Chapter Four Pursuit of the Nomination Browne’s Opponents Speak We now reach 1996. The machinations of the Browne campaign remain underground, largely out of sight of loyal Libertarians across America. Until the revelations of 2001, only a select few suspected that matters were not quite as open and above board as they appeared. Among those select few were staffers and…
Third Party Watch
On Disaffiliation Hello Libertarians! This is one of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be published. For some…
Third Quarter 1995 For July-September the campaign raised $171,000, an increase of more than 20% over the previous quarter. The campaign spent a shade under $174,000. Disbursements to individuals, including consulting fees and reimbursements, included Michael Cloud $16,515 Sharon Ayres $14,074 Autumn Wilson $9,730 Stuart Reges $8,315 Harry Browne $6,443 (repayment of loan) Lisa Paley $6,294 Robert Martin III $4,870…
Readers who want to read the e ntire book, at least as a PDF, can get it on 3MPub.com. There is one question mark over this image of a campaign with strong spending controls. We have the contrary testimony of Dean Ahmad. In his June 2001 memo, he wrote: “There is one other important element in the timeline relating the…
You are reading a comment that has been elevated to the status of a post. The Comment was on my post noting that Project Archimedes failed. Joe Bishop-Henchman wrote: George, you understand fundraising economics very well, but I can add some industry averages to reinforce your points. Direct mail coupled with major gifts (upgrading donors with capacity) can be a…
Chapter Three Browne’s 1994-1995 Campaign Finances Chapter One described the Willis Invoice, Willis’s surprising response, and evidence that Browne knew and approved of Willis’s conduct. The Invoice was itself unremarkable, being simply a billing for routine fundraising efforts. Only in context is the Willis Invoice staggering. The context appeared in Chapter Two, where I described machinations involving Perry Willis, Bill…
December 1995: The LNC Acts The December National Committee Meeting resumed its consideration of conflict of interest issues. LNC Treasurer Hugh Butler proposed a resolution: “Whereas, the LNC is aware that LP headquarters employees have accepted outside consulting work, and, in as much as the LNC deplores conflicts of interest within the Party, Therefore be it resolved that consulting work…
With permission of Mike Shaner, who heroically obtained the report and posted it on his substack, https://theseditionpapers.substack.com/p/full-lnc-report-from-strategists we publish here the text of the report as leaked, allegedly by a member of the LNC. Please reward Mike Shaner for his diligence in distributing the document by visiting his site. Full LNC Report From Strategists Inc Mr. Steven Nekhaila Board Chair…
They start. Presentation by Debbie Mason of Strategists. Rather hard to hear. We seem to lose the lower frequencies. Condemns having the Board Chair being also the CEO. She is challenged on the Bylaws issue, which she did not know. She says she will recognize best practices. Says Executive Director should be CEO; Board Chair should be moderator. Proposes ED…
https://www.youtube.com/@LibertarianParty/streams will get you there. So will https://www.youtube.com/live/TbU6408onQc?si=toYpaxurNCdS86Ar courtesy Adrian Malagon. Public comments: I cannot catch names of speakers. I am told that they are The speakers, in order: #1 Jay Gillotte #2 Andrew Duke #3 Dana Carver #4 John Hudak #1 My county affiliate was disaffiliated by the state. You received my letter. #2 We must draw a line…