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

[Alicia Mattson]

Whitney,

Tim Hagan has contacted Assemblyman Moore to let him know of the motion and
offer him the chance to respond.

-Alicia


On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 12:38 PM, 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>
> 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>
>> 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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