I was six minutes late. They are discussing Malagon motion 7: In summary: No Officer shall serve as Executive Director. The Board may appoint another LNC member as ED or staff position without pay. Motion passes 16-0-0 Motion 8: The Financial S Committee must approve in writing all expenses. Motion passes. Motion 9: The Financial Standards Committee will develop a…
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As written in 2001 The terms, conditions and rates under which Browne rented the LNC membership mailing list raise very serious questions about the conduct of the National Party. I have spoken to a series of Libertarians who have rented or proposed to rent lists, including 1995 supporters of an aborted Presidential campaign, two of our other Presidential candidates, and…
LP Member Austin Martin has proposed a series of tactical steps to advance the Libertarian Party. The steps are somewhat reminiscent of those proposed by former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean to advance his party, the details being different, namely large numbers of boots on the ground tasked with doing party-building. His full proposal appears as Resolution-in-Support-of-PDR (1). Knowledgeable readers…
A recipe for a Libertarian takeover of Congress on a platform of freedom of commerce, freedom of movement, and freedom of choice. Dear Friends, The United States is in a pretty dire state right now politically. Donald Trump’s Republicans are backing him in corruption and violations of the law. Charles Schumer’s Democrats are complaining loudly, but not taking leadership on…
The Libertarian National Committee Directly Funded Harry Browne’s 1996 Nominating Campaign Prior to the nominating convention, LNC, Inc. directly funded Browne’s nominating campaign via loans and a direct cash subsidy. The loans were for $11,185.01. The direct subsidy was for $3,333. The loans were publicly revealed, but are not remarked upon by the LNC in its published Minutes. The subsidy…
How is it that in 1996 that vendors also received large-scale payments via staffers, as Bergland claimed? Did the 1996 campaign outspend the 2000 campaign by, say, $200,000 and not $100,000? At some point it becomes difficult to explain how the smaller 1996 campaign could have outspent the 2000 campaign by so much, particularly when the 1996 spending was for…
The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire has issued a two-page response to recent criticism. You can read the response here and here.
For April, the LNC had $314,323 cash on hand at the beginning of its reporting period, had $336,204 in cash on hand at the end of the period, and ended the period with $74,135 in debts. The LNC reported $18,709 in itemized contributions and $35,665 in unitemized contributions, for a total of $54,375 in contributions. The LNC also received $14,244…
In an open letter issues on New Jersey Libertarian Party Stationery, concerned Libertarians from several states strongly condemned the conduct of the Libertarian Party leaderships of New Hampshire and Colorado for issuing statements laden with racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia, and Islamophobia. “…we are formally denouncing their message, behavior, and leadership. The two-page letter called for the good liberty-loving people of…
With that caveat, what can we say about the 1996 Browne Campaign? The link to the prior Chapters is the Willis Invoice. At some point in 1995 or early 1996, Willis entered into the ‘February Contract’, nominally with Dean, Spear & Associates. The Dean in question is Jack Dean, a regular supplier of Internet services to some Libertarian campaigns and…