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TheOfficialNewsletteroftheLibertarianPartyofCaliforniaMonthly March2001 LIBERTARIANSCONCLUDE

NEWOFFICERSELECTEDAT SUCCESSFULCONVENTION! STATECONVENTIONINFEBRUARY Libertarians gathered in San Jose during Presidents’ Day weekend in February for the Aaron Starr, State Chair California state convention. Instant run-off voting (IRV) was used to elect officers. Rodney Austin, Northern Vice Chair Plus the LPC platform and bylaws were revised and several resolutions were sup- Mark Selzer, Southern Vice Chair ported. About 200 attendees had the opportunity to listen to an impressive array of Sandi Webb, Secretary Lori Adasiewicz, Treasurer presenters including: Dr. Adam Chacksfield • Dr. Michael Edelstein • Mark Hilgenberg • AT-LARGEREPRESENTATIVES Gordon LaBedz • Jim Lark • Rob Latham • • Vince Miller STATEEXECUTIVECOMMITTEE • Gary Reams • Irv Rubin • • Doug Scribner • Mark Selzer Elizabeth Brierly Aaron Starr • Mark Tuniewicz • Jim Turney • Stuart Williams Ted Brown Margaret Kerry-Wilcox • Richard Winger • Jarret Wollstein. Doug Scribner Starchild All of this was coordinated by Cullene Lang, convention organizer. Daniel Wiener AT-LARGEALTERNATES STATEEXECUTIVECOMMITTEE Al Carlan, Bruce Dovner

JUDICIALCOMMITTEE Gail Lightfoot John Scott Ballard Bob Weber Mark Dierolf Bill White

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▲ Calendar ...... 4 ▲ California Updates ...... 9 ▲ Chair’s Report ...... 3 Top left to right ▲ Convention Summary ...... 1, 6 1) Incoming chair Aaron Starr accepts gavel from outgoing chair Mark Hinkle. 2) Standing ▲ Director’s Report ...... 5 room only at the back of the room during a business meeting. 3) Side-of-building-size “Had ▲ Donors ...... 5 enough – Vote Libertarian” sign decorated the hall. 4) Orange County activist Linda Grau and ▲ Kubby Update ...... 7 San Diego County philosopher RobRob working together. ▲ LPC Contacts ...... 10, 11 ▲ Letters to Editor ...... 2 Reading a friend’s copy? Join the Libertarian Party of California! ▲ Politics As Usual ...... 8 Reading your own copy? Give the gift of ; subscribe for a friend. ▲ Web Sites ...... 8 Application is on back page. Monthly LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR February 2001 HELPNEED:LIBRARYOFLIBERTYPAPERS GUNREFRESHERCOURSE ’ve created a new website for libertarians ... and he purpose of this course is to awaken your Editor: Betsy Mill I need the help of libertarians in California. knowledge of the rights you possess. The Please go to www.libertypapers.com, where you Founding Fathers of this great nation fought AssociateEditor I T Joseph W. Dehn III should see the new website. I’m proposing to collect for these rights and generations since have defended articles written by libertarians all over the world them. Never take your rights for granted. Contributors that have been published in one form or another, Eduard Burgener A) An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a such as letters to the editor, op-ed, general interest, subject. Jason Heath etc. My problem is that I currently lack material. Gail Lightfoot B) A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone. Joseph Miranda It doesn’t matter whether it was published in Johann Opitz Newsweek, your local weekly newspaper, or online C) Smith & Wesson: the original point and click Richard Rider on a website somewhere. So long as the author still interface. Juan Ros retains the rights to resubmit it for publication, I D) Gun control is not about guns; it is about control! Doug Scribner want it. I want to turn this into a formidable resource E) If guns are outlawed, can we use swords? Aaron Starr for libertarian thought, for the benefit of the entire F) If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled Photos movement. words. Joseph W. Dehn III If you have an article, letter-to-the-editor, or Nobody Graham anything else that has been published somewhere G) If you do not know your rights, … you don’t have Betsy Mill in the last five years or so, please submit it through any. MailingAddress the website. Multiple submissions are welcome. All H) Free men do not ask permission to bear arms. LPC Monthly will be reviewed for inclusion in the database. I) Those who trade liberty for security have neither. 