Wes Benedict
Wes Benedict has posted this blog post to list state LP conventions for 2015. The list both here at IPR and at LP.org is being periodically updated as we learn of more state convention announcements. I posted this previously but I’m reposting it separately to A) reset the comments (while preserving them) – the issues that led rise to discussions in the previous post’s comment section now have their own articles where they can be discussed, and B) break out Wes Benedict’s offer to speak at state conventions into a separate post. The intention of this post is to only update new announcements of state conventions; please discuss issues that spin off from that on other posts or on the open threads, but please do post new convention announcements (or changes) in the comments here.
Below is a schedule of Libertarian state conventions in 2015. Click on the state to get more information. Not all states have conventions every year. Some states have not scheduled their conventions yet. Updates will be posted as they become available.
Recent additions and updates: Massachusetts
Saturday, January 24
Arizona
Saturday, February 28
Kentucky
Friday, March 6 – Saturday, March 7
Georgia
Saturday, March 14
Maryland
Saturday, March 21
New Jersey
Saturday, March 28
Iowa
Friday, April 10 – Sunday, April 12
North Carolina
Friday, April 17 – Sunday April 19
Kansas
Saturday, April 18
New Mexico
Missouri
Friday, April 24 – Sunday, April 26
Colorado
Indiana
Oregon
Saturday, April 25
Minnesota
New York
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Friday, May 1 – Saturday, May 2
Ohio
Saturday, May 16
Arkansas
Friday, May 29, – Saturday, May 31
California
Nevada
Washington
Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 7
Florida
Saturday, June 6
Pennsylvania
Saturday, June 13
Alabama
Saturday, July 13
North Dakota
Friday, July 31 – Saturday, August 1
Illinois
Saturday, September 19
Connecticut
Saturday, October 17
Massachusetts
Saturday, November 7 – Sunday, November 8
South Carolina
States not holding conventions in 2015:
Vermont, Virginia.
Louisiana holds conventions every four years (presidential years).
Idaho, Oklahoma and Texas hold conventions in even numbered years.
I won’t post it seperately since it’s largely the same as what I already posted, but here’s the press release from Wisconsin.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday April 30, 2015
Contact: Andy Craig, Libertarian Party of Wisconsin
[email protected] | 870.329.7217
Wisconsin’s Libertarians met for their 2015 Convention on Saturday, April 25 at the Olympia Resort & Hotel in Oconomowoc. America’s third-largest and fastest-growing political party, the Libertarian Party is dedicated to advancing a message of smaller government and maximum individual freedom. Turnout exceeded expectations as Libertarians assembled from across the state to elect new party leadership, followed by an afternoon of lively discussion with the event’s guest speakers.
Joe Kexel of Kenosha was elected as the party’s new chair, for a term of two years. Kexel was the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in 2012, a candidate for U.S. House in 2008 and 2010, and the incumbent vice-chair. He will be joined by newly elected officers Dean Troy of Appleton as vice-chair, Andy Craig of Milwaukee as secretary, and Jon Augelli of Madison as treasurer.
Jim Sewell, Terry Gray, Candice Wirkus, Ken Morgan, Jeff Kortsch, Richard Martin, Jr., and Robert Burke were selected as representatives for their respective congressional districts. George Meyers, Peter Augelli, Scott Kenneth Noble, Diane Mielke, Leroy Watson, Gus Fahrendorf, and Nathan Gall were chosen as their alternates. Stephen Nass and Kay Hagerty were elected to the two at-large positions.
After lunch, the delegates heard from Terry Brown of School Choice Wisconsin, who explained the history of the school choice movement and the future of expanding parental freedom in education. Isaac Orr of the Heartland Institute delivered a presentation on the controversy surrounding fracking, frac sand mining in Wisconsin, and the implications for environmental regulations and energy independence from a libertarian perspective.
Professor Yuri Maltsev of Carthage College spoke of his experiences as a senior economic adviser to Soviet Premier Gorbachev, the human cost of communism, and why he chose to defect to the United States to teach free-market economics. Andy Craig, congressional candidate in Milwaukee’s fourth district and 2014 nominee for secretary of state, talked about the role of third parties in American politics, celebrating the fact that the Libertarian Party is once again fully ballot-qualified in Wisconsin due to last year’s election results.
