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Update on Candidates Seeking 2012 LP Presidential Nomination

February 5th, 2012 · 7 Comments

Since my last update a month ago, here’s what I know about what’s new with the the campaigns for the LP presidential nomination: Gary Johnson has now participated in one debate with other candidates seeking the Libertarian nomination, and has made plans to appear in others. Johnson has received the endorsement of several state and [...]

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An Open Letter to Gary Earl Johnson

November 30th, 2011 · 110 Comments

  Found  today on Facebook, on the Libertarian Party of California Page   America is at a crossroads. We borrow and print forty-three cents of every dollar the federal government spends and are now choking on debt. One candidate not only understands we must reverse this policy before heading down the path of Greece or [...]

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New Video: Regulate Marijuana Like Wine 2012

June 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Here is the latest video for the California marijuana initiative:

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Steve Kubby: Judge Gray Files New Initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Wine With Attorney General

May 20th, 2011 · 15 Comments

JUDGE GRAY FILES NEW INITIATIVE TO REGULATE MARIJUANA LIKE WINE WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL Retired Superior Court judge wants marijuana strictly regulated and kept away from minors. Filed voter initiative Wednesday with Attorney General to regulate marijuana like wine. Sacramento, Calif., May 18, 2011 — He was once a determined drug warrior, but now former Assistant [...]

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Video for the New Marijuana Initiative in California: Regulate Marijuana Like Wine

May 15th, 2011 · 8 Comments

Judge Jim Gray and Steve Kubby have been hard at work for a new initiative for 2012.

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LPCA Con 2011 Nevada – Sunday Elections

April 10th, 2011 · 127 Comments

Luncheon Speaker: Steve Kubby – Liberty, Leadership and Libertarianism

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Steve Kubby Interviewed by Cannabis Culture Magazine

March 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments

From the article by By David Malmo-Levine, Cannabis Culture – Monday, March 28 2011: We will be rolling out the new campaign at the state convention for the Libertarian Party of California on Friday, April 8, 2012. Within Libertarian circles are people who have written me checks of $10,000 or more. I raised the $500,000 [...]

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Steve Kubby: Tax Marijuana 2012 Campaign Update for March 4, 2011

March 4th, 2011 · 12 Comments

by Steve Kubby on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 8:37am The ink is barely dry on our preliminary draft of our initiative and we are already a serious subject of an editorial by the Orange County Register, a conservative newspaper based in the most conservative part of Southern California. We all understand that So Cal [...]

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SF Weekly: Steve Kubby, Prop 215 Author, Drafts New initiative to Decriminalize Marijuana

March 2nd, 2011 · 20 Comments

Chris Roberts at SF weekly: Steve Kubby has earned his stripes: Before he was a Libertarian Party candidate for governor of California and President of the United States (and South Lake Tahoe City Council), Kubby was a model activist and poster child for the medical cannabis movement. The latter because he has lived with a [...]

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Steve Kubby: Liberty, Leadership and Libertarianism

February 20th, 2011 · 19 Comments

“We live in an unfree world that desperately needs our Libertarian principles of free choice, free markets and free minds.” – Steve Kubby

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Kubby: Legalization or Secession?

January 20th, 2011 · 92 Comments

Topic: Crime and Punishment Is “legalization” the right strategy?  By Steve Kubby – Libertarian Thursday, January 20, 2011 On January 29, 2011 the top guns of the marijuana legalization movement will be meeting in Oakland, California in an extraordinary event organized by California NORML.  Many of my longtime friends will be there to come up [...]

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Kubby: Attacks From Deputy, Candidate’s Manager Unwarranted

January 4th, 2011 · 19 Comments

“this action underscores…the dangers that medical marijuana patients must face each day…
from the very people who are paid to protect them.”

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Steve Kubby – The Next Marijuana Voter Initiative

November 27th, 2010 · 12 Comments

“As a Libertarian, I applaud the call for full legalization. However, as an activist, I recognize that the non-medical use of cannabis is absolutely forbidden by federal law and international treaties…” – Steve Kubby

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Kubby: Legalizing Marijuana – A post-election analysis

November 5th, 2010 · 32 Comments

“Proposition 19, the California voter initiative to “legalize” marijuana, was doomed from the very beginning. The problem was polling, which was always weak. Despite plenty of theories by the Yes on 19 group on why polling was wrong or didn’t matter, it mattered.”

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Steve Kubby loses City Council race by 104 votes

November 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments

Email from Steve Kubby: Dear Friends and Family, I lost the race for SLT City Council by just 104 votes. That’s right, we were just 104 votes away from victory. I should point out that I was defeated by a former mayor of South Lake Tahoe, a former newspaper editor of the Tahoe Tribune, and [...]

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Steve Kubby for City Council, South Lake Tahoe: ‘Get Out the Vote today!’

November 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Kubby for City Council: Win, lose or Draw…It was a great campaign – Special thanks to the guys who made this campaign such a terrific team effort: Kevin Takenaga, Beau Cain, Terry Floyd, Dana McLorn, and Wayne Allyn Root. Here are the poll results as they stand last check: Get out and vote! To find [...]

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Update on Steve Kubby for South Lake Tahoe City Council

October 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Latest updates at Kubby for City Council: Campaign Party! This tuesday night @ The Coyote Grill! Come celebrate an epic campaign at the Coyote Grill. Win or lose, we’ve run a campaign we can all be proud of, with award winning radio ads and a great group of volunteers. The festivities will commence at 6:30 [...]

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Gary Johnson at Steve Kubby Event – Nor CA

October 22nd, 2010 · 11 Comments

Governor Johnson, a former ski racer and avid telemark skier, promised to return this winter and join city council candidate Steve Kubby for some world-class tree skiing at Heavenly. The former governor who is rumored to be considering a run for President in 2012, has traveled to 28 states, where he has met with various student and political groups that are concerned with the increase in government spending and the future of the American economy.

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Steve Kubby update

October 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments

Email from Steve Kubby, candidate for South Lake Tahoe, CA City Council (rearranged to put items relating to the current campaign at the top): [H]ere’s our latest radio commercial for my run for South Lake Tahoe City Council: http://proxychi.baremetal.com/kubby.com/60.couple.TRPA.mp3 For more media and updates on my South Lake Tahoe campaign see here: http://kubby4citycouncil.com/ Kubby South [...]

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Libertarian Party blog on Steve Kubby for South Lake Tahoe City Council

October 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Posted by Mark Hinkle at LP blog on October 4: Opinion: Tahoe needs to have more control, TRPA less by Steve Kubby www.laketahoenews.net/2010/10/opinion-tahoe-needs-to-have-more-control-trpa-less/ Steve Kubby, former Libertarian Party candidate for Governor in California, and contender for the LP’s 2008 presidential nomination is running for South Lake Tahoe City council.  Recent polls show him in the [...]

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