4244 Mt. Hukee Ave. Walt Thiessen, Simsbury, CT San Diego CA 92117 J) The Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights Reserved. E-mailAddress GOVERNMENTSTEALSHOME [email protected] “(L)ast year, the city of Poway forced us out of K) What part of “shall not be infringed” do you not our neighborhood so they could tear down our understand? FaxNumber houses and build very low-income apartments. L) The Second Amendment is in place in case they (858) 565-8901 Go figure that one.” John D. ignore the others. OnlineEdition he power of eminent domain, originally http://www.ca.lp.org/lpcm/ intended to make way for very limited M) 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one government “needs” such as roads, has been yesterday. APRILDeadline T massively abused under “redevelopment.” It is March 15, 2001 N) Guns only have two enemies: rust and politicians. being used to destroy homes or small businesses O) Know guns, know peace and safety. No guns, no for car dealers, casinos, Costco’s, Walmart’s, peace nor safety. parking lots, ballparks, condo builders, office parks LPC Monthly is the offi- P) You don’t shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive. cial newsletter of the and other favored entities. Libertarian Party of No one thinks much about it until THEIR home or Q) 911: The government sponsored Dial-A-Prayer. California. Opinions con- business is confiscated and destroyed. The “selling” R) Assault is a behavior, not a device. tained herein do not price is pretty much set by government, based on S) Criminals love gun control - It makes their job necessarily represent offi- PRESENT use, ignoring the potential of the land cial party positions unless much safer. to be used by the CURRENT owner for his own indicated. “redevelopment.” T) If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson. LPC Monthly is published Richard Rider, U) A government that is afraid of its citizens tries to twelve times a year. [email protected] control them. Send materials for publi- Paid advertisement cation to LPC Monthly’s V) You only have the rights that you are willing to mailing address. All sub- fight for. missions are subject to W) Enforce the “gun control laws” in place, do not editing. Deadline is the make more. fifteenth day of every month. X) When you remove people’s right to bear arms, you create slaves. Send changes of address to national office: Y) The American Revolution would never have LibertarianParty happened with Gun Control. 2600VirginiaAve.NW Suite#100 Z) “...... a government by the people, for the people.” WashingtonDC20037 Submitted by Eduard Burgener, source unknown. 2LPCMonthly March2001 LIBERTARIANPARTYUPDATES FROMTHECHAIR: Paid Advertisement t’s only been a few days since I’ve been elected chair. It’s an honor and a privilege to serve the largest (and II believe best) state affiliate in the nation. My first assignment: write a column for LPC Monthly in time for the deadline ... and keep it short. We’ve come a long way these last four years under Mark Hinkle’s leadership. He deserves our heart-felt thanks. In some ways, this party will continue along the path he set us on. We will continue to professionalize our operations INTERNS/VOLUNTEERS and enjoy continued unity among the members of the WANTED! Executive Committee. Help the Libertarian Party of California But this is also a time for reflection. And I’m going to need your advice and support to bring our party forward. If you live in the Los Angeles area, you are invited to volunteer or intern with To do this, we are about to engage in what may be the largest initiative in recent the LPC! Contact LPC Executive party history. As soon as we have raised the money to underwrite this, we will be Director Juan Ros at (818) 782-8400, sending out a questionnaire to you and every member of our party. I hope to learn E-mail: [email protected]. from you what your opinions are about where the party should go and what activities you are willing to support. Based on what we learn from you, your state AdvertiseinthisNewsletter! party will be making important decisions on what we need to do to earn more of your support. And we’ll be sure to share your thoughts with the chair of your Reachover7,000Libertarians local region, perhaps online. withyourproduct/message! $75for1/8page(3.75”x2.25”) I know that our party is full of untapped talent. We have people from every type $125for1/4page(7.5”x2.25”) of trade, with every type of skill imaginable. It is my hope to tap your talents for $250for1/2page(7.5”x5”) projects that you truly care about. If we can increase participation in this way, I Wereservetherighttorefuseads. believe we will grow faster and be more effective. And if we are more effective, we will be that much closer to a freer society. Mailcheckto: Stay tuned! Aaron Starr, [email protected] LPCMonthly 4244Mt.HukeeAve. SanDiegoCA92117 NOT YET A MEMBER? READING A FRIEND’S COPY? Join the Libertarian Party of California! IDENTIFICATIONSTATEMENT 1. Title: LPC Monthly Give the gift of liberty; subscribe for a friend. 2. Issue date: March 2001 3. 