<div dir="ltr">There has been such talk. Primarily by me and Joshua. And I will not vote for or support an opaque committee. I want this committee, but this institutional fondness for opacity must be overcome as a condition for my support. Of course, I am but one person, but I am laying my cards on the table.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Ken Moellman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ken.moellman@lpky.org" target="_blank">ken.moellman@lpky.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thank you for your honest and thoughtful devil's advocate response regarding the proposed censure of John Moore. We can, however, view Assemblyman Moore's two egregious votes as an golden opportunity for LNC members to think outside the box to examine root causes and design short and long term solutions to the difficult dilemma faced by all Libertarian politicians. The dilemma is how to reconcile the dictates of one's Libertarian conscience with the realities of our current political environment that is rife with the cronyism necessary to get elected or reelected. The choice is between voting your conscience at the risk of not being reelected or violating your conscience to get reelected and live to fight another day in office.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif"></span></p>
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Bill Redpath<br>------------------------------<wbr>--------------<br>On Thu, 10/20/16, David Demarest <<a href="mailto:dpdemarest@centurylink.net" target="_blank">dpdemarest@centurylink.net</a>> wrote:<br><br> Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Motion: Assemblyman Moore - request for co-sponsors<br> To: <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br> Cc: <a href="mailto:david.demarest@firstdata.com" target="_blank">david.demarest@firstdata.com</a><br> Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016, 9:20 PM<br> <br> #yiv9175739729<br> #yiv9175739729 --<br> <br> _filtered #yiv9175739729 {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}<br> _filtered #yiv9175739729 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:<wbr>2 15<br> 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}<br> _filtered #yiv9175739729 {font-family:Verdana;panose-1:<wbr>2 11<br> 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}<br> #yiv9175739729 <br> #yiv9175739729 p.yiv9175739729MsoNormal, #yiv9175739729<br> li.yiv9175739729MsoNormal, #yiv9175739729<br> div.yiv9175739729MsoNormal<br> {margin:0in;margin-<wbr>bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.<wbr>0pt;}<br> #yiv9175739729 a:link, #yiv9175739729<br> span.<wbr>yiv9175739729MsoHyperlink<br> {color:blue;text-<wbr>decoration:underline;}<br> #yiv9175739729 a:visited, #yiv9175739729<br> span.<wbr>yiv9175739729MsoHyperlinkFollo<wbr>wed<br> {color:purple;text-<wbr>decoration:underline;}<br> #yiv9175739729 p.yiv9175739729msonormal0, #yiv9175739729<br> li.yiv9175739729msonormal0, #yiv9175739729<br> div.yiv9175739729msonormal0<br> {margin-right:0in;margin-<wbr>left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;}<br> #yiv9175739729<br> span.yiv9175739729gmail-m-<wbr>7066241125321024756gmail-<wbr>m637561545514884297m-<wbr>7093137337385855135gmail-s1<br> {}<br> #yiv9175739729 span.yiv9175739729gmail-im<br> {}<br> #yiv9175739729 span.yiv9175739729EmailStyle20<br> {color:windowtext;}<br> #yiv9175739729 .yiv9175739729MsoChpDefault<br> {}<br> _filtered #yiv9175739729 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}<br> #yiv9175739729 div.yiv9175739729WordSection1<br> {}<br> #yiv9175739729 Caryn, I will co-sponsor your<br> motion to censure John Moore and request that he return the<br> $10,000 campaign contribution from the LNC. Mr. Moore's<br> two votes were egregious. Thoughts? Celebrate Life, Set the Bar High<br> and LIVE FREE! The Invisible Hand of<br> Self-Interest is Mightier Than the Sword of<br> Government! ~David Pratt Demaresthttp://<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lpne.org&d=CwMFaQ&c=ewHkv9vLloTwhsKn5d4bTdoqsmBfyfooQX5O7EQLv5TtBZ1CwcvjU063xndfqI8U&r=POfq57_C0OM3236VPm9_N_9MhP1EEP_0raNPnh6qDnw&m=IV7aAHavSnzME6gqttSJKf9UdcwCKTeGCnzR9X5ehTM&s=ZPO-4J67vwV6ByD7vb8knOZpRMrndul0DsYJwqVwT_0&e=" target="_blank">www.lpne.org</a><br> secretary@lpne.orgdpdemarest@<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__centurylink.net&d=CwMFaQ&c=ewHkv9vLloTwhsKn5d4bTdoqsmBfyfooQX5O7EQLv5TtBZ1CwcvjU063xndfqI8U&r=POfq57_C0OM3236VPm9_N_9MhP1EEP_0raNPnh6qDnw&m=IV7aAHavSnzME6gqttSJKf9UdcwCKTeGCnzR9X5ehTM&s=37Lwyhxfp0qUBXRvtP01RB9aT0NWx-ASCm0rjSNqLTk&e=" target="_blank"><wbr>centurylink.net</a><br> <a