Chapter Twenty Eight Learning From History This has been a painful book to write. For most of the past decade, (ending in 2000) our Party has been in the grip of a cabal whose working methods, principles, and objectives have been less than entirely consistent with Libertarian Principle. Who is responsible for what happened? And what should we do about…
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In writing this, Gorman of course understood that LNC, Inc. is a large, complicated organization, with 4 National Officers, 5 At-Large members, 9 Regional Representatives, 9 Alternates, paid staffers, interns, contractors,… It was exceedingly likely that some of them did not know what was going on. Blaming everyone without exception for not blowing the whistle is not appropriate, even though…
The National Committee Acts The LNC met in August. It dealt at length with the Browne issue. Willis sent a written apology. Jim Babka read it to the LNC meeting. Babka said that he had received the message by FAX from Willis the day prior to the meeting. By report, the FAX read: “To the members of the Libertarian National…
My contacts associated with the Browne campaign report that Browne was a truly excellent small-business manager. He was closely aware of all the details of his campaign’s activities. Could he have been unaware of events? Why was there an interest in suggesting that Browne might be absolved of responsibility, in the absence of a denial from Browne that he had…
With that caveat, what can we say about the 1996 Browne Campaign? The link to the prior Chapters is the Willis Invoice. At some point in 1995 or early 1996, Willis entered into the ‘February Contract’, nominally with Dean, Spear & Associates. The Dean in question is Jack Dean, a regular supplier of Internet services to some Libertarian campaigns and…