Saturday afternoon at Scholz Garten, Kris Bailey – with nods to marijuana legalization and Willie Nelson, the voice of the “TeaPot Party” – declared that he has a “passion for the issues and the need for regime change,” and officially kicked off his campaign for City Council Place 3.
A small but lively group of libertarians, stoners, and diners greeted the brief program, led off by campaign staffer Robert Butler, formerly executive director of the Libertarian Party of Texas. Butler began by saying that Bailey’s campaign is not just about “one person or one cause, but about people’s freedom to decide what to do with their own bodies.” He said Bailey has demonstrated that he can “stand up to pressure” during his previous campaign for state representative in Dist. 47, where he ran as a Libertarian, “and did us proud. … He’s been tried and tested.”
Butler is also a co-founder of the Texas Libertarios. The campaign also brought A. Whitney Brown to the event, of moderate fame from his time on Saturday Night Live. While there is a focus on marijuana issues, the candidate makes it clear in the article that he is also giving attention to other issues like city utility monopolies and code enforcement.
I heard there are some new regulations on the Austin farmers’ market which are just ridiculous. Bailey should get in touch with some local food freedom people; locavores or whatever and draw up some policy statements.