Emailed to IPR and posted at Free Patriot Press by Darryl W. Perry, Chair of the Boston Tea Party National Committee: Lately it seems everyone is putting in their “two cents” on the Cordoba House; which opponents – including some supposed “libertarians” (Wayne Allyn Root, John Hospers & Neal Boortz) – are calling a “mosque [...]

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Wayne Root’s ‘Why the 9/11 Mosque Controversy Is NOT About Religious Freedom…and Should Be Stopped!’ has drawn several reactions at libertarian blogs. The ones I have found so far are below. Readers are welcome to link additional articles on the issue in the comments. IPR has also carried varying opinions on this issue by LNC [...]

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Posted by Wayne Root at RootForAmerica.com. Root is an At Large member of the Libertarian National Committee and the party’s most recent Vice Presidential candidate. IPR has also carried varying opinions on this issue by LNC member Daniel Wiener, Tom Knapp, Kristin Davis, Warren Redlich, Carl Paladino, and LPHQ interns Marissa Giannotta and Josh Roll. [...]

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Posted by Daniel Wiener at LP blog. Others who have weighed in on this issue include Tom Knapp, Kristin Davis, Warren Redlich, Carl Paladino, and LPHQ interns Marissa Giannotta and Josh Roll. You’ve all heard the quote that “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to [...]

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Posted at http://kristindavis2010.com/blog by Anti-Prohibition Party candidate for Governor of New York Kristin Davis. For a different opinion on the issue, and links to previous IPR coverage, see here. This weekend I went on the record for opposing the mosque at Ground Zero. I wanted to bring attention to this issue at my birthday party [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster. Knapp has held various internal offices in and sought public office under the banners of the Libertarian and Boston Tea Parties. : People who refer to themselves as “libertarians” spend a lot of time arguing over exactly what they mean by “libertarian.” Personally, I try to be fairly “big [...]

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Posted by Kyle at Libertarian Party blog: Recently, there has been uproar over plans to build an Islamic cultural center blocks away from Ground Zero in New York City. While the city council and Mayor Bloomberg are in favor of this project, conservative leaders such as Sarah Palin and other media pundits criticize its location [...]

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Michael Bloomberg, probably the nation’s most high profile Independent politician, is attempting to abolish parties in New York City elections. Many of the local third parties, though, oppose the plan. Eliminating parties in elections would “be an open invitation for self-funded candidates, who do not go through primaries and dominate elections based on money,” Mr. [...]

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When IPR found out that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan had written her thesis on the Socialist Party of New York City, we hoped to obtain a copy of the document for readers to take a look at. The thesis is available for viewing and downloading here.

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As posted at Freedom’s Phoenix. A previous discussion of the debate based on a description by Dr. Tom Stevens is here. Ernest Hancock and his wife Donna travel to NYC to help distribute "Serf City" newspapers on the Subway system to promote the Manhattan Libertarian Party. That evening Ernest Hancock debated Wayne Allyn Root for [...]

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From Green Party Watch: From Green Party of Brooklyn: Meeting to establish citywide Green committee Thurs, June 25,  6:30P – 9P,  Rev Billy Talen For Mayor HQ – 250 Lafayette St. One of the key action items that emerged from our citywide strategic planning process was to set up a citywide Green committee consisting of [...]

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In New York State, along with several other states, multiple parties can endorse a single candidate in an election.  This is called fusion, and it is frequently used by the Working Families Party, although they do occassionally run candidates of their own.  The party mostly endorses Democrats, and has become a somewhat large and powerful [...]

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Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping (and the Green Party of New York City) recently published a post on his blog about the new “inverted Western” film Avatar and its “earth-based spirituality.”  Read the full thing here. John Wayne’s shoot-em-ups helped the American public learn to handle imperial war. Avatar is an inverted [...]

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Reverend Billy, running for Mayor of New York City, says, “I feel closer to solving the riddle of activism in 2009. We’ve known how conservative the Democrat/Working Families and the Republican/Independence Parties are. It’s Coke and Pepsi, it’s McDonalds and Burger King. The two party system enforces a strict censorship. We had to experience first-hand the harsh silence of it…”

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Once again, New York City’s public campaign financing system is to thank for an unusually high budget Green Party campaign.  This time, Green city council candidate David Pechefsky planned to dig into his $35,000 war chest in the final days before the election, while the Democratic candidate he is running against only had about $26,000 [...]

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Among the quotations in the Village Voice article with Green Party candidate for Mayor of NYC Reverend Billy Talen:

“What is the city? We’re the city. The “City” will go on with its bubble economy. But we have homes, loved ones, children. And as the corporations fade away we’re starting our own companies, we’re making our own arrangements, we’re counting on our neighbor’s genius to help pull us through. As we say in the Church of Life After Shopping, Change-allujah!”

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On Thursday, a week before the November 3 election, Reverend Billy will be taking animals native to the rainforest through Washington Square Park. He is the Green Party’s candidate for mayor of New York City. Reverend Billy claims that the city is the single largest purchaser of wood from the rainforest in the nation.

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The Freedom Socialist Party comments on candidates in the New York City elections. It includes endorsements for candidates from the Party for Socialism & Liberation, as well as the Socialist Workers Party.

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“The [New York City Campaign Finance] Board finds that political contributions made by Bloomberg, and all candidates, with their personal funds to political committees that support candidates in New York City and throughout New York State are campaign expenditures in furtherance of their campaigns.”

“The Board has never previously clarified for candidates that they must report to the Board political contributions made with personal funds. Therefore, candidates – including Bloomberg – who have not reported these political contributions for the 2009 election cycle will not be found in violation of the Act or Board Rules…”

As noted by political blogger Elizabeth Benjamin, this decision reflects contributions and candidates related to NY’s Republican Party, Independence Party, and Working Families Party.

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Reverend Billy has been running a very active campaign as the Green Party candidate for mayor in New York City, and as he comes into the last month of it, he’s not slowing down.  In an email to supporters, the campaign announced an endorsement from The L Magazine (a local New York City magazine with [...]

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