Tuniewicz Speaks Substantial evidence that Howell received undue support from the Bergland-Browne faction of the National Party was provided by former National Treasurer Mark Tuniewicz. Writing in an email message sent on Wednesday, June 13, 2001 to members of the Libertarian National Committee and others, Tuniewicz discussed the LNC and third-party intermediaries. Tuniewicz was responding to a recent missive by…
Posts tagged as “Tuniewicz”
LAMA Breathes Its Last What I had not anticipated when I left the LPMAPAC Board was that eastern Massachusetts activists would use their joint control of the LAMA and LPMAPAC Boards to destroy LAMA—the long-term LPUS affiliate— under the guise of a merger. The eastern group announced that they were going to merge the two organizations. The presentation of the…
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…
Claims were circulated in some quarters that these issues had never been raised before to the LNC Executive Committee. I quote from the LNC Executive Committee Minutes, available to all LPUS members at archive.lp.org: LNC ExComm Teleconference September 26, 2000 “…Dehn asked why the EC has not been receiving updated financial information on a regular basis. Dasbach said he has…
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…
At the December 2000 National Committee meeting, National Treasurer Mark Tuniewicz secured amendments to the Party’s Policy Manual, changing the specified duties of the National Treasurer. Tuniewicz had been unhappy with National Chair Bergland’s treatment of issues relating to Tuniewicz’s office. In particular, Bergland had forbidden Tuniewicz to communicate directly with the Party’s Auditors or with consultants on FEC Filings.…
February 2000 Spending followed much the same lines as January. Spending on the campaign’s associates rose to $32,083, but spending on their firms fell to $5176. Other major expense lines came to $46,484, with total spending of $115,895. February saw the addition of another associate, Robert Brunner, with expenses for travel, supply, and salary. Spending for people associated with the…
We continue with a coverage of turn-of-the-millennium Libertarian Politics, as taken from my book Funding Liberty (Third Millennium Press 3mpub.com, 2003). Do those events matter? We seem to be recycling the same not-necessarily-bad ideas with some of the same good Libertarians running things. Did Project Archimedes succeed? In one word: No. The National Party never reached 50,000 members, let alone…
Writing on Facebook about the LNC censure motion directed against him, Mark Tuniewicz wrote: Marcos Tuniewicz: I was not notified of this [Editor: the motion of censure] beforehand, nor was I after the vote took place.
LNC Region 6 Regional Representative Mark Tuniewicz has called on LP National Chair McArdle, National Vice Chair Watkins, and National Secretary Harlos to resign. He describes the LNC’s financial situation (previous story) as a “dangerous financial precipice” for which the trio are accountable. He writes: Todd, [Hagopian, the LNC Treasurer] Thank you for taking the time to put this together.…