We have been in receipt of a message said to be from LPNH Chair Weir. We sent emails to LNC members, asking for comment. We indeed received one response, correcting one minor detail in the report, but confirming its reality. The message from Ben Weir reads: “Make no mistake: any member of the LNC who votes in favor of this…
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Browne’s Fall Campaign For the third quarter, FEC reports show that William Winter was paid $1142, again for consulting and reimbursement for office supplies, in three not-quite-uniform monthly payments. Willis was not paid by Browne in the third quarter. For the fourth quarter, FEC filings show that Bill Winter was paid $688 for “consulting and reimbursement for office supplies”. On…
2025 Comment: Don’t worry, it gets worse. Finally, keep your eye on the above list of names. It may be [decades] later, and a few of the people are less visible, but many of the same people are still active in the Party. … In the third quarter of 1995 Willis was not paid at all by the Browne campaign.…
As written in the early noughts: My sources with old issues of Mass Liberty, the Libertarian Association of Massachusetts newsletter, quote from ‘An Interview with Harry Browne’ published in the June, 1995 issue: “As far as money is concerned, I don’t know how much we’ll raise, but we are aiming at 50 million dollars… We have a lot of avenues…
Dasbach’s interpretation is astonishing. The Policy Manual provided a blanket ban on ‘support’ with absolutely no qualification as to whether the support consisted of material goods or intangible services, whether it was donated or paid for, or whether or not it was reciprocated by the campaign. The claim that ‘support’ ceases to be ‘support’ if the supporter calls himself a…
We now reach substantive content. We quote from the report: Members and donors vote with their wallets. Either those wallets are open or closed to support appeals from the organization. These wallet votes have spoken loudly for the past few years, and it has not been a ringing endorsement. Only a change in the board’s collective vision and behavior can…
Chapters are from my book Funding Liberty, available from Third Millennium 3mpub.com. (A few days ago, their money handler indicated that they are closing, so they are in the middle of switching to a new contractor. Momentarily, email me phillies@4liberty.com if you want a copy of the PDF of the entire volume.) Ahmad further noted that there was a…
I continue to reprint segments of my book Funding Liberty, available at https://3mpub.com/phillies/Politics.html. After all, if the LNC actually revives sections of the 1994-2004 political era, for example Project Archimedes, it is worthwhile to consider how that turned out last time. The last paragraph of today’s entry may sound particularly familiar to those aware of the current day situations: Funding…
Greetings All, I am giving notice for the following Policy Manual amendments (9 in total, please see the attached PDF). Please note they have gone through extensive revisions, which is why they have the full endorsement of the LNC Chair, ExD, EPCC, SIC and Debbie Mason. These are all pretty straight forward, but if anyone has any questions or concerns…
Mike Shaner has posted the full Strategists report to the LNC. You can read it at https://theseditionpapers.substack.com/p/full-lnc-report-from-strategists Please reward him for his diligence in distributing the document by going there to read it. Of immediate interest are quotes “the model in which the chair functioned as both board leader and de facto CEO” and “If the current board can choose…