From the LP FEC report for January, the donation described by Tuniewicz would appear to be from Robert Willis of Mendon, Massachusetts, who identified himself as the President of Alpine Computer Systems, Inc. My search of the Party’s FEC filings for 2000 report that the Party’s major donations in 2000 were $50,000, $20,000, $15,000, $10,000, and two donations of $5000.…
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My sources in the Watergate Building indicate another reason that might have motivated some people to want to dispense with the monthly filings. In the first two months of 2001, the National Party spent $80,000 more than it took in. LNC, Inc. then made accounting changes which yielded a one-time income stream that cancelled some of these losses. As Dasbach…
The size of the ‘management fee’ is anomalous. On one hand, in Summer 1996 then-Party-Chair Steve Dasbach claimed to Dean Ahmad and Jesse Markowitz that Willis had been paid to produce a ‘document’ for Browne and that Willis produced Browne’s document “…on his own time and he was paid market rate for the work.” This document for the Browne campaign…
We now reach an amazing contract, and cheers to the employee who managed to get the deal described below for himself. The LNC uncritically swallowed the most astonishing feature of the supposed contract. I refer to the severance clause. It is not unknown for employment agreements to include a severance clause, under which the employer pays the employee a penalty…
It has been said that some people run for office in order To Do while others run for office in order To Be. Some people want the responsibilities of a job because having the job helps them reach their real objectives. Other people want the title of a job because the title makes them feel important. Bergland made clear he…
Project Archimedes was the program that the Browne campaign needed. Archimedes might or might not work, but it at least promised an opportunity to recruit vast numbers of new dues-paying members, i.e., vast numbers of potential Browne donors. As it turned out, most members were not donors. Only a small fraction of LPUS members ever donated to Browne’s campaign. Bergland…
The 1998-2000 National Committee was to be chosen at the 1998 National Convention, held in Washington, D.C. over the 4th of July weekend. Members and supporters of the Browne campaign worked vigorously to install a sympathetic National Committee. The National Chair candidate was David Bergland, Harry Browne’s 1996 Campaign Chair. In Bergland, Browne had a highly reliable supporter who was…
Debate over the P Transaction continued through the April 1997 LNC meeting. According to its Minutes, “Steve Dasbach described an arrangement where contributors to the Harry Browne for President campaign received a subscription to LP News and the campaign gave $25 to the party. He noted a correction to the 1996 income statement: it should show a $58,050 credit to…
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…
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…