Post by Trisha Butler [Editor: Elevated from the Comments. ] My Response to: An Opinion Piece from Tom Rowlette by Trisha Butler, Chair, Association of Liberty State Parties Organizing the Liberal Party was a desperate response to destruction. Believing that this splintering is novel is to purposely close ones eyes to the events of the past two years. The Libertarian…
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An Opinion Piece from Tom Rowlette Organizing the Liberal Party is entirely destructive. If you look at the history of third parties in the US, it’s when they splinter that they start to lose their effectiveness. It’s been a blessing of the libertarian movement that we’ve been able to stick together with one party for the last 50 years, unlike…
Former LNC staff member Robert Kraus warns of potential legal issues that may face the LNC. (This article was much of a comment by Robert Kraus, and has been elevated to article status. Reminder: The Chair & other officers of the LNC continue to be in direct violation of DC Non-profit Code – in particular: Standards of Conduct (D.C. Code…
For December 2023, the LNC raised $145,670 (this number includes convention income) and spent $102,971. Debts and obligations of the LNC at the end of the month were $17,497. Cash on hand at the end of December came to $270,463. The total income for the year came to $1,222,313. In December there were over 900 donors, including 13 who gave…
A derivative lawsuit against the Libertarian National Committee Chair and Committee is advancing. The purpose of a derivative lawsuit is to cause the defendants to perform their fiduciary duties and satisfy their bylaws requirements. In support of the suit, Chair Emeritus Nick Sarwark had previously published a call to action “Stop the Destruction of the Libertarian Party” found below. Sarwark…
The Libertarian National Committee Bylaws Committee has prepared for consideration by the delegates at NatCon a change in the rules on deleting platform planks, to make plank deletion more difficult. The change in the deletion process reads: “As its first item of platform business, the convention shall vote whether to delete each of those planks that received a number of…
The proposed bylaw changes will include changes making it more difficult for a change in party control to lead to changes in the platform, for example, changes reverting the platform to its form before the prior takeover. There is a process for deleting planks. Delegates cast votes for platform planks to be deleted. If a plank received enough votes, the…
As listeners to the meeting will have noted, the last LNC meeting adjourned with two items still on the agenda. These items automatically pass to the next meeting. But what were the two items? Mr. Tuniewicz asked for a discussion of finances related to the Rage Against the War Machine Rally, which used our headquarters address for some aspect of…
There appears on the public LNC list an exchange between LNC Regional Representatives Vest and Tuniewicz, who at last night’s LNC meeting were accused by LNC At-Large Representative Malagon of having leaked material discussed in a meeting held in Executive Session, with LNC Chair McArdle. Vest and Tuniewicz vigorously denied the accusation. See following: &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Madam Chair, I would request…
Addendum: The Libertarian Party of Louisiana has issues a statement condemning this action. See comments for their statement. Aside: We are getting comments on this post. Some of them are from the same people repeatedly, making the same or very similar comments. We are trying to keep a balance between debate is good and multiple posts drowning out opponents is…