The keynote speaker was Dr. Marc Allan Feldman, Head of Anesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic and a former Libertarian candidate for statewide office in Ohio. Feldman is seeking the 2016 Libertarian nomination for President of the United States, running under the slogan “Votes Not For Sale” and limiting his campaign contributors to a maximum of five dollars.
“It has been my pleasure to serve the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin for two years as chair,” concluded outgoing chair Paul Ehlers, “Godspeed to the new executive committee. We are in good hands.” The Libertarian Party of Wisconsin would like to thank Paul Ehlers for his successful tenure, as well as commend outgoing secretary and former chair Jim Maas, and convention emcee Tim Peterson, who on Saturday both concluded two decades of continuous service in a wide variety of leadership roles in the party.
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Some photos from CO
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1572654639683966&set=pcb.1572658146350282&type=1&theater
https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t34.0-12/11186382_996754177009899_179734148_n.jpg?oh=dfe57effefad7ede1ae51f2b43cc8439&oe=5544499C
More from Nathan Grabau: “I just sent the guy who took all the video footage we have a message, I will let you know what I heard back from him. There were no bylaws, constitution, or platform changes. ”
He also sent me a convention program, I’ll include that in an upcoming article. I’ll try to get articles about several states conventions from last weekend up today. Meant to do it all week and hadn’t got to it yet. ,
From Nathan Grabau on FB: The following people were elected, or reelected, to the Libertarian Party of Colorado Board of Directors: Lily Tang Williams, Chair Jay North, Vice Chair Amy Lunde-Provinces, Regions Director Jack Woehr, Campaigns Director Nathaniel Grabau, Communications Director Michael Stapleton, Legislative Director Alan Hayman, Membership Director
https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2015/04/best-collection-misfits-you-ll-ever-want-hang-out-scenes-libertarian-party-m
>Lily Tang Williams was elected State Chair in Colorado.
Excellent choice!!!
oops – missed the first part:
The 2015 Missouri LP convention took place April 18th. New officers are:
Bill Slantz [email protected]
Rick Vandeven [email protected]
Randy Langrkraehr [email protected]
Sean O’Toole [email protected] (re-elected)
It’s been a pleasure serving since 2008. I think the new team will do a great job. I’m not going anywhere… 🙂
Convention article follows.
By Cisse Spragins, Immediate Past Chair
The Missouri LP State Convention took place Saturday, April 18 in Columbia, Missouri. The packed agenda started with an informal session wherein past candidates discussed their motivations and experiences running for office, as well as the importance of having as many Libertarian candidates on the ballot for each election cycle. Cecil Ince announced his intention of seeking the LP’s presidential nomination and discussed some of his priorities.
Following the candidate session, national vice chair Arvin Vohra conducted an informative and entertaining candidate training, wherein his gift for teaching was readily apparent. Three candidates, Bill Slantz, Russ Monchil and Cecil Ince participated in the Who’s Driving training developed by LNC political director Carla Howell. Arvin stressed the importance of controlling the conversation in interviews, versus letting interviewers ask questions about personal or other issues that take you off message. He stressed the importance of “ABC – Always Be Cutting”, to reframe every question into the context of cutting government. He reminded attendees to not confuse features with benefits, and to always promote the benefits of cutting government. Another key point was that facts about what is bad about something don’t sell – we have to offer alternatives because people tend to fear the unknown.
Next came Dave Roland of the Freedom Center of Missouri, a libertarian public interest law firm, who gave an overview of several constitutional cases he has tried or is currently trying on specific property rights, economic and civil liberties issues. One current case involves a city ordinance that mandates that homeowners devote at least half their property to the cultivation of turf grass. Another case involves a St Louis county election law that prohibits any contestants who are not the nominee of one of the top two political parties based upon votes received in the last governor’s race. Dave also plans to take up the case of African hair braiders in Missouri who are not allowed to practice their art without a cosmetology license. This is an important case for economic liberty versus mercantilism that has been fought and won in several jurisdictions around the country by the Institute for Justice. Dave is a passionate and articulate defender of liberty and we’re blessed to have him working in our state.
The State Committee meeting followed. State officers were elected for two year terms. Bill Slantz prevailed in a contested race for chair against Robb Cunningham. Rick Vandeven was unopposed for vice chair, Randy Langkraehr was unopposed for secretary, and Sean O’Toole was re-elected treasurer. Congratulations and thanks to all participants for their willingness to serve the Missouri LP as officers. Following the elections, State committee members were selected for two-year terms and Executive committee members for one-year terms. Those members will be updated on the website shortly.