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4LPCMonthly March2001 LPCUpdates ThankYou! LPCDIRECTORPROMOTESLPC CONVENTION&INSTANTRUNOFF VOTING Your support is greatly appreciated! he 2001 LPC Convention and endorsement by the LPC of the DONORACKNOWLEDGMENT $ T voting reform known as Instant A deeply-felt thanks to the following donors who gave 250 or Runoff Voting gave LPC’s Executive more to the Libertarian Party of California in recent weeks for Director Juan Ros numerous opportunities general party operations: to promote the party in the media. Larry Israel • Steven W. Myers • Chris Rufer • Jan E.G. Smit $ JUANROS “January was good for media coverage of Extra thanks to the following donors who gave 250 or more toward the LPC, but February exploded!” Ros the purchase of a special fund-raising software package: noted. “It helps that we had a state convention in a major media Sharon Ayres • David Bergland • Claire Brey market, of course. Plus the continuing electricity crisis and the Elizabeth Brierly • Ed Clark • Bruce Lagasse timeliness of voter reform also helped — not to mention the tireless Robert Poole • Aaron Starr • Charles Tolleson • Jack Williams efforts of all our local activists who assist in promoting the party Additional thanks to the following who contributed and generating exposure for Libertarian solutions to problems!” $200 or more at the Libertarian Party of California’s 2001 State Ros continued his media blitz on California’s energy problems, Convention in San Jose: including attacks on Governor Gray Davis’s heavy-handed proposal Michael Acree • Lori Adasiewicz • Elizabeth Brierly to purchase the private utilities’ transmission lines and his dictator- Alan & Audrey Carlan • Brian Lee Cross • Wayne & Linda Grau like emergency order forcing businesses to lower electricity Greg & Donna Nowland • Mark Overturf • Deanna Peugeot consumption by threatening to send out “power police” to enforce ••• his edict. GOLDENSTATETORCHCLUB Congratulations to the following donors who were recently When the state convention rolled around, Ros promoted the event inducted into the Golden State Torch Club, a special benefit for to statewide and local Bay Area media. At the convention, delegates major donors who contribute $1,000 or more to the Libertarian voted to use IRV during the election of LPC officers. The LPC Party of California per year: also endorsed IRV for public elections. Ros immediately issued a Donald D. Burns • M. Carling • Greg & Donna Nowland news release announcing the endorsement, resulting in numerous media stories including: Benefits of membership in the Golden State Torch Club include • A phone interview on KFI-AM talk radio in Los Angeles increased communication from the Libertarian Party of California, • An interview on KNX-AM news radio in Los Angeles regular contact by LPC staff, and preferred seating at special LPC • A mention in the weekly political column in the Los events. Angeles Daily News If you would like to know more about the Golden State Torch “I was delighted to see the intense interest among media outlets in Club, please contact LPC Executive Director Juan Ros at (818) voting reform and in particular IRV, which would help Libertarian 782-8400. candidates greatly and would be a giant step towards eliminating ••• the ‘wasted vote’ problem that all third party candidates face,” MONTHLYPLEDGEWATCH $ Ros pointed out. February Pledges: 6,462.22 Thank you to the following new state Monthly Pledgers, or current The day after Ros issued his IRV news release, Speaker of the Pledgers who increased their monthly contribution to the Assembly Robert Hertzberg introduced a bill, AB 1515, which Libertarian Party of California: would implement IRV in special elections for State Assembly, State Alan & Audrey Carlan • M. Carling • Sean Friel Senate, and U.S. Congress. Darrell Gentry • Wayne Goff • Melissa Lewis “The IRV momentum is just beginning,” Ros said. “I will be Donel Lincoln • G.C. Luna • Robert MacNair testifying in favor of Hertzberg’s bill in Sacramento and will be Justin M. Mahoney • Kathleen O’Brien • Brian Phelps working with other third parties to generate as much support as Robert Sherman • Joseph L. Smith • Leah R. Steward possible!” H. Raymond Strong Ros’s upcoming plans at press time include attending the Steve Want to pledge every month to the LPC or increase your current Kubby sentencing in Auburn on March 2 and an IRV seminar in pledge? It’s the least-expensive form of fund-raising available, and Stanford on March 3. He will continue to promote Libertarian monthly pledges charged to a debit or credit card will automatically solutions to the energy crisis and will monitor legislation in renew your annual LP membership ($10 per month minimum)! Sacramento. “There is so much to do — I have eight potential To join our Monthly Pledge Program or make a general contribution news release topics just today!” Ros concluded. for party operations, please contact Juan Ros at (818) 782-8400 or “I can’t do it all, which is why I’m grateful to the local Chairs and e-mail: [email protected]. You can also use the form on the back activists on whom I will be relying to help with all our LPC projects page of this newsletter or our secure online contribution form on and efforts!” ■ our web site: www.ca.lp.org.

