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LNC March Finances, Extracted from the Meeting Minutes

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…

LNC Meeting – 4/6/2025

Meeting comes to order. Public comment: Mark Hinkle, Former national chair. Lobbying Congress inactive. Didn’t rent it when inactive for two years.  Price has allegedly declined from $850,000 to $650,000.  Unbelievable.  Please keep the David F Nolan Building. Fishman: I rise to address the building issue.  The LNC cannot profit from the building; against the law. Money in the building…

Interesting LNC Agenda Item

Our attention has been drawn to an agenda item for the April 6, 2025 LNC meeting, namely from a post by National Chair Nekhaila: “Appoint Alexandre Pierre Crevaux as the LNC’s official IALP (International Alliance if Libertarian Parties) liaison.” Our attention was also drawn to an interesting exchange between the now-National-Chair Nekhaila and the Federal Election Commission with respect to…

LNC Finances Are Challenging

LNC Treasurer Redpath submitted his end-of-February Financial Report. Of particular note: “It is my understanding now that [Editor: the Kennedy Victory Fund] will be running out in the next two or three months.” Redpath’s report indicates: Cash was at $244,723, while various liabilities summed to $126,136. Year-to-Date Total Revenue is $201,523, below the budgeted amount of $240,000. Of that, $117,089…

LNC To Consider Important Business

From the latest information on the agenda for this Sunday’s meeting: The Special Investigatory Committee will report on work conducted so far. Financial review w/ Treasurer Update on KVF, 5-10 minutes Update on building funds records Authorization of up to $16,000 for HQ roof repairs.  Appoint Alexandre Pierre Crevaux as the LNC’s official IALP (International Alliance of Libertarian Parties) liaison.  [Editor:…

Mises Keeps Control of LNC’s Massachusetts Affiliate

So our sources report. However, the new Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts Officers, as elected at their state convention, are: Chair- Sean Kennedy Vice Chair – James Parent Secretary – Kimberly Sullivan Treasurer – Matthew Gorham At Large Aaron Morse Al Ozonoff Tom Eddlem Jason Brand Ryan Sullivan George Caleb ULMA also amended their bylaws, adding new articles including material on…

National Libertarian Party Membership Continues Fall

With a tip of the hat to Hannah Kennedy, who reports that a series of anomalies in the membership records have been fixed. Membership is down nearly 200 in a month, and down nearly 1900 in six months. Feb-2025 10,177 Jan-2025 10,367 Dec-2024 10,569 Nov-2024 11,731 Oct-2024 11,679 Sep-2024 11,461 Aug-2024 12,061

Where Your Money Went — LNC February 2025

Income There were a half-dozen maximum donations of $41,300. Transfers from State Parties and PACs came to $709,659, including $9711 from the Libertarian Unity PAC and $35,218 from the Mises PAC. Transfer from the Kennedy Victory fund itself came to $242,660. Outgo Contribution refunds to state parties came to $254,196. Bank charges were $14,158, including $11,400 in credit card payments.…

Angela McArdle’s Golden Parachute

Under pall of suspicion, resigned LP Chair McArdle lands in Trump administration An extended article from Daniel Donnelly and his substack, https://danieldonnellylibertarian.substack.com/p/golden-parachute reprinted with our thanks by permission of the original author On January 24th, 2025, Angela McArdle resigned as Chair of the Libertarian Party. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that she was taking a job in the Trump administration.…

LP Georgia State Convention

Long-time Georgia LP Member Mark Mosley writes us: The Georgia Dissent Dissent is in the air in Georgia The LP of Georgia held its annual convention on March 8 2025 and the Dissent team was out in force. Our intent was, and is, to challenge the existing leadership and take the first steps toward changing the misguided direction of the…