At the Awards Lunch, Bill Boone, Jeff Coleman, Daniel Redden and Steven Hedrick received the Champion of Freedom Awards. Mike Bozarth received the Karl Wetzel Award for Lifetime Achievement for his over thirty years of activism in support of the Libertarian Party. Past chair and long time webmaster Glenn Nielsen was also recognized for his many contributions. The special guest speaker for the lunch was Gary Nolan, Libertarian radio host and former LP presidential candidate. Gary talked about his transition from conservative to libertarian many years ago and about the pressure he receives to rejoin the GOP band wagon. He inspired Libertarians to not give up or given in or sell out to the right’s appeals with candidates such as Rand Paul or other pseudo “liberty” candidates, but to stand by our principles and ideals. He also noted there is room within the Libertarian tent for respectful differences on thorny issues such as abortion prohibition.
The schedule after lunch kicked off with an interesting panel discussion on Religion and Libertarianism featuring Christian Libertarians Dave Roland, who has a master’s degree in theology and attorney Randy England who recently authored the book “Free is Beautiful – Why Catholics Should Be Libertarians”. The panelists discussed their personal journeys to libertarianism and provided input on standard objections such as – “Aren’t Christians obligated to do everything in their power, including the use of government authority to compel others to live in accordance with God’s will?” and “Wasn’t Jesus a socialist?” They discussed the fact that Jesus did not advocate the use of force to compel others to act in certain ways and that God imbued man with free will. They also discussed that biblical teachings such as helping the poor or supporting Israel are directed personally to individuals, versus instructing us to advocate for the use of government force to carry out these objectives.
We then heard from Professor Kirby Cundiff who showed some health care cost versus outcome statistics and discussed the economic drivers that make health care so expensive. He specifically talked about the third party payer system (wherein the consumers of health care are not the ones paying for it directly) which removes much of the benefit of market competition. He explained that “hospitalization insurance” as an employee benefit first came about in the 1940s due to government price controls on wages, as a way to attract talented employees. Later, the advent of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960’s further separated the market from competition. He discussed the labor monopoly of the American Medical Association which limits the number of doctors, as well as state “Certificate of Need” programs which limit the construction of hospitals and thus competition. He discussed various market responses such as medical tourism and the supply of many testing diagnostics via the internet for much lower cost than through one’s doctor.
Arvin Vohra then spoke again, in his capacity as an education entrepreneur, about how the free market can fix the education problems the state has created. He discussed the extreme cost inflation we are seeing in college education, as well as the trends of increasing cost and decreasing quality observed in secondary education. He proposed eliminating all state and federal funding of education and loan guarantee programs, as well as state and federal mandates on education. This would return public schools to local and parental control, and immediately reduce the cost of college education, which has rapidly tracked the inflation of government student loan guarantees. He also discussed the profound affect that government monopoly has had on innovation in education. He said that removing restrictions, definitions and government monopoly and control would allow more and more innovative approaches (such as the Khan Academy) that would better serve students and reduce costs.
Show-Me Cannabis research director Aaron Malin was supposed to speak on his work on uncovering Missouri’s Drug Task Forces, but was sick. However, Dave Roland (with 20 minutes of notice!) gave the talk, as he has been retained as counsel for SMC for this investigation. Dave delivered the talk as if he’d been planning to give it all along. (If one is organizing a convention, apparently all you need is Dave to have a full agenda!). He discussed the rather sordid tale of their attempts to uncover information about the various Drug Task Forces in Missouri. The tale began with repeated denial by various government authorities that various task forces even exist. They have discovered that not only do these agencies exist, they have virtually no oversight or accountability to the people, in direct conflict with law in many instances. The full report, which is available at http://show-mecannabis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Draft-FINAL-Comprehensive-Report-Drug-Task-Forces.pdf, shows how the task forces prioritize cannabis arrests, use tax money for propaganda and use civil asset forfeiture proceeds to pay task force officers, instead of the money going to education per the state constitution.