March2001 LPCMonthly5 TheLibertarianPartyofCalifornia CONVENTION2001:THEFREEDOMTRAIN February 16-19, 2001

NEWOFFICERSELECTED CONVENTIONACCOMPLISHMENTS Delegates to the LPC’s annual convention elected the state officers • Amendments to the bylaws and convention rules were adopted. that will lead the party for the next two years. Updated bylaws are online at http://www.ca.lp.org/bylaws/ Aaron Starr of Simi Valley won a three-way race for State Chair • Revisions were made to the Party Platform. in an election that represented the Libertarian Party of California’s Updated platform is online at http://www.ca.lp.org/platform/ first use of an innovative voting system known as Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) in the party’s internal elections. • Marty Swinney was endorsed for 24th State Senate District. Rodney Austin of Fresno was reelected to a second term as Northern Vice Chair by acclamation in an unopposed race. • Steve Watanabe was endorsed for Sacramento City Council. Mark Selzer of Los Angeles was elected Southern Vice Chair with 95% of the vote. “None of the Above” received 5%. • The Amnesty International Resolution on Political Prisoners was passed (see page 7). Sandi Webb of Simi Valley was reelected to a second term as Secretary by acclamation in an unopposed race. • David Nolan received the Sons of Liberty Award at the Samuel Lori Adasiewicz of Sacramento was elected Treasurer with 82%. Adams Luncheon. “None of the Above” received 14%, with the remaining 4% going to write-ins. • Aaron Starr received the Karl Bray Memorial Award for Activism at the Samuel Adams Luncheon. Five at-large representatives to the state’s Executive Committee (the body in charge of state party affairs) were elected to one-year terms: INSTANTRUN-OFFVOTINGISSUCCESSFUL Elizabeth Brierly of San Jose ATLIBERTARIANCONVENTION Ted Brown of San Gabriel Under IRV, voters rank the candidates in their order of preference. Doug Scribner of Costa Mesa If no candidate receives a majority of the first-choice votes cast, Starchild of San Francisco the candidate with the lowest vote total is eliminated and that Daniel Wiener of Simi Valley. candidate’s second-choice votes are transferred to the remaining Two at-large alternates to the state Executive Committee were candidates in the race — in effect, holding a runoff without the elected for one-year terms: need for additional balloting. The process repeats until one Al Carlan of Rancho Palos Verdes candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. Bruce Dovner of Torrance. In the first round, Starr received 41% of the vote, while Brian Lee The Judicial Committee members elected are: Cross of Orange received 36% and Jeffrey Sommer of Hayward Gail Lightfoot received 23%. In the second round, Sommer’s votes were John Scott Ballard redistributed, giving Starr 49%, just shy of a majority. Cross Bob Weber received 45% while “None of the Above,” an option required on Mark Dierolf every ballot by party voting procedures, received 5%. When Cross Bill White was eliminated and his ballots redistributed, Starr ended up the About 200 delegates and interested Libertarians attended this year’s clear winner with 77%. “None of the Above” received 22%, with convention. Summaries of convention business, complete reports write-ins splitting the remaining 1%. of the platform and bylaws committees, and selected video clips of the debates are available at http://www.ca.lp.org/conv/2001/

CONVENTIONOPENINGSPEAKER John Hospers, the first Libertarian candidate for US President in 1972 said,

I consider the media as big a danger to liberty as the government. “I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural Get the educational system out of history, and naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and the slimy hands of government. agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, I support a totally privatized, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.” decentralized system of education. John Adams, submitted by Doug Scribner

6LPCMonthly March2001 “WAR”ONDRUGSUPDATES

BREAKINGNEWS!KUBBYSFREE! This resolution was passed by the California Libertarian March2,AuburnCA--Inadecisivevictoryformedical State Convention on February 19th 2001. marijuanapatients,thejudgeinthetrialofSteveand ARESOLUTIONONPOLITICALPRISONERS MicheleKubbyreducedthetwoconvictionsagainst Given that: Stevefromfeloniestomisdemeanors,andruledthat • Federal, state and local governments are prosecuting Stevecouldcontinuetousemedicalmarijuanaas medical marijuana patients and providers in direct allowedunderCalifornialaw.Immediatelyfollowingthat violation of the will of the people as expressed in ruling,theDeputyDistrictAttorneyfiledamotionto Proposition 215. dismissallremainingchargesagainstSteveand • The government is responsible for negligent homicide Michele,therebyavoidingacostlyretrialandfinally in the case of Peter McWilliams. endingtheKubbys’ordeal! • The government conducts blatantly unconstitutional law enforcement