Libertarian Party of Nevada Hosted "Speed Dating" Events Over 2 Days at Different Venues in Las Vegas
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Endorsement Committee This year, we formed an Endorsement Committee comprised of 18 members plus additional Libertarian leadership; the “Committee.” The Committee members conducted their own independent research on each of the candidates and asked them questions at our events. The Committee members took notes and made recommendations on grades and endorsements. Endorsement Committee Chair: Jason Weinman Committee Members: Jason G Smith Jim Duensing Jason Nellis Lesley Chan John McCormack JD Smith Lou Pombo Brady Bowyer Scott Lafata Tim Hagan Brett H. Pojunis Brandon Ellyson Debra Dedmon Nick Klein Andrew Lea Ross Williams Tarina Dark Steve Brown Format - Why "Speed Dating?" The Libertarian Party of Nevada hosted "Speed Dating" events over 2 days at different venues in Las Vegas. The goal was to meet as many candidates as possible in a format similar to speed dating. LPNevada endorsed Candidates in non‐partisan races and graded Candidates in partisan races for the 2014 General Elections. Most organizations do not get one‐on‐one interaction with the candidates; we felt this is important. Endorsements and Grading Non‐Partisan candidates received either a positive (thumbs up) or negative (thumbs down) endorsement from the Committee. Partisan Candidates received a grade of 1 to 5 stars. Candidates who received 1 star were not very Libertarian and candidates who received 5 stars were very good in regards to their position on issues important to Libertarians. The Libertarian Party of Nevada has the following 15 Candidate on the 2014 Ballot. Adam Sanacore, Assembly District 21 Lou Pombo, Assembly District 37 Chris Dailey, White Pine County Commission Louis Gabriel, Assembly District 32 Donald W. Hendon, Assembly District 19 Randy Kimmick, Congressional District 3 Doug Johnson, Clark County Recorder Richard Charles, Congressional District 1 Ed Uehling, Senate District 10 Robert Juarez, Assembly District 15 Jason Smith, Clark County Commissioner F Steve Brown, Congressional District 4 Jim Duensing, Clark County District Attorney Tim Hagan, Clark County Assessor John O’Connor, Assembly District 38 Jason G. Smith is the Libertarian candidate for County Commission in District F, which encompasses North Las Vegas, and much of the West Side. Jason is running against incumbent Susan Brager. Jason is the only candidate with a plan to fix our schools, cut spending, reduce bureaucratic inefficiency, eliminate regulations which throttle the local economy, and restore and expand the personal and economic freedoms that can make Las Vegas the city of opportunity. Jason Smith is the only candidate for County Commission who believes that adults are better able to make decisions for themselves than government officials can make for everyone. www.JasonGSmith.org | 702.210.9962 | [email protected] Ed Uehling is the Libertarian candidate for State Senate in District 10, the economic engine of Nevada and the most exciting and attractive tourist destination in the world. Ed is running in a two-way race against Democrat Ruben Kihuen. Today’s government restricts job development and growth, and fosters a culture in which the government picks winners and the public loses. As your State Senator, Ed Uehling will work tirelessly to reduce or eliminate the government’s job killing regulations, and to return as much of your money to you as possible. Unlike his opponent, Ed opposes the job killing margin tax, supports a progressive voucher system to address our educational crisis, will introduce common sense reforms to our bloated and inefficient bureaucracy, and will adopt proven free market solutions to the problems that plague our state. www.EdUehling.com | 702.808.6000 | [email protected] Steve Brown is our Libertarian candidate for The US House of Representatives in Congressional District 4. Steve is a dealer at the fabulous 4 Queens Hotel and Casino, as well as a small business owner. Steve learned the hard way that government regulation is a major impediment to the economy. He will work hard to end the regressive and unnecessary taxation on tips which have a disproportionate impact on low wage service employees, and to end the devastating War on Drugs. Steve also opposes warrantless wiretaps and indefinite detention as proscribed in the NDAA and Patriot Act, the collection of meta-data by the NSA, and the war without end in the Middle East. Steve will also take action to address the 17 trillion dollar national debt, rather than expand it. www.SteveBrown4Congress.com | 702.772.3116 | [email protected] LPNevada has been very impressed with Richard Monti Levy will be a great family court judge! We Scotti. If elected, he will be a fantastic judge as we trust she will be fair and always put the children’s believe he will be fair and uphold the constitution