ATLANTA (February 8, 2010) – The Libertarian Party of Georgia renews its call for passage of Senate Bill 1, the Budget Act, which would require appropriators to review a quarter of the state budget every year to remove waste and ineffective programs (also know as zero-based budgeting). This much needed legislation unanimously passed the State [...]

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According to a comment by Chuck Moulton, quoting a blog post by Tom Stevens: The threat allegedly made at a LPNY meeting is interesting… read it for yourself, but it looks like the gist is: if your state opposes the floor fee, it won’t get ballot access money. http://drtomstevens.blogspot.com/2010/02/lpny-risks-retribution-for-expressing.html From the blog entry: M Carling, [...]

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LP.org: Dear Friend of Liberty, Last week we offered a great deal on bumper stickers. As of 11:00 this morning, over 300 people have responded and ordered 30,458 stickers! Wow! The offer expires this Thursday, February 11, so I’m repeating the original message below for your benefit. I hope you’ll go order 100 or 1,000 [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Jill Stein and Emily Rooney Debate Third Party Inclusion Jill Stein of the Green-Rainbow Party crossed swords with talk show host Emily Rooney, who opposes third party inclusion in debates. This interview occurred on the Emily Rooney radio show on WGBH, February 8, 2008. Enjoy. Interview with Jill begins at 32:15 into [...]

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Former Democratic Senator and candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination Mike Gravel will be speaking at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana on February 15.  Afterward, he will be interviewed on a radio program in the area that is also broadcast live worldwide on the internet.  More from the Muncie Free Press: Currently he backs [...]

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From the Delaware County Daily Times: The Delaware County Green Party will present Sylvia Metzler, who will speak on her recent experiences in Honduras as part of a Quest for Peace Delegation, from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday with a home-cooked brunch. The presentation will be held at The Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Olde Sproul [...]

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Andrew Seder Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Tim Mullen, a registered nurse and retired Army reservist, is making it a three-way race for the state 120th Legislative District seat held by Rep. Phyllis Mundy for two decades. The Kingston Township man on Thursday announced his candidacy on the Libertarian ticket, a party he has been a registered [...]

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Scott Wong Arizona Republic A group of Valley libertarians took its first step Friday to repeal the food tax adopted this week by the Phoenix City Council. Don’t Tax Our Food filed paperwork with the City Clerk’s Office to begin fundraising and collecting signatures to put a ballot measure before voters that would overturn the [...]

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Metro.US reports: Forget David Paterson, Andrew Cuomo and Rick Lazio. Kristin Davis, the “Manhattan Madam” who allegedly set up the love connections between disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and call girls, is running for the top seat in Albany with the backing of Roger Stone, a GOP operative with a reputation for outlandish behavior and [...]

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Lessons Obama Should Have Learned From Watching the Super Bowl The Difference Between Las Vegas and Washington D.C. By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee I am probably the only politician in America whose day job is Las Vegas oddsmaker. I’ve learned many valuable lessons from sports and sports betting. On Sunday I [...]

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Excerpted from an IPR comment by Joe Buchman: A public THANK YOU to Wayne Allyn Root. Last Saturday the Libertarian Party of Utah held a “How to run for public office 101″ meeting for potential Libertarian candidates for public office. At the same time one of the other 2008 candidates for Vice President, Sarah Palin, [...]

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At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: DNA database bill should be deep-sixed 6:00 am February 8, 2010, by Bob Barr A few years back, I hosted a nationally-syndicated radio program, modestly called “Bob Barr’s Laws of the Universe.” One of the laws most frequently cited during the three years I hosted the weekly show, was Law Number [...]

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Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch From the Metrowest Daily News: BOSTON — Dr. Jill Stein of Wayland will declare her candidacy for governor of Massachusetts on Monday, Feb. 8 at a rally in front of the State House. The event is scheduled for 11 a.m., across from the Robert Gould Shaw monument. [...]

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From the News-Gazette in Illinois: llinois Democrats have a gubernatorial candidate favored by only half the members of his own party, who faces a difficult budget battle this spring and – for now – is stuck with a running mate who is a political nightmare… The Republican ticket has a gubernatorial candidate favored by 20 [...]

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Ballot Access News: Lincoln Chafee, the independent candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in 2010, has a miniscule lead, according to this neutral poll.

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The Patriot Ledger reports that independent candidate for Massachusetts governor, Tim Cahill, has more cash on hand than any other candidate for the office: While it’s not surprising to draw strong support from one’s own district, Cahill faces a tougher fundraising challenge than any of his opponents, who can turn to a defined party base. [...]

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From the comments on a previous post: Phillies sends the following [..]…. —————————————————– “Root threatens Benedict with ‘If this isn’t news worthy…then we need a new Exec Director who can see that it is.’ ” 1) ROOT THREATENS BENEDICT Subject: ROOT for Wes Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:04:00 -0800 From: rootintl To: wes benedict [...]

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Due to multiple requests, including the statement of the original author that the article does not belong at IPR, I am deleting the body of the article. I’m leaving this up for now so the comments don’t disappear as well. -p

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Socialist Webzine: by David McReynoldsfrom Edge Left I was at a meeting of the New York War Resisters League tonight when, mid-way through the meeting, Frida Berrigan broke into the agenda to say that she hated to relay the news, but she had just gotten text message that Howard Zinn, that great historian of the [...]

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USA Today: A Nazi group is helping keep a stretch of Colorado’s Highway 85 tidy as a participant in the federal Adopt-A-Highway program. But the participation of the National Socialist Movement, which also calls itself America’s Nazi Party, is making the Elmwood Baptist church uncomfortable, because its stretch of highway is right next to the [...]

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