Next, former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, Randy England provided us with valuable information in terms of how to interact with the police if stopped, questioned or detained. He stated that passengers in a car do not have to ID themselves if a car is stopped, only the driver. If the officer asks “Is there anything in your car I should know about, or Do you have any drugs or alcohol”, if you answer affirmatively, it’s over. One should never consent to a search of one’s car or home without a warrant, even if you feel you are completely innocent. You have nothing to gain from such a search. The rule is do not consent and do not resist. If they do search and find something, they will question everyone involved. In that case, each person should invoke their Miranda rights. If one is being interrogated, whether in custody or not, one should clearly state “I want to remain silent and I want to talk to a lawyer.” This will stop the questioning, but it won’t bring your lawyer immediately. Unlike on TV shows, lawyers cannot just barge into interrogations. Further information is available on Randy’s blog at http://www.randyengland.com/.
The final session of a full and lengthy day featured presentations by each of the two organizations promoting Cannabis reform initiatives for the 2016 ballot in Missouri. Dan Viets discussed the Show-Me Cannabis petition and Mark Pederson of Sensible Missouri, author of the Missouri Cannabis Restoration and Protection Act, discussed his organization’s petition. Both organizations have initiatives approved for circulation (info at http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/Petitions/default.aspx?PageID=1731). Dan Viets stated that SMC may submit other petitions with different language to the Secretary of State prior to beginning to collect signatures, based upon polling results. Broadly speaking, SMC’s proposals are similar to the existing laws in Colorado which feature a broad regulatory framework and excise taxes. Their approach is more incremental and based upon polling and research on what they feel is likely to pass. The CRPA proposal is a more broad-based legalization which does not create a new regulatory framework specific to cannabis, and prohibits taxation in excess of standard state and local sales taxes, and no tax on purchases for medicinal uses. In addition to their petitions, Dan discussed the extensive work SMC has undertaken to lobby the legislature for various law changes and the recent successes they’ve had. Mark, who works extensively with the medical uses of cannabis discussed numerous case studies of cannabis oil helping children with severe seizures, and how some aspects of the Colorado law still make life difficult for patients. Further information is available at http://show-mecannabis.com/ and http://www.cannabisrestorationandprotectionact.org/.
Thanks to all the speakers and participants who made this a great convention!
It has been a pleasure serving the Missouri Libertarian Party as chair from 2010-2015 and vice chair from 2008-2010. I look forward to continued involvement with the party and to advancing the cause of liberty.
—
Live Free.
Cisse W. Spragins, Ph.D.
Immediate Past Chair, Missouri Libertarian Party
LPMO.org
FedUpinMO.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzEoKW7TyUE
Lily Tang Williams was elected State Chair in Colorado.
Jim Tomasik
April 26 at 10:46am
The elections for LPTN officers was held at the 2015 LPTN Convention yesterday in Murfreesboro, TN.
All previously current officers retained their respective positions and there were a few bylaw changes made. These changes should help the LPTN advance in the coming years.
Jim Tomasik Chairman
Donn Janes Vice-Chairman
Daniel Lewis Secretary
Mary Phelps Treasurer
OK, Lets grow this thing.
I am delighted that the delegates today chose a terrific team to move forward in our mission of promoting freedom-loving candidates to the voters in New York. In particular, the following officers were elected for the 2015/16 term of the LPNY state committee:
Chair–Mark Glogowski
Vice Chairs–Jim Rosenbeck and Chris Padgett
Secretary–Blay Tarnoff
Treasurer–Gary Treistman
At Large–Chris Edes, Phil Ricci, Kevin Wilson, Brian Waddell, Robert Porter (surname corrected)
There were a lot of conventions this weekend. I haven’t caught up on all my email to see whether any other results were announced on the state chairs list, or videos from any of the conventions posted. If anyone has any of that, or links to news coverage, blogging, twitter feeds etc from any of the state conventions, let me know.
After five years as State Chair, I am delighted that the delegates today chose a terrific team to move forward in our mission of promoting freedom-loving candidates to the voters in New York. In particular, the following officers were elected for the 2015/16 term of the LPNY state committee:
Chair–Mark Glogowski
Vice Chairs–Jim Rosenbeck and Chris Padgett
Secretary–Blay Tarnoff
Treasurer–Gary Treistman
At Large–Chris Edes, Phil Ricci, Kevin Wilson, Brian Waddell, Robert Parker
Special thanks to LNC Vice Chair Arvin Vohra and Region 8 Alternate Representative Josh Katz for joining us today.
