Those of you who want to read the whole thing immediately can find Funding Liberty for sale for cheap on 3mpub.com. Browne’s Illicit Payment Procured Him the Nomination In the usual script for a political confession, the politician doing the confessing says that while he did break the rules, his actions really didn’t matter: If he had obeyed the rules…
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We are told that the full text of the Leaked Report will be available in a day or so.
Willis is imprecise as to whether or not Browne’s money influenced his decision to break the Libertarian Party’s rules. He claims on page 11 of his memo “Most of what I did for the Browne campaign I did for free. When I first decided to disobey the policy I figured ‘If I’m going to disobey the policy I might as well…
The suggestion was made that we might focus less on the people, and more on analysis since these events were a quarter-century ago. The answer is that some of the same people are here today A Surprise Confession Three weeks after the Invoice was disclosed to the LNC, Perry Willis published a response to Famularo’s revelation. Most Americans know how…
Recent events are reminiscent of events in the period 1994-2004. History does not repeat, but there can be variations on a theme. We return now to the turn of the millennium, and LNC funding. The original Project Archimedes (hint: it failed) will by and by be seen. We appear to be recycling the old plans. I plan daily posts. Readers…
The LNC Chair has ruled as requested by the LNC Secretary on three motions that LNC Member Adrian Malagon put on the agenda for the May in-person LNC Meeting. The Chair ruled that the three Malagon motions were out of order. Dear Colleagues, I have been asked to review the three motions recently noticed, in accordance with Robert’s Rules of…
Third Party Watch is not in possession of the full report on the situation of the Libertarian Party. We have, however, been sent sections that we believe are authentic, which we will reprint and update here. Fresh updates will appear at the top of the Report section. Addendum We are advised by an extremely reliable source that the claim that…
In a letter sent today, LNC National Chair Steven Nekhaila warned that the LNC was in imminent danger of full collapse. He did this after reporting that a confidential operational report on the LNC had been leaked by a board member (though not to us). His description of the state of the LNC was “We are an organization in dysfunction.…
IndependentPoliticalReport.com reports that former Libertarian National Committee members have urged the LNC to take more vigorous action with respect to former National Chair Angela McArdle. McArdle resigned in January, claiming that she had a new opportunity that would be incompatible with her remaining as National Chair. Former LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark has now unveiled an open letter to the LNC.…
From statements by Mr. Redpath and Ms. Yeniscavitch: For March, LNC revenues were just short of $70,000, including $45,500 of general income, and $24,000 from the Kennedy Victory Fund. Expenses for March were just under $50,000. By comparison, general income for February came to $52,538; the corresponding operating expenses were $81,110. Unrestricted cash in LNC accounts now totals $204,000. $25,000…