Meeting comes to order. Public comment: Mark Hinkle, Former national chair. Lobbying Congress inactive. Didn’t rent it when inactive for two years. Price has allegedly declined from $850,000 to $650,000. Unbelievable. Please keep the David F Nolan Building. Fishman: I rise to address the building issue. The LNC cannot profit from the building; against the law. Money in the building…
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Our attention has been drawn to an agenda item for the April 6, 2025 LNC meeting, namely from a post by National Chair Nekhaila: “Appoint Alexandre Pierre Crevaux as the LNC’s official IALP (International Alliance if Libertarian Parties) liaison.” Our attention was also drawn to an interesting exchange between the now-National-Chair Nekhaila and the Federal Election Commission with respect to…
LNC Treasurer Redpath submitted his end-of-February Financial Report. Of particular note: “It is my understanding now that [Editor: the Kennedy Victory Fund] will be running out in the next two or three months.” Redpath’s report indicates: Cash was at $244,723, while various liabilities summed to $126,136. Year-to-Date Total Revenue is $201,523, below the budgeted amount of $240,000. Of that, $117,089…
From the latest information on the agenda for this Sunday’s meeting: The Special Investigatory Committee will report on work conducted so far. Financial review w/ Treasurer Update on KVF, 5-10 minutes Update on building funds records Authorization of up to $16,000 for HQ roof repairs. Appoint Alexandre Pierre Crevaux as the LNC’s official IALP (International Alliance of Libertarian Parties) liaison. [Editor:…
So our sources report. However, the new Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts Officers, as elected at their state convention, are: Chair- Sean Kennedy Vice Chair – James Parent Secretary – Kimberly Sullivan Treasurer – Matthew Gorham At Large Aaron Morse Al Ozonoff Tom Eddlem Jason Brand Ryan Sullivan George Caleb ULMA also amended their bylaws, adding new articles including material on…
3244, because that’s how many counties there are in America. Having said that, paying attention to local issues rather than thoughtlessly following county lines is important. Here is an extended article on the issue. It’s written for centrist Democrats, but many of the principles are the same when applied to third parties. And in large parts of the country, Democrats…
With a tip of the hat to Hannah Kennedy, who reports that a series of anomalies in the membership records have been fixed. Membership is down nearly 200 in a month, and down nearly 1900 in six months. Feb-2025 10,177 Jan-2025 10,367 Dec-2024 10,569 Nov-2024 11,731 Oct-2024 11,679 Sep-2024 11,461 Aug-2024 12,061
Our highly reliable long-time contact in New Jersey advises us “A non-Mises slate gained control of the New Jersey Libertarian Party today at our convention. The convention nominated Vic Kaplan for Governor and Bruno Pereira for Lieutenant Governor.” We gather that there is one possible Mises supporter on their new state committee.
An article from Dan Fishman Dan Fishman writes The law is crystal clear for political parties. Let’s preface this conversation that I oppose campaign finance law and I think this is all stupid. When I took over as ED the LP was in dire straits financially (though nothing like today). So I started exploring ways we could make money. As…
Income There were a half-dozen maximum donations of $41,300. Transfers from State Parties and PACs came to $709,659, including $9711 from the Libertarian Unity PAC and $35,218 from the Mises PAC. Transfer from the Kennedy Victory fund itself came to $242,660. Outgo Contribution refunds to state parties came to $254,196. Bank charges were $14,158, including $11,400 in credit card payments.…