The Motion was: Move to appoint an investigative committee consisting of Andrew Watkins, Roman Garcia, and Rob Vinson to investigate the claims of Ms. Harlos’ derivative action. The motion passed. Readers will note that the non-Mises group on the LNC only abstained on the motion…there were no negative votes.. Co-sponsors: Andrew Watkins, Roman Garcia, Travis Bost, Angela McArdle The motion…
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The FEC Filing for the LNC covering September has now been published. From it we learn: LNC Income and Outgo during September of this year show a disastrous lack of conventional fundraising via donations. For the month, the LNC brought in $56,388 in individual donations. The LNC also had huge cash transactions due to the Kenedy Victory Fund. The debts…
Recently, there has been public controversy over a letter that former Treasurer Todd Hagopian sent to a considerable number of members of the LNC. The letter was sent privately but has apparently become public knowledge in some circles. We had not discussed this here previously, because other matters were occurring, and we did not want to flood our finite bandwidth…
Recently, there has been public controversy over a letter that former Treasurer Todd Hagopian sent to a considerable number of members of the LNC. The letter was sent privately but has apparently become public knowledge in some circles. We had not discussed this here previously, because other matters were occurring, and we did not want to flood our finite bandwidth…
Richard Longstreth, former LNC Member who voted for the prior suspension of Caryn Ann Harlos from the LNC, calls on Libertarian Party members to sign the appeal petition defending Harlos. You can read and sign the appeal petition at https://www.jotform.com/242868268003056. Longstreth writes: To friends who remain in the Libertarian Party, I have given much thoughts to the current activities of…
by Schuyler Windham I know how frustrating it can be to invest so much of yourself — your time, energy, attention, and money into something only to see it flounder or backtrack. We don’t want to feel like we’ve failed at something and we know that consistency is key to success. How do we then determine when to keep investing and when…
What you read below is the draft of the appeal against the Harlos suspension. The actual appeal gets some additional boilerplate, such as a list of interested parties: In this case, that would be the LNC, the signers, the Oliver campaign, the Colorado LP Executive Committee however titled, and of course, all delegates at the last national convention, as it…
Our sources on the Libertarian National Committee tell us what transpired in the executive session part of the LNC meeting a few days ago. Our sources were present in the secret meeting and heard directly what was said. The meeting discussed removing Caryn Ann Harlos as National Secretary. Our sources report that National Chair McArdle pressed heavily for suspending Harlos…
LNC Reform-oriented Libertarians walked away from the past convention with some gains in the aftermath of a disastrous Mises Caucus takeover that nearly emptied our bank accounts by alienating members, turning away donors, and funding petty internal conflicts. That said, reformists still have their work cut out for them. Libertarian strategists must look towards the errors of the past convention…
In an article “Libertarian Party Secretary Files Lawsuit To Remove Party Chair Angela McArdle” by Brian Doherty, Reason magazine covers Caryn Ann Harlos’s suit as Libertarian National Committee, Inc., to remove Angela McArdle as National Chair. The article also reports in detail “The Libertarian Party National Committee, meanwhile, is seeking to remove the Secretary.” The article notes in particular the…