[Lnc-business] status of motions for donation to Mark Miller campaign

Alicia Mattson agmattson at gmail.com
Wed Sep 21 05:08:57 EDT 2016


Do we yet feel we have certainty about what we legally can donate to the
Mark Miller campaign for RR Commission in TX?  Did we get a response from
Paula Edwards about it?

I just want to summarize what I think the status is of two potential
motions on the subject of donating to Mark Miller's campaign.

There was MOTION 1:

I move an email ballot to have the LNC contribute $5,000 to the Mark Miller
campaign in Texas, and $15,000 to the Libertarian Party of Texas, with the
proviso that the entire $15,000 be used to support the Mark Miller
campaign, and this entire motion with the proviso that it is legal for the
LNC to do this.


This motion was co-sponsored by Redpath, Marsh, Vohra


Then Daniel Hayes said we should wait until we get some clarity on the
laws, so people held off.


There was MOTION 2:

I move an email ballot to have the LNC contribute $5,000 directly to the
Mark Miller for Railroad Commissioner campaign in Texas with the proviso
that it is legal for the LNC to do this.

This motion was co-sponsored by Hayes, Harlos, and Bittner.  Goldstein said
he was willing to co-sponsor something but thought the motion should
specify a budget line, so that seemed to be wanting a different motion.
Then the maker of the motion, Daniel Hayes, suggested perhaps we ditch both
motions and donate $20k directly to the campaign.

If we have clarity on the legal environment, there is a pool of people here
(including myself) who are ready to co-sponsor something.

The clock is ticking towards election day.

-Alicia
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