Mark N. Axinn
Immediate Past Chair, LPNY
Pennsylvania – June 6th, 2015
http://www.lppaconvention.org
The Massachusetts State Convention will be October 17 at Tweed’s on Grove Street in Worcester, 10AM-3PM. National Chair Nick Sarwark will be the convention keynote speaker.
We will have a Presidential candidate debate. I expect to be the moderator. The State Committee agreed that in order to be a participant:
(i) you must attend
(ii) you must be a declared candidate
(iii) you must have a significant demonstrable record of libertarian party activism.
Candidates will be paying their own travel expenses.
We expect around $25 for pre-registrants, and perhaps more at the door. That’s 1/4 the cost of attending the Connecticut convention. (Presidential candidates will be comped.) There will also be a business meeting. You must have been a state association member well before the state convention in order to vote.
Who’s running? Are the issues in the race just personalities, or strategies, or are there ideological differences?
Reminder:
LPNY Convention this weekend in Rochester, NY. LNC members Arvin Vohra and Joshua Katz will be in attendance.
I am delighted to advise that there is a race to replace me as State Chair.
Fro Rob Hodgkinson via statechairs list:
Hi All,
A quick update from Kansas – I was elected State Chair this weekend (again)….. assuming I live that long, I will be serving years 6 & 7 as our chair.
Officers elected are:
Chair – Rob Hodgkinson
Vice Chair – Sharon DuBois
Secretary – Bill Carey
Treasurer – Ric Koehn
1st District Coordinator – Joey Frazier
2nd District Coordinator – Kris Logan
3rd District Coordinator – Chris Clemmons
4th District Coordinator – David Loomis
We had a large turnover in officers (5 of 8 were not officers last term) à this group has me really pumped up that we can grow the party statewide and really make a huge difference in the 2016 elections here.
We had a great convention – we had about 50 attendee’s and I was really pleased as that was one of our bigger events (especially in an off election year) 41 were voting members and we had nearly 10 people that were there checking us out. We had 28 people attend a social mixer Friday night, 34 stayed and had dinner together Saturday evening, the sunrise motorcycle ride we had planned for Saturday morning was unfortunately canceled as thunderstorms in Kansas are no fun to ride in…..
Our national ED Wes Benedict did a very nice job speaking to our convention about fundraising and candidate recruitment, I heard several people discussing his points and how they can incorporate them into our future plans.
We had a dynamite presentation from Kristin (who is a volunteer for us and marketing guru for a major corporation in Kansas City) and she made many good points about targeting & our image and how we can make ourselves better known statewide. Really good stuff.
We had a good weekend!
sooooo….. you all have to put up with me for another two years…..
😎
Hope I get to see you soon!
Rob Hodgkinson
Chair
The Libertarian Party of Kansas.
Individual Liberty — Personal Responsibility
http://www.LPKS.org
This is it: The final week to register for this year’s New York State Libertarian Party Convention at the Rochester Airport Holiday Inn.
Don’t wait–Please register today on-line at http://www.ny.lp.org. Remember, we are a small voice in a symphony of statism, and this is only time this year we will all get together to sling insults at the Empire.
So please register today to secure a spot. We have two great speakers, some business to conduct, and lots of informative workshops on different aspects of political campaigns and organization-building.
I look forward to seeing each of you in Rochester on the 25th.
Thanks so much!
Mark Axinn
Chair, LPNY
I forwarded that notification from FB to Wes also via email, but did not change the title. Hopefully if Wes did not already see that email he will see this comment. I periodically grab the whole list from the source code at LP.org and paste it here, so hopefully it is or will be updated there also so I don’t accidentally repost the previous (meetup) link for CO the next time I do that.
Colorado link updated by request to http://www.lpcolorado.org/convention/
And hopefully also in Alabama on June 13?
If we are still in Arkansas on May 16 I’ll see you then.
I’m at the Libertarian Party of North Carolina state convention in Durham. If you’re hear, stop and say hi.
Neither am I, but what do I know?
I’m not aware of Phillies running for the nomination this time.
George? As a Moderator? Aren’t you a Candidate?
(Paulie if this is inappropriate for this topic please delete)
Pretty sure we have had that in there for a while now. Dunno if Wes has Alabama yet, I’ll have to double check.
