I certainly apologize if anyone reading this believes I am going to talk about football. Baseball certainly, but never football. I was raised a Philadelphia boo-bird and I am proud of it. Even Santa Claus fears real boo-birds. Before I go any farther, I need to post one small link. It has been more than a year since my last…
Third Party Watch
In direct violation of party bylaws, not to mention the recent precedent of some years ago, the entire Harlos Trial will be held in Executive Session. Also, there will be no opportunity for public comment before the trial begins. We quote from the recent message from LNC interim Secretary Malagon: “Greetings All, “This is the final time the registration link…
I will attempt to live-blog the meeting, which is on Zoom. I have not seen an agenda, but the primary topic of he meeting is expected to be the trial procedure against Caryn Ann Harlos. The LNC has elected Adrian Malagon to perform needed secretarial duties for the meeting. Malagon collected the votes on the motion, namely: Appointment of Adrian…
I have heard from the Judicial Committee. See below. Remember that there are eight appeals, [Correction: none of which are appeals of a suspension, because Harlos has not been suspended under Bylaws 6.7], so hypothetical LNC actions on a suspension are not relevant to my appeal. November 6, 2024 Notice to Prospective Respondents and Petitioner: On October 30, 2024, LP…
Readers who believed that the LPNH was a legitimate affiliate should this about this. Note LP Bylaws 5.4: “No affiliate party shall endorse any candidate who is a member of another party for public office in any partisan election. “
The FEC has recently filed several Requests For Additional information with the LNC Treasurer, relating to various entries in LNC filings with the FEC. These are inquiries asking that entries in an FEC filing be explained. In addition, the LNC has been filing multiple Amended Filings with the FEC. We have covered original filings, but in general have not been…
The date for the LNC Procedure on Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos has been set for Novermber 9. The announcement from the National Chair reads: Registration with your actual name is required. You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Nov 9, 2024 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kcu2qqTsiGN2p93yy6Ljuhp8Xo4mWBIIR
In the latest Membership report to the LNC, LNC Executive Director Hannah Kennedy reports that membership fell by 600 from August to September. At the end of September, the national party had 11,461 sustaining members, of whom 3,268 were life members. She writes: “We lost 140 members in the first five months of 2024, but have lost 743 members in…
I have filed the appeal, which is signed by more than 100 delegates to the last national convention. The appeal follows. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE APPEAL TO VOID LNC DECISIONS OF OCTOBER 6, 2024 George Phillies, on behalf of Appellants, appeals to the Judicial Committee to void the decisions of the Libertarian National Committee made during its Special Meeting of October 6,…
Leader of the Mises Caucus, paid by the LNC, Michael Heise has announced that he will be voting for Donald Trump. He did this on an obscure media site. National Chair Angela McArdle then forwarded Heise’s endorsement … to her decidedly not obscure X.com account. Behold the disgraceful conduct of the National Committee, sending endorsements of the Republican candidate to…