<div dir="ltr">Yahoo/AOL sets spam flagging policies that sometimes result in Yahoo/AOL email addresses not playing nicely with our email list. Today that problem bit Jeff Hewitt. He attempted to send a message to us on this thread, but many domains including GMail rejected it due to flagging from Yahoo/AOL. Below is Jeff's message. It may have made it through to a few of you, but it did not make it to my inbox, and I think many others did not receive it.<br><br>--------------------<br><br>From: From Jeff Hewitt <<a href="mailto:hdigger2004@aol.com">hdigger2004@aol.com</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>Cc: <br>Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:06:16 -0400<br>Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2016-15: Censure John Moore<br><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>We,
as a party, as a national committee, as a group of intellectually
honest individuals, are abhorred at the actions of a politician who we
put our faith and our financial backing into. Representative Moore
offered a tantalizing chance to have one of "us" at the table in a state
house. This opportunity rarely occurs. But like so many times before,
we feel we have been played by someone who took advantage of an eager
wallflower who just wanted to be asked to dance. After humiliating us
in front of our peers, we just want to key his car and make sure he can
never do this again. Why stop at censure? Why not immediately kick any
elected "libertarian" official out of the party for voting against
anything in our platform?
<div><br>I hate the term "crony capitalism" much like the term "fair share"
because it generalizes to the degree of being devoid of any real
substance. These are the terms used by torch carrying mobs to incite
passion. When we point out specific wrongs like the effect a hotel tax
has on transient groups, we assign real harm and moral morass to a
specific action. I believe our party has a very high bar for not only
principles but also character. The other two major parties, at this
point in time, show no bar at all in the acceptance of two national
candidates who will do or say anything to get elected.</div>
<div><br>I have been a city councilman for 6 years and have had libertarian
values all of my life. I have made protest votes at certain times and I
have voted statist in more than a few situations. There were difficult
votes that I stayed true to my values, especially on private property
rights. Every elected needs to make these decisions on their own. I
had a conversation with John yesterday and after hearing his side I told
him I would probably have voted differently than he did. Whether or
not he gets re-elected, he has to live with his vote.</div>
<div><br>Regardless of the outcome, I will continue to engage with not only
Representative Moore, but with other disgruntled "duoplicrats".
Remember, when you take away the ability to fail, you take away the
ability to succeed. <br><br> Let's give him a chance to succeed. I would hope
he is wiser from his experience.</div>
<div><br>I vote "no" on censure. Jeff Hewitt Representative Region 4<br>
</div></font><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:20 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 <span class="m_8513425407843887393gmail-m_9149391285218628846gmail-il">ballot</span>.<br></div><br><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by October 31, <span class="m_8513425407843887393gmail-m_9149391285218628846gmail-il">2016</span> at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br></u></b> <br><u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Harlos, Demarest, Hayes, Vohra, Starchild, Goldstein, Redpath<br>
<br><u>Motion:</u> <br><br>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<br><br>Whereas the elected leaders of our state affiliate party in Nevada have rightfully voted to censure Assemblyman Moore for these egregious votes; and<br><br>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;<br><br>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.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-Alicia<br><br></font></span></div>
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