1999 We now reach 1999, the last year before the Presidential Campaign would be launched. If the campaign were to accumulate a million dollars in cash, it had to do so now. In 1999, the Browne Campaign raised $561,030, which could have taken it half-way to its million dollar goal. It also spent $542,228, ending the year with $44,670 cash…
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We can find out what the thermometer meant by comparing it with Browne’s FEC reports. The thermometer matches the amount of money that had been raised by the Browne campaign, not how much had been saved. Browne’s money went out the door almost as fast as it was raised. For most of the campaign, the meaning of the thermometer remained…
Chapter Ten $1,000,000 by 2000 In early 1997, Harry Browne had identified two specific requirements for launching a good campaign: National Party membership needed to increase from 27,000 to 200,000. By January 2000, the Browne campaign needed to have a million dollars cash on hand for a significant advertising campaign. At the end of 1999, Party membership was only 33,000.…
Direct Financial Support for the Browne Nominating Campaign Payments by the National Committee to Perry Willis continued after Willis resigned as National Director. National Party gadfly Jacob Hornberger raised the issue, writing in one of his regular critiques of the Party: “When Willis resigned from the national LP to go to work for the Browne campaign, he cut a deal…
December 1995: The LNC Acts The December National Committee Meeting resumed its consideration of conflict of interest issues. LNC Treasurer Hugh Butler proposed a resolution: “Whereas, the LNC is aware that LP headquarters employees have accepted outside consulting work, and, in as much as the LNC deplores conflicts of interest within the Party, Therefore be it resolved that consulting work…
Browne’s Fall Campaign For the third quarter, FEC reports show that William Winter was paid $1142, again for consulting and reimbursement for office supplies, in three not-quite-uniform monthly payments. Willis was not paid by Browne in the third quarter. For the fourth quarter, FEC filings show that Bill Winter was paid $688 for “consulting and reimbursement for office supplies”. On…
2025 Comment: Don’t worry, it gets worse. Finally, keep your eye on the above list of names. It may be [decades] later, and a few of the people are less visible, but many of the same people are still active in the Party. … In the third quarter of 1995 Willis was not paid at all by the Browne campaign.…