaction was different. Through the P Transaction, Perry Willis and the Browne Campaign cost the Party tens of thousands of dollars, enhanced Willis’s salary, and selectively increased the 1998 and 2000 delegate counts of pro-Browne states. How could an…
Relations with State Parties Libertarian State Parties provide a substantial part of the volunteer and other support for Presidential Campaigns. The Browne Campaign’s treatment of state Party relationships in 1996-2000 does not appear to provide a positive model for future Libertarian campaigns. Between the National Convention and Labor Day, relations between Browne and the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party went badly downhill.…
Chapter Five 1996-The General Election The Nominee Campaigns Browne captured the nomination. What did he do with it? The biggest number associated with the campaign remains the fanciful assertion that the Browne campaign effort spent $3.5 million dollars in 1996. This claim was made by Harry Browne in LibertyWire, an electronic newsletter for his supporters, in an issue dated “a…
Notice of Special LNC E-Meeting to Hear and Consider Investigatory Committee Report, June 9, 2025 at 8:00pm Eastern Party Notifications, Uncategorized Following is the meeting call by Chair Nekhaila: “The Special Investigatory Committee appointed by the Libertarian National Committee has completed its work and is prepared to present its final report for the Committee’s consideration. Accordingly, I am calling a special…
As written in 2000-2002 Similar questions may also be raised about the $3333 that the LNC presented as a gift in kind to the Browne campaign. Who was at fault? Once again, blame must go in the first instance to National Committee Treasurer Butler and National Committee Chair Dasbach. Unlike the loan, the gift in kind was not disclosed on…
As written in 2001 The terms, conditions and rates under which Browne rented the LNC membership mailing list raise very serious questions about the conduct of the National Party. I have spoken to a series of Libertarians who have rented or proposed to rent lists, including 1995 supporters of an aborted Presidential campaign, two of our other Presidential candidates, and…
The Libertarian National Committee Directly Funded Harry Browne’s 1996 Nominating Campaign Prior to the nominating convention, LNC, Inc. directly funded Browne’s nominating campaign via loans and a direct cash subsidy. The loans were for $11,185.01. The direct subsidy was for $3,333. The loans were publicly revealed, but are not remarked upon by the LNC in its published Minutes. The subsidy…
How is it that in 1996 that vendors also received large-scale payments via staffers, as Bergland claimed? Did the 1996 campaign outspend the 2000 campaign by, say, $200,000 and not $100,000? At some point it becomes difficult to explain how the smaller 1996 campaign could have outspent the 2000 campaign by so much, particularly when the 1996 spending was for…
Browne did try to work the radio-talk-show circuit. However, the demographics of radio talk shows are not optimal for a Libertarian. Talk radio listeners are often older, politically active, but already committed to another political party. Hosts may convert to the Libertarian Party. What about their listeners? Many listeners who are not committed to another party are extreme conservatives, who…