actions, to include censorship, gun MICHELE&STEVEKUBBYWEREPOLITICALPRISONERS control, profile searches, asset forfeiture, and the he Libertarian Party of California denial of life and liberty by paramilitary police passed a resolution in support of assaults. T political prisoners during its • Government agencies and law enforcement conduct convention of February 2001. The resolution pre-emptive arrests and malicious prosecutions of condemns the government specifically for political activists, use excessive force against prosecuting medical marijuana patients and providers in defiance protesters, and apply the death penalty for political of the law. And the resolution more generally condemns the cases. government for routinely conducting blatantly unconstitutional • Amnesty International has declared the United States actions and incarcerating people on the basis of their politics. to be a human rights abuser in the course of its “war on crime” [ http://www.amnesty-usa.org/ ]. The use of the term “political prisoners” is meant to be serious in every way. California’s Proposition 215, passed by the majority It is resolved that: of the state’s voters, legalized medical marijuana. Steve Kubby • The Libertarian Party of California states its support was fully within his rights in growing marijuana plants. And the for political prisoners both in the United States and Kubby case goes beyond medical marijuana. The government’s abroad, and to furthermore demand freedom for all attack on him is an attempt to not only negate the voters’ support such political prisoners. for legal medical marijuana, but also to suppress third party • The Libertarian Party of California declare as political candidates by using politically motivated trumped-up charges. prisoners medical marijuana patients and providers who have been prosecuted under local state and The resolution on political prisoners reflects a growing realization federal law. in the libertarian movement that “politics as usual” simply are • The Libertarian Party of California declare as political not working in the face of illegal government actions. Libertarians prisoners any persons prosecuted by the state for his/ can not sit back while the government attacks the Party’s political her political activities, or in violation of the Bill of and intellectual leaders, as has been the case with Steve Kubby Rights. and Peter McWilliams. Libertarians can not expect the electorate • The Libertarian Party of California issue a declaration to take the Party seriously if we do not take ourselves seriously. of solidarity for all other groups fighting for the rights Unless we are willing to back up our own people, then we can not of political prisoners. expect the voters to do the same. Every struggle for freedom in • The Libertarian Party of California create a support this country was won by people taking action, from the American committee for political prisoners. Revolution itself to the civil rights movement. By pushing cases such as Steve Kubby’s as examples of human rights abuses in the cause with these groups. Libertarian contingents have marched US, the Libertarian Party can throw the government on the alongside many of them in demonstrations such as the protests at defensive. the Democratic National Convention in August 2000. The Libertarian Party of California is not alone in recognizing In the future, I plan to bring cases like Steve Kubby’s to the the problems created by the government via its “wars” on crime, attention of Amnesty International and other human rights drugs and terrorism – all of which have become an excuse for organizations as political prisoner cases. Libertarians who are increased repression. Amnesty International, the prestigious human interested in getting involved should go to the web sites I have rights organization, has recently issued reports describing abuses established at: of human rights by US law enforcement agencies. http://home.earthlink.net/~jamiranda/polpriz.html Working in coalitions is vital to winning. There are many groups (for political prisoners) and which today are fighting against police brutality, human rights http://home.earthlink.net/~jamiranda/libertydemo.html abuses, and the prison-industrial complex. We can make common (for libertarian protest events) Joseph Miranda Continued in next column March2001 LPCMonthly7 AROUNDTHEWORLD POLITICSASUSUAL NOTEWORTHYWEBSITES! STRANGEMARRIAGELAWSPREVAILINNC The sites listed will vary from month-to-month, except for the North Carolina’s marriage laws soon may be revised to bring them Libertarian sites which remain on the list. Special thanks to Johann more in line with 21st-century life. For example, as the law is now Opitz ([email protected]) who supplied many of the e- written, neither Muslims nor American Indians who are married addresses. in their faith’s traditional wedding ceremonies are considered ADVOCATESFORSELF-GOVERNMENT legally married under state law. The law is even fuzzy about the http://www.self-gov.org/ legality