and a few increases. The LNC Treasurer writes on the LNC business list: “I am proposing a series of budget amendments, discussed at the last meeting, for approval as a group.” The motion was made by the National Chair and is now being voted upon. A few notes: The ballot expenses refer only to the current calendar year, where a…
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Addendum: The LNC has issued a draft October membership report. Membership is up a bit. The September membership report from the LNC is now out. It covers through the end of September2023-April 15,5392023- May 15,0602023-June 14,0802023 – July 13,6202023-August 12,7282023-September 12,317 2023-October 12,593 The drop from August to September is 411. It is reasonable to expect that there will be…
George Phillies, who has attended eleven national conventions, and served for years as Massachusetts State Chair or State Treasurer, has circulated a postcard to over 8000 libertarians across the country. He is grateful to friends who supplied the artwork, the mailing lists, and handled the mailing. “I am already receiving answers,” he reports. “With a few exceptions, the first postcards…
Part V of an extended set of proposals from Publius Valerius. I had previously proposed two immutable platform planks, namely unrestricted abortion rights and unrestricted firearms ownership. There were suggestions that nuanced positions on these two topics were desirable. That is the opposite of the position here. A decade and a half ago, the Libertarian National Committee tried to develop…
You see here the LNC debate on Adrian Malagon’s motion I move that Austin Padgett’s contract be extended for 3 months from the initial contract’s end date. The LNC Secretary wrote: I struggled with this vote. But I am voting yes, and have extended rationale why. It will anger some people (not on LNC) and frankly my dear, in the…
Libertarian National Committee member Adrian Malagon has moved to extend the contract of Austin Padgett with the LNC. Padgett had been working for the LNC under a short-term contract due to expire in October. His job duties involved raising money for the Libertarian Party national committee. The original contract had been controversial because Padgett is the boyfriend of LNC Chair…
Sadly, especially considering that the Libertarian Party had large numbers of Jews among its founding activists, the Libertarian National Committee and its staff are drifting into manifestly antisemitic positions. We’ll summarize acts of drift, and present supporting material Hotep Jesus: Returning to 2021, National Chair candidate (and now National Chair) Angela McArdle defended the presence of Hotep Jesus as a…
First, the month-by-month cash movements, listing donations, disbursements, cash on hand at the end of the month, and credit card debt. We see in round numbers for the four months $350,000 of income, $422,000 of spending, cash on hand falling from $256,000 to just under $200,000, a decrease of $56,000, and credit card debt rising from $9,000 to $56,000, an…
On X, formerly Twitter, the national Libertarian Party has its official social media feed, complete with 340,000 followers (not all of whom, of course, are supporters). It makes regular posts advocating its positions. It forwards posts from others, and comments on them. On October 19, the Governor of California announced travel plans, posting on X: “I’m on my way to…
Additional thoughts from Publius Valerius. Stewart Flood asked me to restore point one here to make the flow more fluid. Publius had given me the needed authority. What about positions? First, as shields against takeover by far left or far right factions, not to mention that the positions are totally sound, the party should have immutable platform planks saying (1) …