For April, the LNC had $314,323 cash on hand at the beginning of its reporting period, had $336,204 in cash on hand at the end of the period, and ended the period with $74,135 in debts. The LNC reported $18,709 in itemized contributions and $35,665 in unitemized contributions, for a total of $54,375 in contributions. The LNC also received $14,244…
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With that caveat, what can we say about the 1996 Browne Campaign? The link to the prior Chapters is the Willis Invoice. At some point in 1995 or early 1996, Willis entered into the ‘February Contract’, nominally with Dean, Spear & Associates. The Dean in question is Jack Dean, a regular supplier of Internet services to some Libertarian campaigns and…
Chapter Four Pursuit of the Nomination Browne’s Opponents Speak We now reach 1996. The machinations of the Browne campaign remain underground, largely out of sight of loyal Libertarians across America. Until the revelations of 2001, only a select few suspected that matters were not quite as open and above board as they appeared. Among those select few were staffers and…
Third Quarter 1995 For July-September the campaign raised $171,000, an increase of more than 20% over the previous quarter. The campaign spent a shade under $174,000. Disbursements to individuals, including consulting fees and reimbursements, included Michael Cloud $16,515 Sharon Ayres $14,074 Autumn Wilson $9,730 Stuart Reges $8,315 Harry Browne $6,443 (repayment of loan) Lisa Paley $6,294 Robert Martin III $4,870…
Chapter Three Browne’s 1994-1995 Campaign Finances Chapter One described the Willis Invoice, Willis’s surprising response, and evidence that Browne knew and approved of Willis’s conduct. The Invoice was itself unremarkable, being simply a billing for routine fundraising efforts. Only in context is the Willis Invoice staggering. The context appeared in Chapter Two, where I described machinations involving Perry Willis, Bill…
December 1995: The LNC Acts The December National Committee Meeting resumed its consideration of conflict of interest issues. LNC Treasurer Hugh Butler proposed a resolution: “Whereas, the LNC is aware that LP headquarters employees have accepted outside consulting work, and, in as much as the LNC deplores conflicts of interest within the Party, Therefore be it resolved that consulting work…
With permission of Mike Shaner, who heroically obtained the report and posted it on his substack, https://theseditionpapers.substack.com/p/full-lnc-report-from-strategists we publish here the text of the report as leaked, allegedly by a member of the LNC. Please reward Mike Shaner for his diligence in distributing the document by visiting his site. Full LNC Report From Strategists Inc Mr. Steven Nekhaila Board Chair…
We infer that they keep finding more issues. The memo as forwarded to us reads
In short, Project Archimedes is a myth. For more detail, I provide below Chapter 9 of my book Funding Liberty, available from Third Millennium (3mpub.com), slightly edited so the time perspective is from 2025, not 2003: Chapter Nine Project Archimedes The ancient philosopher Archimedes is said to have written ‘give me a long enough lever, and a place to rest…
December 1995: The LNC Acts The December National Committee Meeting resumed its consideration of conflict of interest issues. LNC Treasurer Hugh Butler proposed a resolution: “Whereas, the LNC is aware that LP headquarters employees have accepted outside consulting work, and, in as much as the LNC deplores conflicts of interest within the Party, Therefore be it resolved that consulting work…