One of the factions of libertarians in Michigan has appealed the court ruling on Trademark ownership of the Libertarian Party name. You can read the whole 56 page appeal at https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67845274/25/libertarian-natl-comm-inc-v-michael-saliba/?fbclid=IwAR3EnPotSHgRxfqp-FKu6gR8JaBNq9RHMJu_HXZlnfSeCRg_lVOCFGehPHo The appeal is from the Saliba faction, which includes many of the state’s long-term Libertarian Party activists. Oversimplifying considerably, the major aspects of the appeal include (i) contrary to…
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and a few increases. The LNC Treasurer writes on the LNC business list: “I am proposing a series of budget amendments, discussed at the last meeting, for approval as a group.” The motion was made by the National Chair and is now being voted upon. A few notes: The ballot expenses refer only to the current calendar year, where a…
Addendum: The LNC has issued a draft October membership report. Membership is up a bit. The September membership report from the LNC is now out. It covers through the end of September2023-April 15,5392023- May 15,0602023-June 14,0802023 – July 13,6202023-August 12,7282023-September 12,317 2023-October 12,593 The drop from August to September is 411. It is reasonable to expect that there will be…
Libertarian National Committee member Adrian Malagon has moved to extend the contract of Austin Padgett with the LNC. Padgett had been working for the LNC under a short-term contract due to expire in October. His job duties involved raising money for the Libertarian Party national committee. The original contract had been controversial because Padgett is the boyfriend of LNC Chair…
Sadly, especially considering that the Libertarian Party had large numbers of Jews among its founding activists, the Libertarian National Committee and its staff are drifting into manifestly antisemitic positions. We’ll summarize acts of drift, and present supporting material Hotep Jesus: Returning to 2021, National Chair candidate (and now National Chair) Angela McArdle defended the presence of Hotep Jesus as a…
Additional thoughts from Publius Valerius. Stewart Flood asked me to restore point one here to make the flow more fluid. Publius had given me the needed authority. What about positions? First, as shields against takeover by far left or far right factions, not to mention that the positions are totally sound, the party should have immutable platform planks saying (1) …
Toward an Organizing Committee for a New Freedom-Aligned Party by Publius Valerius [Editor: We are in receipt of a new statement by Publius Valerius. His, her, or their opinions are his, her, or theirs.] The responses to my previous post raised a variety of questions that are meritorious for further discussion. Publius Valerius Publicola was a Roman patriot of the…
The LPAL successfully had its civil penalties reduced by an appeal from $10,270.74 to $2400. The issue was violations of the state Fair Campaigns Practices Act, requiring campaign filings during the last election year. The reduction in the penalties was recommended by the Alabama Secretary of State’s General Counsel. According to the LPAL Attorney, LPAL gained a new Treasurer, who…
Toward an Organizing Committee for a New Freedom-Aligned Party by Publius Valerius Surveys have shown roughly equal division between people who think that libertarians should abandon the Libertarian party and tried to take over the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, people who think that libertarians should try to cover their party from the current controllers, people who think that…
It is September 20, and the LNC filed its FEC report in a timely way. The outcome could be said to leave something to be desired. The August LNC Financials show Cash on hand, start of month $266,368 Receipts for month $73,300 Disbursements for month $122,019 Cash on hand, end of month $217,649 However, debt increased markedly, from $14,397 last…