[Lnc-business] Why is it important to run for winnable offices?

[Joshua Katz]

Thanks Doc.

Joshua A. Katz
Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)


On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:

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>
> Bravo to Planning Commissioner Katz.
>
> Mr. Katz won his election by threading the needle between Radicalism and
> Pragmatism.
>
> I look forward to other Libertarian Party Radicals learning how he did
> that, so that they can duplicate his success.
>
>   Scott Lieberman
>
> GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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>
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> “Last night, my Planning Commission looked at a proposal to use the
> zoning regulations to get rid of donation boxes on private property. It
> seems people are concerned that the boxes, placed near the sidewalk so
> people know they are there, don't fit their aesthetic views, and they wish
> to use force to make the town look more like their vision of a New England
> town…
>
> Many members spoke in favor of the regulation. I spoke against it. In the
> end, the commission opposed it.
>
> I could fight this since I was elected. I could instead have gotten 1% in
> a hopeless race. I could have run in this race campaigning on irrelevant
> issues and lost. I could have run on eliminating all regulations and lost.
> I could have felt pure. Donation boxes would now be banned.
>
> So what makes this a radical pragmatist manifesto? The radical part is
> presenting strongly libertarian stances within the context of the campaign.
> I did not call for less corporate welfare, I called for none. I spoke
> clearly and without apology. I presented a coherent libertarian vision
> within the context of the Planning Commission. Hence, radical pragmatist.
>
>   Joshua Katz”
>
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