<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Alicia's arguments below, coming from an LNC member who is often skeptical about spending proposals, are persuasive. Besides which, Mark's website <a href="https://www.miller4tx.com">https://www.miller4tx.com</a> – which includes Spanish language material – prominently identifies him as a Libertarian, and includes sound statements on topics like property rights (e.g. opposing eminent domain) and the environment (his take on Anthropogenic Global Warming theory is both skeptical and scientifically grounded). All good signs. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I will likewise vote yes on this motion.</b></div><div><br></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> (415) 625-FREE</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>On Oct 1, 2016, at 10:37 PM, Alicia Mattson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I vote yes.<br><br></div>The circumstances of this request are very different from most of the other requests we have been receiving.<br><br>We're not his entire bankroll. He's raised $70k on his own so we're not even funding a majority of his budget. He has a campaign team in place, and we've been assured that our funds will be paying for campaigning rather than for staff.<br><br>With our funding added to his, it's quite plausible to move the needle from his previous 3.2% (I didn't double-check this figure, but it's close if not exact) performance when he spent less than $1,000 to the 5% needed for retention, even in such a large state as Texas.<br><br></div><div>Success here would likely save a much, much larger expense down the road to re-gain ballot access.<br><br></div><div>All of these factors, plus newspaper endorsements, plus he's well qualified for the job, are enough to win me over.<br></div><br></div>-Alicia<br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Alicia Mattson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank">agmattson@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"><div><div>We have an electronic mail ballot.<br></div> <br><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by October 1, 2016 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br></u></b> <br><u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Hayes, Redpath, Bittner, Harlos, Goldstein<br>
<br><u>Motion:</u> that the Libertarian National Committee donate directly to the Mark Miller campaign as much as is legally allowable up to $20,000.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-Alicia<br><br></font></span></div>
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