We read (slightly edited): Canny writes that Chadderdon has responded to his letter. Dave Cann In response to my previous post regarding the LPMI LEC’s request that the Region 1 Chairs remove Andrew Chadderdon as LNC Regional Rep for refusing to sign off on having control of the disputed LPMI bank accounts returned to the party, Keith Thompson asked me…
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The Continuing Story We are at the end of my description of the 1996 and 2000 Presidential campaigns. It is a sad tale. We should be the Party of Principle. We seem instead to be behaving as the Party of Principal, with interest to inside traders. In 2002 the Libertarian Party was significantly divided. One faction proposed that it was…
We continue our historical review of Angela McArdle and the LNC. This article, dating December 2024, is from Jake Porter’s jakeporter.substack.com Jake’s work is supported by subscribers to his substack. Kennedy Joint Fundraiser Pays Libertarian Chair McArdle’s Domestic Partner Through Delaware LLC McArdle lobbied the Libertarian Party to accept the joint fundraising committee with Robert Kennedy Jr. Payments were not…
The Membership Responds During the 2000 campaign, there had been repeated warnings that all was not as well as might have been hoped with Browne’s campaign. A series of pointed letters from Bumper Hornberger, all given wide electronic distribution, had outlined issues of concern. Liberty Magazine gave significant coverage to Libertarian party issues. Writing prior to the revelation of the…
Flows to Pat Ford We continue our historical review of Angela McArdle and the LNC. This article, dating December 2024, is from Jake Porter’s jakeporter.substack.com Jake’s work is supported by subscribers to his substack. Pat Ford was placed on the committee to investigate Secretary Harlos. Pat Ford has not disclosed to the board that his organization, Libertarian Mutual Aid PAC,…
We expect more coverage at a later date of this matter. David Canny wrote on Facebook: Last night I made a request that the LPMI LEC consider the following motion to request that the Region 1 State Chairs immediately remove Andrew Chadderdon as the Region 1 Representative to the National Party LNC. The motion read: I move that the Libertarian…
We continue our historical review of Angela McArdle and the LNC. This article, dating December 2024, is from Jake Porter’s jakeporter.substack.com Unprofessional Behavior Examples Towards Kennedy Opposition Adrian Malagon Adrian Malagon had a conflict of interest when Chairing the committee to investigate Secretary Harlos. The Facts: Malagon is currently an alternate to the national committee If Malagon were to lose…
Division in the Libertarian National Committee National Committee votes on the three resolutions on the Browne scandal and on the elections to fill vacancies in the National Committee showed a deep division within the 2000-2002 National Committee. Deep division represents positive change. Past National Committees had been uncritical of information presented by the Dasbach-Willis-Bergland leadership clique. For example, the 1998-2000…
In writing this, Gorman of course understood that LNC, Inc. is a large, complicated organization, with 4 National Officers, 5 At-Large members, 9 Regional Representatives, 9 Alternates, paid staffers, interns, contractors,… It was exceedingly likely that some of them did not know what was going on. Blaming everyone without exception for not blowing the whistle is not appropriate, even though…
McArdle Financial Conflicts of Interest A report by Jake Porter For more from Jake Porter: https://jakeporter.substack.com/ Chair Angela McArdle has personally benefited from her lobbying the LNC to establish the Kennedy Victory Fund joint fundraising committee. These contributions were not disclosed to the Libertarian National Committee and no financial accounting has been released to the LNC or the Libertarian Party…