[Lnc-business] Fwd: At large position

[Whitney Bilyeu]

LNC Members,

Boyd Kendall is seeking the At-Large position. As his Region 7 Rep, I am
passing along his introduction for your consideration.

See below...

Whitney Bilyeu
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Boyd Kendall" <bkendall109 at gmail.com>
Date: Jul 15, 2016 1:56 PM
Subject: At large position
To: <chair at lp.org>, <secretary at lp.org>, <whitney.Bilyeu at lp.org>
Cc:

I am seeking the At-Large-Representative seat that is open due to the
> passing of Dr. Feldman. While no one can fill his shoes I would like the
> opportunity to carry on his legacy and move the party forward.
>
> Boyd Kendall
>
> My name is Boyd Kendall, and I live in Mississippi.I am married with 2
> sons. I have been all over the United States and have lived in Oklahoma,
> Texas, Washington and now MIssissippi. I wanted to take this time to
> introduce myself. I am seeking the At-Large-Representative position on the
> LNC. I came from the Republican party where I was the Vice Chairman of the
> Mississippi Gulf Coast young Republicans. I was also a member of the State
> and National parties. I even ran for office as a Republican. During that
> time and after, I was continually challenged as to why I was a Republican.
> The more I was challenged, the deeper I started looking into the two major
> parties and realized that I could no longer support either of the major
> parties. They both are the same! It was disheartening to realize that what
> I believed about myself was wrong, and I could no longer support what I
> knew was not me. I took a long hard look at who I am deep down. I knew I
> was a conservative but neither of the parties represented me. During this
> questioning time, I ran across Aaron Barksdale who brought the Libertarian
> philosophy and background to me. The more I learned, the more I realized I
> was a Libertarian trapped in a Republican world. In 2015, I ran for office
> again but this time as a Libertarian. It was a big learning experience. I
> found the support of the National and State parties lacking. I would look
> at the National party and see the fight for ballot access on a National
> level. Even with it being an off year for the Presidential Election. I do
> not think this is intentional but more of an oversight. I saw the
> difference between the support that I had received during my Republican run
> and Libertarian run. The kind of support I received from the Republican
> party is the support I want to bring to the Libertarian Party. I could see
> that there is a battle between the parties on the National level.
> Unfortunately for local elections, those candidates are the ones the party
> could help win and build up a large Libertarian footprint but neglects the
> very base. This is why I am running for the At Large Representative
> Position. I also want to help bring some of the National Parties resources
> to local elections. The more Local elections that we win, the more likely
> it will be that we can start winning bigger elections. Going into this next
> year and new election cycle, I would like to see an increase in offices
> held by at least 20 percent year over year! This is the way we grow the
> party. This is how we can increase our footprint and start taking seats all
> over the country. This is the future path of the Libertarian party!
>
>
>
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