<div dir="ltr"><div>I also agree with the Vice Chair.</div><div>Vicki Kirkland</div><div>Region 2 Rep LNC</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Joshua Katz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:planning4liberty@gmail.com" target="_blank">planning4liberty@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I agree entirely with the Vice-Chair. I would add that we need to do more than wait for Aaron's next campaign. We need, as a board, to encourage and reward candidates who, like Aaron Starr, run serious, professional campaigns that stay on-message - by which I mean, not reciting the libertarian catechism correctly, but speaking in a way that relates directly to the office sought and explains what the candidate will DO in office, not what they believe.<div><br></div><div>Another thing that Aaron did that we need to encourage, in addition to running a professional campaign and participating in the ongoing debate about current isuses, is establish credibility. Our candidates need to not only sound good, (to the public, not just other libertarians) but convince the voters that they can govern. While ultimately Aaron did not win, I don't think any voter doubts that he has the skills necessary to do the job, and that, had he won, he would have been able to actually move policy in his preferred direction. Many of our candidates fail to establish this sort of credibility.</div><div><br></div><div> I would suggest adopting a goal of having some number of serious, credible candidates in local, winnable races (if Dr. Lieberman wishes to release his formula, we could use that, otherwise we would need to come up with some definition.) I would suggest that this replace some or another of our existing goals, and that this goal would play a key role in directing staff efforts. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I would also like to step forward to suggest setting up regional training for candidates, covering all aspects of running a serious, credible, local campaign, for the purpose of winning. I would volunteer to participate in designing and offering such training in my region.</div><div><br></div><div>Joshua Katz</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div>Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Arvin Vohra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arvin@arvinvohra.com" target="_blank">arvin@arvinvohra.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr">Aaron ran a well organized, powerful campaign, and is continuing to bring to light the waste and mismanagement in Oxnard. I'm looking forward to his next campaign! -Arvin</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Scott L. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank">scott73@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">Look at Aaron Starr’s post for Nov 16: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">The actual vote totals are here:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt"><a href="http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Ventura/53334/149326/en/summary.html" target="_blank">http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Ventura/53334/149326/en/summary.html</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">Ms. Ramirez is a Hispanic Latina, and <u></u><u></u>Oxnard<u></u><u></u> is 74% Hispanic. And she was an
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">Mr. Perello was the other incumbent.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<h4><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">Mr. Huber was not an incumbent. But – he had
a large amount of name recognition since he was <a name="149c48943256501f_149c45fcd116130d_149c35c049a8057c_title"></a><a title="Find others with this title" href="https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?title=Commanding+Officer&trk=prof-exp-title" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">Commanding
Officer</span></a> of the nearby <strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/1325?trk=prof-exp-company-name" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">Naval Surface Warfare Center</span></a></span>
from </font></b></strong></span></font></b><span>May 2004<u></u>
– <u></u>August 2008<u></u>. Huber </span>received much of his campaign
funding from a PAC that was run by the <u></u><u></u>Oxnard<u></u><u></u>
public employees union<span><u></u><u></u></span></h4>
<h4><span><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal"> Scott
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