I shall first put in a modest plug. If you want to show you appreciate what I am doing, and if you agree with my petition to the Judicial Committee over the Harlos issue, please consider signing the petition, which you can find on JotForm at https://www.jotform.com/242868268003056 . Now, consider the new LNC report to the FEC, covering what the…
Third Party Watch
The LNC had $370,503 at the start of October. Through October 16* it had total receipts, including the Kennedy Fund, of $475,673, for a new total of $846,177. Disbursements for the period were $753,882, leaving the party with $92,295 cash on hand on October 24. As of that date, the party was owed 86,876 and had $89,436 Debts and Obligations…
Avens O’Brien writes: “Look, I understand that we all have mild or strong personal preferences as far as which terrible person is “the lesser of two evils” in the presidential election. Some might even decide to vote that way. Your vote is your own, and frankly it’s just you and that ballot in the booth. On a personal note, I’ll…
The Motion was: Move to appoint an investigative committee consisting of Andrew Watkins, Roman Garcia, and Rob Vinson to investigate the claims of Ms. Harlos’ derivative action. The motion passed. Readers will note that the non-Mises group on the LNC only abstained on the motion…there were no negative votes.. Co-sponsors: Andrew Watkins, Roman Garcia, Travis Bost, Angela McArdle The motion…
A contrary opinion on where political parties are going: The era of parties is over. By Pat Jones Even if you don’t know it yet – believe me now or believe me later There’s tons of evidence that the era of parties is over. Most people identify as independent now and the percentage keeps growing . All parties, major and…
The FEC Filing for the LNC covering September has now been published. From it we learn: LNC Income and Outgo during September of this year show a disastrous lack of conventional fundraising via donations. For the month, the LNC brought in $56,388 in individual donations. The LNC also had huge cash transactions due to the Kenedy Victory Fund. The debts…
Recently, there has been public controversy over a letter that former Treasurer Todd Hagopian sent to a considerable number of members of the LNC. The letter was sent privately but has apparently become public knowledge in some circles. We had not discussed this here previously, because other matters were occurring, and we did not want to flood our finite bandwidth…
Recently, there has been public controversy over a letter that former Treasurer Todd Hagopian sent to a considerable number of members of the LNC. The letter was sent privately but has apparently become public knowledge in some circles. We had not discussed this here previously, because other matters were occurring, and we did not want to flood our finite bandwidth…
Richard Longstreth, former LNC Member who voted for the prior suspension of Caryn Ann Harlos from the LNC, calls on Libertarian Party members to sign the appeal petition defending Harlos. You can read and sign the appeal petition at https://www.jotform.com/242868268003056. Longstreth writes: To friends who remain in the Libertarian Party, I have given much thoughts to the current activities of…
by Schuyler Windham I know how frustrating it can be to invest so much of yourself — your time, energy, attention, and money into something only to see it flounder or backtrack. We don’t want to feel like we’ve failed at something and we know that consistency is key to success. How do we then determine when to keep investing and when…