of marriages conducted by Roman Catholic priests and rabbis. On the license itself, the law says applicants must list their Special page devoted to power problems race as “white,” “Indian,” or “colored.” http://www.theadvocates.org/issues/elecdereg.html The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 2, 2001 CALIFORNIAGOVERNMENTINFO NOSNACKINGBYSTATEMANDATE Register to vote: http://www.ss.ca.gov Muslims in northern Malaysia who are caught eating during the DRUGWAR fasting hours in the holy month of Ramadan will be exposed by http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm the state. Their names will be broadcast on local radio said the http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel022101.shtml State Religious Affairs Committee Chairman. http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg022001.shtml Reuters, December 11, 2000 http://www.DrugSense.org NOTABLEQUOTABLE http://www.StopTheWar.com/ “Currently, there are some twenty-one thousand drug offenders HANDGUNS locked up in New York (state). Almost all of them are black or Current list of handguns approved by CA Dept. of Justice: Hispanic, and the vast majority have never been convicted of a http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/certlist.htm violent crime. According to the Correctional Association of New York, housing these inmates costs state taypayers more than seven Gun Owners Home Page hundred million dollars a year.” http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com The New Yorker, February 12, 2001 KUBBYTRIALANDINFO TROUBLEONTHEMISSISSIPPI-YOUDOTHEMATH! http://www.kubby.com The Upper Mississippi has been dammed to near death. Now the Army Corps of Engineers wants to expand locks – a move even its STATELINE.ORG:STATE-FOCUSEDNEWSCOVERAGE own people call “a waste of taxpayers’ money.” The expansion An impressive amount of information on health care, welfare, would allow 1,100-foot tows of 15 barges to go through the locks taxes, education, and land use. without uncoupling, saving about an hour per lock. The cost of the http://www.stateline.org/ $ $ project would be about 1 billion, the benefits about 750 million. http://www.stateline.org/stateindex.cfm Audubon Magazine, July-August 2000 http://www.stateline.org/issueindex.cfm SEXTHRIVESINTHENETHERLANDS OUTREACH Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has signed into law legislation http://www.libertarianrock.com that finally lifts an 88-year-old ban on sex establishments. While http://www.GrowTheLp.org prostitution itself was already legal, brothels were considered illegal but tolerated. Now, however, practitioners of the world’s oldest RECOVERYALTERNATIVESTO12-STEPPROGRAMS profession will enjoy employment benefits, a pension, and much http://www.smartrecovery.org to the gratification of politicians, prostitutes and brothel owners http://www.rational.org/recovery alike will be obliged to pay taxes. The Dutch sex industry, along with coffee shops that sell small quantities of marijuana, generate billions of dollars each year. LIBERTARIANPARTYCALIFORNIA [email protected], October 4, 2000 General information: http://www.ca.lp.org/ LOUIE,LOUIE! Activist Resources: http://www.ca.lp.org/act/ On February 17, 1964, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Bylaws: http://www.ca.lp.org/bylaws/ Tampa Florida began an investigation into the recording of “Louie Convention 2001 Reports: http://www.ca.lp.org/conv/2001/ Louie” by the Kingsmen, to determine whether the lyrics were Secretary’s Corner (Executive Committee Agendas/Minutes): obscene. After many months of examination, they dropped the case. http://www.peoplesveto.org/lp/ San Diego Reader, November 16, 2000 Membership: http://www.ca.lp.org/lpc-member-services.html Platform: http://www.ca.lp.org/platform/ LIBERTARIANPARTYNATIONAL General information: http://www.lp.org Platform: http://www.dehnbase.org/lpus/library/platform/

8LPCMonthly March2001 CALIFORNIAUPDATES FIRSTPETS…THENTHEPEOPLE AAACANDIDATESAREA-OK! YES,GEORGEWASHINGTON enate Bill 236 has been If you are an AAA member in California, THEREISAVIRGINIA! introduced in the California do not throw out your March/April n an attempt to re-establish California S state legislature requiring all Westways Magazine! Tear out the as an agricultural leader, Assembly- dogs and cats over four months of age to middle insert, which has a proxy Imember Virginia Strom-Martin (D) be microchipped. In addition, the owner’s ballot form for the Board of introduced Assembly Bill 448 on February information must be entered into a national Directors, and vote for the Libertarian slate. 