[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2016-15: Censure John Moore

[Nicholas Sarwark]

Alicia,

In your capacity as Secretary, can you please convey the resolution to
Assemblyman Moore?

Thank you,
Nick

On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 12:34 AM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Voting has ended for the email ballot shown below.
>
> Voting "aye":  Demarest, Goldstein, Harlos, Hayes, Lark, McKnight, Redpath,
> Starchild, Vohra
>
> Voting "nay":  Hagan, Hewitt, Katz, Marsh, Mattson, Moellman
>
> Express abstention:  Bilyeu
>
> With a final vote tally of 9-6, the motion PASSES.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by October 31, 2016 at 11:59:59pm
>> Pacific time.
>>
>> Co-Sponsors:  Harlos, Demarest, Hayes, Vohra, Starchild, Goldstein,
>> Redpath
>>
>> Motion:
>>
>> Whereas Nevada Assemblyman John Moore, a former Republican who in January
>> 2016 switched to the Libertarian Party while in office, has during the past
>> month voted not once but twice in the span of as many days to raise taxes on
>> his constituents, including a vote to support a "More Cops" tax which the
>> Libertarian Party of Nevada has tirelessly and thus far successfully
>> opposed, and a vote to provide a $750 million subsidy to finance a
>> billionaire-owned sports stadium at the expense of, among others, indigent
>> persons renting weekly rooms in motels; and
>>
>> Whereas the elected leaders of our state affiliate party in Nevada have
>> rightfully voted to censure Assemblyman Moore for these egregious votes; and
>>
>> Whereas we wish to convey a strong message to all and sundry that while we
>> welcome sitting legislators in the Republican or Democrat parties who decide
>> to switch to the Libertarian Party as an act of conscience, we do not
>> welcome them if they intend, as members of our party, to continue voting and
>> acting like Republicans or Democrats;
>>
>> Therefore be it resolved that the Libertarian National Committee hereby
>> censures Assemblyman Moore for his recent votes in support of tax increases,
>> requests that he return the $10,000 campaign contribution which the LNC this
>> season voted to send him, and admonishes him to henceforward be a better
>> champion of the values held by members of the political party with which he
>> has chosen to affiliate if he intends to remain a Libertarian.
>>
>>
>> -Alicia
>>
>
>
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