href="mailto:david.demarest@firstdata.com" target="_blank">david.demarest@firstdata.com</a><br> Cell: 402-981-6469Home: 402-493-0873Office: <a href="tel:402-222-7207" target="_blank">402-222-7207</a> From: Lnc-business<br> [<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">mailto:lnc-business-bounces@<wbr>hq.lp.org</a>] On Behalf Of<br> Caryn Ann Harlos<br> Sent: Thursday,<br> October 20, 2016 7:45 PM<br> To:<br> <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br> Subject:<br> [Lnc-business] Motion: Assemblyman Moore - request for<br> co-sponsors<br> Multiple<br> party members including region 1 members have acted that the<br> LNC take action regarding Assemblyman Moore. While normally,<br> I would say that is solely an issue for the state party to<br> handle, unless possibly, a Federal candidate, but in this<br> case, we spent National Party member's direct monies,<br> and thus I do agree this is our responsibility. As someone<br> who advocated for the funds allocation, I believe it is my<br> responsibility to address this once members raised a<br> concern:<br> Whereas Nevada Assemblyman John<br> Moore, a former Republican who in January 2016 switched to<br> the Libertarian Party while in office, has during the past<br> month voted not once but twice in the span of as many days<br> to raise taxes on his constituents, including a vote to<br> support a "More Cops" tax which the Libertarian<br> Party of Nevada has tirelessly and thus far successfully<br> opposed, and a vote to provide a $750 million subsidy to<br> finance a billionaire-owned sports stadium at the expense<br> of, among others, indigent persons renting weekly rooms in<br> motels; and Whereas the elected leaders of our<br> state affiliate party in Nevada have rightfully voted to<br> censure Assemblyman Moore for these egregious votes;<br> and Whereas we wish to convey a strong<br> message to all and sundry that while we welcome sitting<br> legislators in the Republican or Democrat parties who<br> decide to switch to the Libertarian Party as an act of<br> conscience, we do not welcome them if they<br> intend, as members of our party, to continue voting and<br> acting like Republicans or Democrats; Therefore be it resolved that the<br> Libertarian National Committee hereby censures Assemblyman<br> Moore for his recent votes in support of tax increases,<br> requests that he return the $10,000 campaign contribution<br> which the LNC this season voted to send him, and admonishes<br> him to henceforward be a better champion of the values held<br> by members of the political party with which he has chosen<br> to affiliate if he intends to remain a<br> Libertarian. <br> --<br> In<br> Liberty,Caryn Ann<br> HarlosRegion 1 Representative,<br> Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado,<br> Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.<br> <a href="mailto:Harlos@LP.orgCommunications" target="_blank">Harlos@LP.orgCommunications</a> Director, Libertarian Party of<br> ColoradoColorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party<br> Radical Caucus <br> <br> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br> <br> _____________________________<wbr>__________________<br> Lnc-business mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__hq.lp.org_mailman_listinfo_lnc-2Dbusiness-5Fhq.lp.org&d=CwMFaQ&c=ewHkv9vLloTwhsKn5d4bTdoqsmBfyfooQX5O7EQLv5TtBZ1CwcvjU063xndfqI8U&r=POfq57_C0OM3236VPm9_N_9MhP1EEP_0raNPnh6qDnw&m=IV7aAHavSnzME6gqttSJKf9UdcwCKTeGCnzR9X5ehTM&s=wWePA5Va1fCm0ttiTeJdIi3OtI4h0gCUBlEZrJ7f0XI&e=" target="_blank">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/<wbr>listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.<wbr>org</a><br> <br><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>Lnc-business mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__hq.lp.org_mailman_listinfo_lnc-2Dbusiness-5Fhq.lp.org&d=CwMFaQ&c=ewHkv9vLloTwhsKn5d4bTdoqsmBfyfooQX5O7EQLv5TtBZ1CwcvjU063xndfqI8U&r=POfq57_C0OM3236VPm9_N_9MhP1EEP_0raNPnh6qDnw&m=IV7aAHavSnzME6gqttSJKf9UdcwCKTeGCnzR9X5ehTM&s=wWePA5Va1fCm0ttiTeJdIi3OtI4h0gCUBlEZrJ7f0XI&e=" target="_blank">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/<wbr>listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.<wbr>org</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif"></span></p>
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