20 that would legalize the production of registry approved by the California There are four candidates nominated by industrial hemp. The production of Department of Food and Agriculture. petition which deserve your vote. Some industrial hemp is currently legal in more The American Kennel Club has posted a (maybe even all) are Libertarians and they than 25 countries including Canada, statement on their website expressing their are all running on the same platform as France, Germany, and China and more opposition to California SB 236 requiring unified opposition to the current incumbents. than twelve states have passed or are in all dogs and cats to be microchipped. AKC This is the first contested Auto Club of the process of passing legislation to provides the Companion Animal Recovery California election since 1971. They want legalize industrial hemp. (CAR) program, which is a national registry the Club to stand up for its “Industrial hemp could be of immense for permanently identified animals. CAR members and demand an end benefit to both the economy and the has enrolled over 150,000 microchipped or to the vehicle tax and double environment of the North Coast and rural tattooed cats to date. They believe in the taxation of gasoline and California in general”, Strom-Martin said. value of microchipping, but are against diesel. Vote for Peter Ford, Carl Olson, Mark “We simply have to deal rationally rather mandatory microchipping. Seidenberg and Robin C. Westmiller. All than hysterically with a crop whose Information from several sources four state that they will work to abolish the promise is great and time has come.” vehicle tax and abolish the double taxation GETFEDSOUTOFCA! on gas (sales tax on top of excise tax). Industrial hemp is a versatile crop that has n an astonishing development, a number of uses and requires very little The process is simple and free. Check off California Attorney General Bill maintenance. Virtually all parts of the plant box #2 and write in the name of one of the Lockyer has filled a 22 page brief can be used to produce a number of I above slate members as your proxy. Also OPPOSING a federal case against medical products like paper, textiles, food, building check box # 3b, which directs your proxy to marijuana users. The brief apparently puts materials, and a variety of other industrial vote for all 4 candidates nominated by great emphasis on the often-neglected 9th and technical products including fuel. In petition. Sign it, date it and mail it. All and 10th Amendments of the Bill of Rights, addition to its uses, industrial hemp also ballots must be received by April 2, 2001. which, if followed, would dramatically boasts an agricultural benefit because it is Note: ballot must be signed by AAA member limit the role of the federal government in a significant rotation crop with an ability whose name is at the top of the form. EVERY area of our lives. to reduce pests and weed growth and to Tell friends and family to do the same. Please boost the yields of the primary crop. Lockyer defends Prop 215, clearly stating post this message on to California e-lists (I California’s climate would allow for three that federalism gives states the control over have sent it to LA Libertarians e-list). harvestable crops a year. this issue, trumping the federal laws. Jason Heath, [email protected] Full text at http://americanmarijuana.org More information is available on Industrial Hemp at http://www.CAIR.net OUTREACHNEWSLETTERREADY opies of the Spring 2001 Edition of MembershipJanuary31,2001:6061 the Libertarian Alternative are Jan-01 6061 Cavailable for 25 cents each. Large Dec-00 6027 discounts for quantity purchases. As little Nov-00 6119 as 10 cents each when ordering 1,000 Oct-00 6093 copies. E-mail: [email protected] Sep-00 6097 Aug-00 6246 Jul-00 6174 Jun-00 6216 May-00 6352 Apr-00 6415 Mar-00 6424 Feb-00 6217 Jan-00 6298

March2001 LPCMonthly9 REGIONALCONTACTS LPCOFFICERS EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE BUTTECOUNTY(R04) LACOUNTY Chair RegionalReps Chair: Dale Burrow (alsoseefollowingregions) Aaron Starr East Bay (R-01) [email protected] Chair: Rodger Rosie 1743 Cochran St., #F Wayne Nygren (510) 889-9216 (530) 894-6593 [email protected] (562) 865-4089, www.lplac.org Simi Valley, CA 93065 (510) 889-1544 (fax) COLUSACOUNTY(R06) (805) 583-3308 [email protected] Contact: Yvonne Dacoda LA:ANTELOPEVALLEY(R68) (818) 636-9880 (cell) (530) 458-7690 Co-Chair: Greg Bashem Linnea Nygren (Alternate) [email protected], (661) 942-2843 [email protected] DELNORTECOUNTY(R08) (510) 889-9216 www.lplac.org/68.htm NorthernViceChair Contact: Ronald Thompson Los Angeles/San Fernando [email protected] LA:CENTRAL(R64) Rodney K. Austin Valley (R-61) 4515 E. Washington Ave. (707) 464-5937 Chair: Mark Selzer Bernard Zimring (818) 785-0384 [email protected]. (323) 469-5372 Fresno, CA 93702-2429 EASTBAY(R01) [email protected] www.lplac.org/64.htm (559) 255-5561 (Alameda, Contra Costa) (801) 382-3282 (fax) Kit Maira (Alternate) Chair: Scott Campanara LA:LONGBEACH/SOUTHBAY(R66) [email protected] [email protected] (818) 361-5775 Chair: Audrey Carlan [email protected] www.busthead.com/eastbaylp/ [email protected] SouthernViceChair (310) 377-8273 Orange County (R-30) ELDORADO/ALPINE(R09) Mark Selzer Contact: Fred Rouse www.lplac.org/66.htm 532-1755 1830 N. Cherokee Ave., #511 Brian Lee Cross (714) (530) 622-8008 [email