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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Bravo to Planning Commissioner Katz.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Mr. Katz won his election by threading the
needle between Radicalism and Pragmatism. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I look forward to other Libertarian Party
Radicals learning how he did that, so that they can duplicate his success.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'> Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>“</span></font>Last night, my Planning Commission looked at
a proposal to use the zoning regulations to get rid of donation boxes on
private property. It seems people are concerned that the boxes, placed near the
sidewalk so people know they are there, don't fit their aesthetic views, and
they wish to use force to make the town look more like their vision of a <st1:place
w:st="on">New England</st1:place> town<font color=black><span style='color:
black'>…</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>M</span></font>any members spoke in favor of the regulation. I
spoke against it. In the end, the commission opposed it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I could
fight this since I was elected. I could instead have gotten 1% in a hopeless
race. I could have run in this race campaigning on irrelevant issues and lost.
I could have run on eliminating all regulations and lost. I could have felt
pure. Donation boxes would now be banned. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>So what
makes this a radical pragmatist manifesto? The radical part is presenting
strongly libertarian stances within the context of the campaign. I did not call
for less corporate welfare, I called for none. I spoke clearly and without
apology. I presented a coherent libertarian vision within the context of the
Planning Commission. Hence, radical pragmatist. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'> </span></font>Joshua Katz<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>”</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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