West Virginia LP Permanently Fills Officer Vacancies

From a media release from the LPWV on June 27, 2011:

Weston, WV (HNN) — The Libertarian Party of West Virginia (LPWV) held an executive committee meeting on Saturday, June 26, 2011 in Weston. At the meeting, they elected Tom Thacker as the new Chairman of the LPWV, who served as Secretary of the LPWV from 2010 to 2011. Tom works as an abstractor for Hawkeye Research in Harrisville, WV and is also active with the West Virginians for Life.

Another Buckhannon native, Alan Westfall,  was elected as the Vice Chairman of the LPWV. Alan works for the Water Department of the City of Buckhannon and is also active with Younglife. Long time WVLP member Karl Swisher of Jane Lew was elected as the Treasurer of the LPWV.

The LPWV would like to thank Dr. Jim Lark for taking the time to appear at the meeting. Dr. Lark served as the United States Libertarian National Chairman from 2000 to 2002. Lark is a professor of systems engineering at the University of Virginia. He is currently the Region 5-South representative to the LNC.

The Libertarian Party of West Virginia (LPWV) is dedicated to principles of smaller government, lower taxes, more personal liberty and individual responsibility. The WVLP wants to keep the Federal government out of most dealings within West Virginia. The WVLP principles are guided by our founding fathers and their writings including the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the West Virginia State Constitution.

Tom Thacker said “We believe that Thomas Jefferson had it right when he said, “A society that would trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both and deserve neither” and Thacker added “I believe most West Virginians believe that our elected representatives most important objective should be protecting freedom for individuals from the first heartbeat to the last.”

The next WVLP meeting will be in Fayetteville on Saturday, August 13. If you would like to become more involved with the Libertarian Party please contact Tom Thacker at [email protected] or visit the website lpwv.org.

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Also see our previous coverage of the LPWV’s activities.

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