interest first. She has been a great supporter of at all times. Please support Richard! LPNevada so we ask you to support her! Craig Friedberg impressed the Libertarians as he LPNevada leadership has had the pleasure of is one of the only judicial candidates (including spending time with Joe Hardy, Jr. and we strongly incumbents) who has an actual plan to make the support him for judge! We feel he will bring court system more efficient! Please support Craig! integrity into the court room. Please support Joe! Our endorsement was extremely impressed by Barbara Cegavske made a great impression on the Assemblyman Carrillo! He has an amazing record Endorsement Committee. We reviewed her plan in the assembly pushing for common sense bills for the Secretary of State’s office and we like her and we look forward to working with him! ideas to make Nevada business friendly again! Cindy Lake has been a longtime supporter of LPNevada has been supporting Assemblywoman Libertarians and the Liberty Movement. She Fiore for a long time. She has some great ideas and believes in limited government and wants to a solid plan! She is fantastic on fiscal issues and continue fighting against waste, fraud and abuse. coming around on social issues! The Libertarian Party of Nevada has partnered with PollVault to present our 2014 Libertarian Voter Guide. Please visit www.PollVault.com/lpnevada. PollVault provides voters with a simple, customized and interactive digital ballot and allows them to choose up to 10 friends, public figures, and/or organizations whose political views they trust to help vote their ballot. The result is a personalized dashboard that shows your ballot alongside the ballot choices of your friends and favorite advocacy groups, charities and celebrities on the site. Advisors are PollVault users who are willing to share their ballot choices with others to help inform their ballot decisions. Anyone can become an Advisor on PollVault either by making their ballot public or by accepting an individual invitation to become someone’s advisor. Advisors can be organizations, public figures (from political pundits to activists to well-known musicians or actors), or individuals. If people tend to ask your advice on upcoming elections, congratulations - you’re already acting as an Advisor! By sharing your advice on PollVault, you now have single place to direct those seeking your well-informed points of view. PollVault is also a great place for people seeking a platform to share their political views. By posting your positions and the rationale behind them, you create value for the PollVault community. In return, you gain followers, measured through your Political Clout score (see below for more information). Visit www.pollvault.com/lpnevada then sign in with Facebook. 1. Select Libertarian Party of Nevada as an Advisor. 2. Invite people from Facebook and share your voting choices. 3. Share Libertarian Party of Nevada on Facebook and twitter. 4. Ask candidates to do the same. The Libertarian Party of Nevada (LPNevada) knows that in order to grow we must first be able to fulfill the essential functions of a political party. It's time to get back 2 basics! The LPNevada leadership spent the past year working tirelessly to build a strong foundation for the party. During this time, we moved to a divisional structure and created over 60 leadership positions. Each month, we are identifying and placing new leaders while getting more and more organized. If you like the new direction of LPNevada please help us by contributing and/or joining the Party. As a contributor (member) to the Libertarian Party of Nevada, you are investing in the future of Liberty for the people of Nevada. With the attacks by the legislature on our rights, and the disappointments that are our elected officials, we face challenging times in our beautiful state. Contributions from our membership keep us fighting strong. Your contributions will help us continue to build a strong foundation to grow the party, appeal poor court decisions, support our candidates, and lobby for freedom oriented legislation (and the repeal of bad legislation). The Party must be equipped to send political mailers, recruit and organize volunteers, and buy television and radio ads. We are driven by the fact that so many people are Libertarians but just don't know it! Our goal for this membership drive is to communicate with these individuals and let them know we exist. Monthly contributions help us to plan future initiatives and budget for the most effective approaches. As a Libertarian Party of Nevada donor you are taking a direct part in advancing liberty in Nevada! People have said in the past that the Libertarian Party is not a real force in politics; let's change that together! This is your chance to help us become an effective political party! LPNevada is about to take off and we want you with us. 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