Posted at Last Free Voice by ENM
The following was posted on the LNC discussion group by LNC At-Large Representative Angela Keaton. Please note the following additional statement from Ms. Keaton: “I don’t begrudge Shane Cory his salary or imply that he didn’t put in very long difficult hours. I am merely stating [...]

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In this essay, LP radical and LPNY state chair Eric Sundwall advocates that radical libertarians avoid the BTP and stay in the LP. It is entitled Party Like It’s 1973, an apparent ironic reference to Party like it’s 1773 by BTP interim chair Jim Davidson.
I was somewhat intrigued when popular Libertarian blogger Tom Knapp started [...]

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Veteran petition circulator and Libertarian Party activist “Paulie Cannoli” — who also writes for IPR — has reportedly been fired by Sean Haugh and will be denied future work with the LP. This turn of events is based, at least in part, on Paulie’s comments in defense of Gary Fincher, another victim of the Haugh [...]

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IPR has received reports from reliable sources that Libertarian Party Chairman Bill Redpath is “highly upset” with Sean Haugh over the Massachusetts petition burning scandal, and has taken “appropriate steps” to ensure something of that nature won’t happen again. Well, according to a well-known petition gatherer — who admittedly has bad blood with Mr. Haugh [...]

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Libertarian Party National Chairman Bill Redpath reportedly called Angela Keaton, an outspoken member of the Libertarian National Committee, and told her to “act like a responsible committee member or resign” her post at the LNC.
Keaton’s response to Redpath:
Mr. Redpath, learn your place in the movement. Do not call, write or speak to me unless [...]

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Unsubstantiated reports originating from within the Libertarian Party say that Bob Barr’s running mate, Las Vegas gambling magnate Wayne Allyn Root, may soon be indicted on charges of fraud. Allegedly, there is an ongoing investigation into the sale of his last business.
Recently, IPR reported on the near-total absence of Root’s name from Bob Barr’s campaign [...]

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LNC member and Liberated Space host Angela Keaton has started a new blog: Anarchist Bitch. She has decided to make all of her LNC correspondence public at the blog.
Her first post-convention blog entry alleges that Shane Cory manipulated fundraising results:
I was the second highest fund raiser last time. I realize that I was listed as [...]

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Bill Redpath was re-elected chairman after two rounds of balloting. He led the first round with 183 votes vs. 113 for Ruth Bennett and 70 for Ernie Hancock. Most predicted Hancock supporters would rally behind Ms. Bennett, but that was not the case. Redpath won the second round 204-147.
The race for vice-chair included a surprise [...]

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