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

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Interesting question on division.  FWIW, I would oppose.  If we had not
given MEMBER'S money - who have  the right to expect us never to assist
increasing government - I would have not moved anything but let the LPNV
statement stand on its own (though I would not oppose a straight censure -
our duty requires more).

We are involved because we have money.  And if our trust in basic
libertarian principles was then breached we should request return.

We stand for things.  We must stand or become no better than that which
libertarians have given decades and millions to oppose.

On Saturday, October 22, 2016, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is someone in particular extending an invitation to him to speak for
> himself?
>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 12:23 AM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','agmattson at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> I am sure that some are chomping at the bit to hurry up and vote on this
>> so that they will feel like they've made a statement.
>>
>> However, I strongly recommend that we should not vote until Assemblyman
>> Moore has been offered the chance to send us a statement to defend his
>> actions.  If you were the target of a censure motion, wouldn't you want a
>> chance to defend yourself BEFORE people voted?
>>
>> -Alicia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
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