protected] LA:PASADENA/GLENDALE(R63) Los Angeles, CA 90028 www.opine.org/alpine Chair: Charles (Karl) Lembke (323) 469-5372 Mark F. Murphy (Alternate) FRESNOCOUNTY(R10) [email protected] (213) 353-5879 (pager) (949) 458-1911 Chair: Jonathan Richter (818) 352-3406 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.lplac.org/63.htm Treasurer San Diego County (R- 37) (559) 434-8274 (559) 264-8875 (fax) LA:SANFERNANDOVALLEY(R61) Lori Adasiewicz JR Graham (619) 230-7176 GLENNCOUNTY(R11) Chair: Erich Miller 5300 Carmen Way [email protected] Contact: Harold White [email protected] Sacramento, CA 95822 [email protected], (530) 934-7349 (818) 708-7925 Stephen Cicero (Alternate) www.lplac.org/61.htm (916) 457-4796 (760) 754-1887 GOLDCOUNTRY(R03) LA:SANGABRIELVALLEY/EAST(R67) [email protected] [email protected] (Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne) Chair: Albert J. Segalla Chair: George White Secretary Santa Clara County (R- 43) [email protected] (209) 728-2887 [email protected] Sandi Webb (909) 305-0291 Mark Hinkle HUMBOLDTCOUNTY(R12) 4250 Yukon Ave. (408) 778-2444 • 778-1115 (fax) www.lplac.org/67.htm Simi Valley, CA 93063-1634 Chair: Frederick J. Mangels [email protected] [email protected] LA:SOUTHEAST(R65) (805) 526-0958 Chair: David Bowers Joe Dehn (Alternate) (707) 443-6568 [email protected] www.wcinet.net/~freddym [email protected] (650) 858-1842 • 857-1209 (fax) (562) 862-6083 IMPERIALCOUNTY(R13) [email protected] www.lplac.org/65.htm LPOFFICES Chair: Charles A. Phillips, Jr. National:The Libertarian Party At-LargeReps [email protected] LA:WEST(R62) Chair: Eric Fine 2600 Virginia Ave. NW, Ste. 100 Elizabeth C. Brierly (760) 356-4525 (408) 272-3191 www.opine.org/imperial.html [email protected] Washington, DC 20037 (310) 836-0276 [email protected] INYOCOUNTY(R14) (202) 333-0008 www.lplac.org/62.htm (202) 333-0072 (fax) Ted Brown (626) 614-0630 Chair: Wayne Ball [email protected] (760) 873-5735 MADERA/MARIPOSA(R20) [email protected] (626) 286-7837 (fax) www.opine.org/inyomono Chair: Dolores Comstock [email protected] [email protected] State: Libertarian Party of California KERNCOUNTY(R15) (559) 658-8788 14547 Titus St. #214 Doug Scribner (949) 515-8101 Chair: Ric Pinkerton www.opine.org/maderamariposa.html Panorama City, CA 91402-4935 [email protected] (661) 397-4935 (818) 782-8400 Starchild (415) 626-3036 (p/f) [email protected] MARINCOUNTY(R21) (818) 782-8488 (fax) www1.iwvisp.com/kernlib Chair: Tammy Austin [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] KINGSCOUNTY(R16) Daniel Wiener (805) 526-0958 (415) 339-7887 CONTACT: TBA ExecutiveDirector [email protected] www.sirius.com/~pagangas Juan Ros (818) 782-8400 LAKECOUNTY(R17) MENDOCINOCOUNTY(R23) Al Carlan (1st Alternate) Dante DeAmicis (818) 782-8488 (fax) Chair: Ed Kuwatch (310) 377-8273 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (707) 350-0665 (707) 459-3999 AdministrativeAssistant www.lake.ca.lp.org Lynda Kay (818) 782-8400 Bruce Dovner (2nd Alternate) www.mendocino.ca.lp.org (310) 327-9005 LASSENCOUNTY(R18) (818) 782-8488 (fax) Contact: Rose Bishop MERCEDCOUNTY(R24) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Contact: David Eaton www.lassen.ca.lp.org [email protected], (209) 723-7099 10LPCMonthly Updatesshowninbold,italic March2001 REGIONALCONTACTS(cont.) MODOCCOUNTY(R25) RIVERSIDECOUNTY(R33) SANLUISOBISPOCOUNTY(R40) SOLANOCOUNTY(R48) Contact: John Howard Chair: Rodney Harris Chair: Gail Lightfoot Chair: William Marshall (530) 233-4277 www.lprc.org [email protected] [email protected] (707) 425-1528 [email protected] (805) 481-3434 / 481-9083 (fax) SACRAMENTOCOUNTY(R34) www.freesolanocounty.com MONOCOUNTY(R26) Chair: Steven Watanabe www.lpcslo.org SONOMACOUNTY(R49) Contact: Marge Tendler [email protected] SANMATEOCOUNTY(R41) Chair: Aaron Smith [email protected] (916) 641-7532 Chair: Jack Hickey (707) 541-0615 MONTEREYCOUNTY(R27) www.sacto.com/lps [email protected] [email protected] Chair: Mark Dierolf SANBENITOCOUNTY(R35) (650)368-5722 http://members.aol.com/lpsonoma www.lpsm.org [email protected] Chair: Kate Woods STANISLAUSCOUNTY(R50) (831) 753-0507 [email protected] SANTABARBARACOUNTY Chair: Don DeGroat http://mclp.w3.to (831) 693-4531 & (831) 693-4532 (R42) [email protected] Contact: Colin Hayward NAPACOUNTY(R28) SANBERNARDINOCOUNTY(R36) (209) 524-1776 (805) 966-2629 Contact: William H. Crain Chair: Steve John SUTTER/YUBA(R51) www.sblp.org [email protected] [email protected] Chair: Todd Herman (707) 224-5535 (909) 391-2749 SANTACLARACOUNTY(R43) [email protected] www.lpca.com Chair: Ray Strong (530) 673-2208 NEVADACOUNTY(R29) [email protected] http://home.otn.net/hermanto Chair: Jon Petersen SANDIEGOCOUNTY(R37) (408) 268-1496 [email protected] Contact: Richard Rider TEHAMACOUNTY(R52) www.sc.ca.lp.org (530) 272-9320 / 272-9259 (fax) [email protected] Chair: Ross Crain (530) 527-2676 www.livingfree.org/nclp/ (858) 530-1776 / 530-3030 (fax) SANTACRUZCOUNTY(R44) TRINITYCOUNTY(R53) www.sdlp.org Chair: O. 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