[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2014-13: Increase funding for KY lawsuit

[Norm Olsen]

Nay!

 

I understand the emotion for this motion, but we need to go beyond emotion and make objective hard choices.

 

1>     We are still in a bit of a cash flow problem; reserves remain less than that required by the Policy Manual.

2>     Presumably we have already used our best argument and lost.  Throwing more money at this is emotionally driven.

3>     Losing battles of this nature provide undesirable precedent.  Let’s accept our loss and get on with building an organization.

4>     This is fighting the battles the R’s and D’s want us to burn our meager resources fighting.  We need to be more selective is choosing the battles which we choose to fight.  In so doing, we need to fight battles which we can win. It’s winning battles that moves us forward, regardless of how minor the “win” is.

5>     There are candidates in several (most?) states who were excluded from debates. I am unaware of how one state/candidate was selected for this effort.

6>     If we want to make “getting our candidates in the debates” a strategy for future success, then let’s do so formally with a project, a committee, publicity, a fund raising effort, etc.  The 2012 proposed project labeled “Legal Offense Fund” comes to mind.  If that’s what we objectively decide to do, then let’s do it and do it with vigor and do it well.

 

Norm

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Norman T Olsen

Regional Representative, Region 1

Libertarian National Committee

7931 South Broadway, PMB 102

Littleton, CO  80122-271-

303-263-4995

 

From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Alicia Mattson
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 11:47 AM
To: lnc-business
Subject: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2014-13: Increase funding for KY lawsuit

 

We have an electronic mail ballot.
 
Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by November 4, 2014 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.
 
Sponsor:  Nick Sarwark
 
Motion:  Increase the budget for the Kentucky litigation from $9,000 to $14,000.

Alicia Mattson

LNC Secretary

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