Harlos withdraws from the legal committee. She writes: Please consider this my resignation my from the legal committee. I learned a great deal from my work but cannot continue. I wish to concentrate on APRC and Secretarial work. The BAC ends in November so that time will be freed then. ————— The LNC ExComm is voting on a contract with…
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Angela McArdle has moved that the ExComm approve a contract with Strategists, Inc. for board training. She wrote: Last term we considered doing boardroom training and then decided not to. I think that was a mistake and I’d like us to do a training at the August meeting. Steven Nekhaila referred us to Debbie Maison, who gave me an excellent…
[Editor: We received this as a comment, but it is long enough, well-thought-out enough, and important enough that we are elevating this comment to the status of a full post.] Opinion Post by Bob: While I can respect the desire for judicial restraint in the majority opinion, their interpretation is so vapid and toothless that it would leave the LNC…
Let Freedom Ring! was the nationally-circulated newsletter of the Pioneer Valley Libertarian Association. It covered Libertarian News and Strategy in a period in which the Libertarian Party had reached interesting times. LFR was usually published monthly. We are starting with a sampling of issues, and will eventually fill in the gaps. Year Month Issue 2001 January LFR0101 February …
Courtesy of sources in Wisconsin, we have acquired the documents submitted to the Libertarian Party Judicial Committee is support of the Wisconsin Party complaint against the LNC action accepting the Region 1 formation with Wisconsin as a member. The lead document is the Wisconsin petition. The following document is the LNC response. The Region 1 Regional Representatives filed a response…
The meeting will start soon. Meeting came to order at 8PM Eastern. Start with members introducing themselves and saying what the Judicial Committee should do. They appear to agree that their job is to hear appeals to rule if the bylaws are being violated. The issue is a dispute over LPWI. The LPWI Chair signed a regional formation agreement. The…
Colorado Libertarians have issued a new newsletter, The Clipboard, available here as a downloadable file. Bimonthly publication is planned. Contributors include BetteRose Ryan, Michelle Poague, Daniel Lutz, and ‘Staff Reporter’. The Publisher and point of contact is BentBriarBooks@gmail.com. They report six Libertarians in elective office. Coverage of the dispute over the Presidential ballot line indicates that Oliver-Ter Maat will be…
From Cara Schulz: The following photographs are from the 2021 Regional Training. A full weekend of classes for candidates, campaign teams, and local leaders held in all 8 LP Regions. 5 different trainers. Free to attendees, and they earned a certificate and were listed on LP website so people could see who had the solid basics down. So you knew…
The Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll of so-called swing states show Chase Oliver in 4th place at 3%, behind Kennedy at 5% but ahead of Stein at 1%. Full statistics (link hat tip to RealClearPolitics.com) https://pro-assets.morningconsult.com/wp-uploads/2024/07/Bloomberg-Swing-State-Wave-10.pdf BLMB12 If the November 2024 election for U.S. president were held today, and Democrat Kamala Harris, Republican Donald Trump, Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Green Party…
The topic is the RFK Joint Fundraising Agreement. The electronics were annoying, but I did get in. Reporting what was said was a bit challenging, since all sides were well-prepped with discussion and spoke quickly. The presenters supporting the appeal are Caryn Ann Harlos, Todd Hapopian and if needed Richard Brown. The presenter opposing the appeal is Angela McArdle. Harlos…