Slight typo in headline fixed. For the quarter most spending went to long-time campaign associates and their firms, including: Jim Babka $8,517 (salary) Harry Browne $1,000 (travel office supplies phone) Robert Brunner $5,375 (travel office supplies salary) Laura Carno $3,452 (salary) Robert DeVoil $5,726 (printing office supplies & data entry) Robert Flohr $3,785 (salary) Jennifer Willis $2,800 (salary) Steve Willis …
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Now go back to April 2000. On April 24, 2000, Willis claimed that the Browne campaign was in debt by more than $80,000. Between April 24 and the end of the month, only a small fraction of that alleged debt could have been paid off. According to the FEC reports, at the end of the month almost no debt remained.…
What about other financial aspects of the campaign finale? At the end of 2000, questions arose as to the financial condition of the Browne Campaign. Was the campaign in debt? The last of Browne’s loans to his own campaign had been paid off. The FEC reports for periods ending in November and December both show that there were no debts…
LNC Income Improves from Spring In September 2025, the LNC’s itemized and unitemized donations came to $82,939. The LNC also had $3394 in other Federal receipts. Correspondingly, it had $67,392 in expenses and $5,127 transferred to other political committees. In August 2025, the LNC had $107,936 in itemized and unitemized donations and $110,783 in expenses. For the month of September…
Chapter Twenty One Finale December 2000 In December, the Browne campaign received $43,369, and spent $63,521, leaving it with $309 in the bank. In addition to individual donations, the campaign received $6,890 from Seabreeze Travel. The filings disclose payments to Staff members, their firms, and other familiar destinations. Last but not least, Art Olivier received $466.40 for his expenses. Art…
Myth #4. Libertarians on the average have some preference for the Republican Party over the Democratic Party. In fact, to the extent that they had a preference, more Libertarians were apparently willing to sacrifice their Libertarian vote to rescue a Democrat than they were to sacrifice their Libertarian vote to rescue a Republican. I compared the change in the Harry…
Myths in Ruins The election outcome did, however, crush several myths about Libertarian Presidential strategy: Myth #1. If we run a celebrity we’ll get substantial vote totals, five or ten percent of the vote, and become a major player. In 2000, the Green Party did this. They ran Ralph Nader, who is about as well known as you can get…
Excuse #2 “The election was close. Our 1996 voters instead voted for the Democrat or Republican.” The election was close in a few states. In many other states the election was anything but close. Gore carried Massachusetts by 24 points; Bush carried Utah and other states by 40 points. Most people in most states have a reasonable sense of who…
Meeting came to order at 7:32. All members were present. Chadderdon raised an issue. He was told he was not a committee member. There is some question as to which motions are present. There is a motion to sue in the New Mexico issue and a motion to create a litigation committee to run the litigation. They are arguing as…
PLEDGE TO KEEP THE PLEDGE We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever manner they choose. – from The Statement of Principles of…