Since the start of the year, the LNC has acted on an extended series of motions. Results include Minor corrections to the minutes are passing, currently 8-0. A motion appointing Adrian Malagon as an at-large member is currently passing 10-3, Garcia, Lam, and Watkins opposed. A motion to appoint a special committee to investigate conflicts of interest and LNC business…
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Freedom Voter News has released its second issue. Regular publication is planned. The newsletter is now under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief Jake Porter. Freedom Voter News is looking for local reporters who will supply good news about positive accomplishments of pro-liberty parties such as the Liberal Party and the Libertarian Party. Porter has received national recognition for his exposure of…
Meeting started on time. Harlos calls roll. Watkins and Redpath are absent. Nekhaila reports the bank account transfers are advancing. Signers will be Chair, Treasurer, and to be added Vice Chair. Motion to add Vice Chair Darr as signatory passes without objection. Staff is handling transitioning. Minutes were approved. Substantial party activities were not discussed.
Readers who joined your Editor in watching yesterday’s LNC meeting will have noted repeated interruptions by the same person, so far as could be told the LP Hawaii Chair, screaming denunciations of the meeting until he was ejected. We have since learned that he apparently also sent a threatening message to every LNC member. The message follows: From: LPHI Chair…
Adrian Malagon was elected Chair ad interim. In your Editor’s opinion, he did a thoroughly professional job of running of what could have been a tendentious meeting. Steve Nekhaila beat Michael Heise, 9-6, and was elected Chair. Paul Darr and Andrew Watkins were nominated for Vice Chair. Watkins read the room and withdrew. Darr was elected Vice Chair. A new…
I have arrived and activated the Zoom link. I have not yet been admitted. Others are in the same boat. I have just been admitted. Harlos called roll. They are electing a chair pro tem. Harlos is currently acting as Chair. There was a motion to elect Malagon as Acting Chair. There was an objection that was ignored. They went…
We are getting posters who are being impolite in their references to other people. We have already blocked a certain number of out-and-out trolls. If you find your comment did not appear, you should consider what you said.
The Kosin appeal will be heard in two weeks. Topic: Judicial Committee Hearing Re: Kosin v. LNC Time: Feb 15, 2025 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85190587758?pwd=pUcW2kJi3uO7eDneEGyHNQLWcv4lbR.1 Meeting ID: 851 9058 7758 Passcode: 921423 The Robson appeal is also rescheduled to a date and time not yet fixed.
We are advised that 8 of the 15 state chairs in Region 1 asked Adam Haman, their LNC Representative, to resign, and he has done as they requested. We do not at present have additional information as to the reason for the removal. Haman declined to comment on the reasons for his resignation. Appearing on Facebook, a slightly edited statement…
An Opinion Piece by Susan Hogarth The LNC is taking action to investigate credible allegations of financial self-dealing from the resigning Chair, Angela McArdle. This could represent $45,000 in stealth payments to her own household after the LNC voted to terminate her partner’s earlier contract. The investigation could extend to her actions with other Party expenses and to dealings with…