[Lnc-business] Fwd: Wes, can your team join us on April 29 in DC?

[Wes Benedict]

MPP changes laws without electing people. The Libertarian Party and its 
candidates for U.S. Congress, Governor, and other offices, have been 
advocating for ending the war on drugs and particularly for marijuana 
legalization probably since its founding. In televised debates,  in 
newspapers, and online, Libertarians point out to Republicans that 
ending the war on drugs cuts government spending. Libertarians point out 
to Democrats that ending the war on drugs protects privacy and civil 
liberties.

I think a decade ago if you asked the general public what the 
Libertarian Party stood for, the most common answer might be "legalizing 
drugs, " followed by a snicker.

The Libertarian Party and its candidates and volunteers have helped to 
educate the public, and to put pressure on other elected officials from 
other parties to change policy in a more libertarian direction.

I'd love to have the Libertarian Party help sponsor this MPP 20th 
anniversary celebration. But I'm not inclined to advocate pulling funds 
out of our general funds for this purpose at this time. If any of you on 
the LNC think you have a contact that would be interested in 
contributing $3,000 for this purpose, that would be great. Let me know.

The proposal from MPP is below and attached.

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
*New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership



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Subject:     Wes, can your team join us on April 29 in DC?
Date:     Thu, 26 Feb 2015 01:34:07 -0600
From:     Rob Kampia <rkampia at mpp.org>
To:     Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org>



Hi Wes,

I'm wondering if the Libertarian Party would be willing to sponsor MPP's 
20th anniversary gala in DC on April 29?  There are four sponsorship 
opportunities that range from $3,000 to $25,000. (Please see the 
attached document.)

In January 1995, two friends and I founded MPP from our three bedrooms 
in the DC area, with the idea that it must be theoretically possible to 
legalize marijuana in the United States.  We had the intent, but the 
question was whether other people cared enough, too.  Thankfully, many 
people have cared enough to participate in changing these horrible 
marijuana laws over the years.

While the DC gala is ostensibly a celebration of MPP's work over 20 
years, we'll actually be featuring six or seven members of Congress 
onstage -- as well as a clergyman from Chicago -- as a celebration that 
will be covered by the national media.

Your organization has been in the forefront of advocating liberty for 
years.  This is an opportunity to treat your staffers and/or donors to a 
front-row seat for one of the only issues that's clearly moving in the 
direction of freedom.

As you probably know, MPP legalized marijuana in CO in November 2012, 
and we did the same thing again in AK this past November.  Two days ago, 
marijuana possession and cultivation officially became legal in AK, and 
the same thing just happened today in DC.

Please let me know whether you want to sponsor our gala on April 29 in 
DC?  Thank you ...

Sincerely,
Rob Kampia, Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
2370 Champlain Street, NW
Suite 12
Washington, D.C. 20009
202-462-5747 ext. *2019
202-232-0442 (fax)
RKampia at mpp.org
http://www.mpp.org

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