Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested this morning by the FBI on corruption charges concerning statements he made about “selling” the open US Senate seat in Illinois.…
Independent Political Report
Jim Davidson on the importance of sunshine and open meetings to political parties
By paulie on December 9, 2008 6:21 AM
Excerpt from an article at BostonTea.US
The Boston Tea Party bylaws require that the national committee and its members have open meetings where their deliberations are public and online.
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Libertarian Party passes resolution condemning domestic deployment of US military
By paulie on December 9, 2008 12:05 AM
Posted at LP.org
The following resolution was passed by the Libertarian National Committee on Dec. 7, 2008 at its quarterly board meeting:
RESOLUTION CONDEMNING DOMESTIC DEPLOYMENT OF THE U.S.
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Angela Keaton speaks
By Administrative Team on December 8, 2008 10:46 PM
Friends:
This is to confirm that I have resigned my position on the Libertarian National Committee.
I did not do this as a result of pressure from either Mr.…
Angela Keaton resigning from LNC
By Administrative Team on December 8, 2008 6:35 PM
Characterizing the LNC’s charges against Angela Keaton as a “witch trial,” Antiwar.com’s Eric Garris says the leaders of the Libertarian Party are “fixated on alienating those in their own party who still take libertarian principles seriously.…
Ronald Hardy: A Green Party national membership proposal
By paulie on December 8, 2008 4:49 PM
Posted at Green Party Watch
Summary:
The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is in a tough position financially. It is in debt, and struggling to meet its monthly expenses.
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Libertarian Party of New York supports anti-corporate welfare lawsuit
By paulie on December 8, 2008 4:43 PM
Sent to [email protected] by LPNY chair Eric Sundwall
For more information contact: Eric Sundwall, Chairman (518) 857-1731
Libertarian Party Supports Anti-Corporate Welfare Lawsuit
State Committee decries unconstitutional spending.
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Libertarian Party Transparency Caucus forming
By paulie on December 8, 2008 1:49 PM
Posted at Next Free Voice by Matt Harris and at IPR by Paulie. To avoid editorializing, which is against IPR site policy, I will confine my additional thoughts to the comment section, except to add A) that two out of four of us so far like the name “Sunshine Caucus” better and B) a very rudimentary website exists, but we want to make a good first impression, so (realizing that it opens us up to the charge of hypocrisy) we are not linking it here yet, but will share it with those who actually want to help develop it first (email us, or, if you don’t have any of our email addresses, write [email protected]…
IPR request to our readers who were at the LNC meeting in San Diego
By paulie on December 8, 2008 12:22 PM
We (or at a minimum, I, Paulie) would like a copy of the binder that is distributed to interested gallery members at LNC meetings, from the San Diego meeting, that we can “distribute” electronically to our readers.…