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

[James Lark]

Dear colleagues:

     I hope all is well with you.  I am writing in my capacity as Region 
5 representative to vote "aye" on the motion.

     As always, thanks for your work for liberty.

     Take care,
     Jim

     James W. Lark, III
     Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
     University of Virginia

     Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
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On 10/22/2016 1:20 AM, Alicia Mattson 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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