SO FINALLY, it gives me no small amount of relief to state that the LPPA will be having its convention on June 6, 2015 details can be found on our facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/LibertarianPartyOfPennsylvania
Sincerely,
Steve Scheetz
Darryl spoke at the 2014 Florida convention, and he gave a very energetic speech and was well received.
“Got it. So would you be available if the money isn’t?”
It’s very likely that I could be, presuming I could raise the funds to cover the cost.
Got it. So would you be available if the money isn’t?
@Paulie – the key word was “ask” – not require!
Tell Leigh LaChine if you are referring to Alabama, and I’ll keep that in mind for other states. As far as Alabama I doubt that he’ll offer you travel money, especially as a candidate seeking the nomination – candidates are typically expected to pay their own travel for conventions, or raise it from supporters, as opposed to charging states to appear. But I can pass your offer along. Given the financial status of Alabama I don’t see it happening but you never know.
Paulie,
I don’t charge a speakers fee; I simply ask that travel be provided, lodging is a plus.
No conflict with LNC, Alabama firmed up for Jun 13, Wes confirmed as speaker, we’ll see about Nick and/or others.
Alabama has scheduled state convention for June 13. I am hoping it will not conflict with the next LNC meeting. We tentatively scheduled Wes (and possibly Nick if he has time that day) to speak.
https://www.facebook.com/events/632508180217258/
Specifically for Alabama (tentatively Jun 13) as well as in general..
Our block of rooms and the discounted nightly rate at the Rochester Airport Holiday Inn has been extended until April 2, 2015.
To get a discounted room rate, please call 585-328-6000 and mention the NYS Libertarian Party. Our group discount rate is $79/night now guaranteed until April 2.
The Convention will run on April 25 from 9am to 5pm with two great speakers (Arvin Vohra and Blair Horner), election of a new State Committee and afternoon workshops.
More info and register on-line at http://www.ny.lp.org.
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/03/wes-benedict-offers-himself-and-suggests-other-speakers-for-state-lp-conventions/
Any other good speaker suggestions that don’t charge an honorarium and tat you have actually seen speak?
Regarding the LPNY Convention on Saturday, April 25 in Rochester, NY:
Only four days left to get discounted rooms from the Holiday Inn. 585-328-6000
Mention the NYS Libertarian Party for our group discount! Rate is $79/night guaranteed until March 25th.
Convention from 9am to 5pm with two great speakers (Arvin Vohra and Blair Horner), election of a new State Committee and afternoon workshops.
More info and register on-line at http://www.ny.lp.org.
Alabama is tentatively scheduled for June 13. Wes Benedict is penciled in as a likely speaker.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-libertarian-party-of-wisconsin-state-convention-tickets-16189887389
anastasia beaverhauzen, I always wanted that to be my name , how wierd
Massachusetts is scheduled for October 17. The Keynote Speaker will be National Chair Nick Sarwark. We will have a Presidential debate. I will be the debate moderator.
Thkoobies. We now return you to our regularly thkeduled ….
thnaks
It’s easier for me to just post it here. I may add it to the post later. I have to use the search box like everyone else but here you go:
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/02/california-lp-makes-announcement-regarding-upcoming-convention/
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/03/lsla-teleconference-march-1-2015/
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/02/libertarian-party-of-nevada-will-host-first-ever-libertarian-expo-may-28-to-31/
Or even the original version of this post which turned into what I am trying not to have here:
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/02/2015-libertarian-state-conventions-listing-in-progress/
Paulie,
“Please read the post above about what to post and what not to post in this thread.
There are other posts to discuss the issue you mention. I’m going to start enforcing this rule on this post.”
It would have been usefull to include an index to the other threads?
If you provide an index at the bottom of this threads header then please eliminate this comment.
Thanks,
Steve
Please read the post above about what to post and what not to post in this thread.
There are other posts to discuss the issue you mention. I’m going to start enforcing this rule on this post.
I’m moving to CA in a couple weeks and did some digging on the LP there, and was flabbergasted to see that their annual convention is being held in another state (that can’t be allowable, can it?) and the reported turmoil in the state party. As I’m moving to a distant part of the state with little apparent reach from the state party, I wonder if it’s even worth it to join a state party that has to cross state lines to hold a convention?