From the desk of George Phillies
December 5th — I flew off to San Diego to listen to the Libertarian National Committee meeting.
A long description follows.…
Posts published in December 2008
Haugh, Wrights, Hawkridge continue to cover Libertarian Party sexual harassment claims at Liberty For All
By paulie on December 16, 2008 5:59 PM
Following up on Sean Haugh’s article, Sexual Harassment at National? (discussed at IPR: Libertarian Party employee Sean Haugh: ‘Open season on women’ as long as Bill Redpath is LP national chair; Libertarian Party Transparency Caucus debate), Liberty For All has been publishing a number of followup articles.…
Independent Wisconsin legislator Jeff Wood arrested on alcohol, pot charges
By paulie on December 16, 2008 4:36 PM
From the Associated Press. Thanks to IPR reader “ATM” for contacting us with the news.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin lawmaker was arrested on charges of drunken driving and marijuana possession after smashing his car into a highway sign and a snowbank, according to a report released Monday.
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Libertarian Party and Green Party of Pennsylvania denounce court decision
By paulie on December 16, 2008 3:45 PM
Found at rauterkus.blogspot.com
Commonwealth Court holds that state indictments of illegal activity are not grounds for overturning earlier judgment against Ralph Nader
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania (LPPA) http://www.lppa.org…
Connecticut Working Families Party says it offers ‘protest vote that counts’
By PJO on December 16, 2008 3:35 PM
Sunday’s Hartford Courant had a feature on Connecticut’s Working Families Party, writing that while the Green and Libertarian parties “portrayed themselves in federal court last week as victims of Connecticut’s campaign-finance law,” the WFP “refused to join the two other minor parties in claiming that qualifying for public financing is too difficult for their candidates.…
New York LP denounces ‘myopic’ state budget proposal
By PJO on December 16, 2008 3:30 PM
The Libertarian Party of New York “is denouncing the 2009-2010 budget proposal by Governor David Paterson,” the party said in a news release. “Citing the myopic proposal of increased entitlements and more tax increases, Chairman Eric Sundwall is asking that Albany not panic like Washington did earlier this year.”…
Chuck Baldwin: Act now to reject US Constitutional Convention
By paulie on December 16, 2008 2:56 PM
By 2008 Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin. Found at ChuckBaldwinLive.com and at Blog.TNfarmgirl.com
My good friend, Tom DeWeese, chairman of the American Policy Center, recently issued an urgent alert regarding a revived effort to assemble a modern Constitutional Convention.…
Greens react to nomination of Steven Chu as Energy Secretary
By paulie on December 16, 2008 1:58 PM
The nomination of Steven Chu as Energy Secretary became official today. It has been rumored, written about, etc. for weeks. There are several items worth noting.
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Australian Green MP: ‘breathalyzers for people writing laws’
By paulie on December 16, 2008 1:33 PM
Reported in Time:
In September, the state’s police minister, Matt Brown, resigned after claims that he cavorted in his underwear and straddled the chest of a female MP during a parliamentary office party.
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