Chair Urges September / Geoff Neale October 2002 Ballot Status To Lead Push Inside National State Chair David DeLamar says the clock is ticking for the Libertarian Party of Libertarian Chair Urges Ballot Status Push ...... 1 Texas in its effort to retain ballot status. With Geoff Neale To Lead National only weeks to go until the November 5 elec- Libertarian Party...... 1 tion DeLamar says the Libertarian Party Of Party Texas must get active in promoting its candi- Polk County Libertarians Resolve to dates. “I implore all party activists, county Support Indian Casino ...... 2 chairs, candidates and SLEC members to pro- Bell County Booth Report ...... 2 mote the party and its candidates with all the Geoffrey Neale of Austin was elected New Mail List for State Candidates 2 vigor you can muster in October,” said National Chair of the Libertarian Party at the bi-annual party convention. Mr. Neale is the St. Paul Libertarian Named Mayor DeLamar DeLamar said that party loyalist should past State Chair of Texas having served two Pro Tem...... 3 not take for granted that ballot status is a terms in office beginning in 1998. He has New LPTexas Website Up and cinch. The party must garner 5% in a state- previously served on the National Commit- Running ...... 3 wide race or 2% in the governors race to re- tee and on the National Bylaws Committee. Houston Pride Parade ...... 3 main on the ballot in 2004. Delamar stressed Neale received 45.8% on the first ballot at the Libertarian National Convention in In- How to Get a Letter to the Editor again his call for counties to hold candidate forums, send out news releases and do out- dianapolis, Indiana, defeating Eli Israel Published ...... 4 reach activities to further the objective of (31.2%) and George Phillies (21.6%), both Letters ...... 4 retaining ballot status. DeLamar said Liber- of Massachusetts. Neale’s extensive experi- Indian Casino Protest Report ...... 5 tarian Party Political Director, Rock Howard, ence with the party spanning over 20 years Libertarian Candidate Spots Poten- is still available to schedule statewide candi- was cited as a key deciding factor in the elec- tion. Mr. Neale also cited the support of his tial Electronic Voting Flaw ...... 6 dates for appearances by calling 512-453- 5942. wife Nancy Neale and duaghter Marina -- Statewide Libertarian Nominee DeLamar characterized the slate of state- both of whom are active Libertarians. Takes Over Local Race ...... 6 wide candidates as “strong” but in need of Mr. Neale’s campaign platform called for Excerpts From the Constitution of promotion. delivering more tools to affiliate parties, can- the Republic of Texas (1836) ...7 “On Nov 6 let us have a clear conscious didates, and activists; and increasing the effi- ciency, responsiveness and accountability of Vicious Backlash ...... 8 that we did everything possible to retain bal- lot status,” stated DeLamar. the national LP office. In addition, Neale said Love Your Neighbor as Yourself..10 To further the goal the SLEC approved he will recruit more candidates and give them The “Two Cultures” Problem with the state party to spend $15,000 on issue ra- professional training; expand the libertarian the Law ...... 11 dio ads in key markets. His says the party can message to a larger electorate; deliver sus- Regarding the “Two Cultures” still take donations and use the money to tainable, quality LP growth at all levels; and provide honest, open, and ethical leadership. Problem with the Law ...... 12 purchase additional radio ads. DeLamar said that if every Lone Star Liberty supporter would Support Your Local Candidate .....12 send in just $100 that “we could have Around the State ...... 14 $100,000 not $15,000Page for 1 targeted radio ads.” Polk County The Libertarian Party opposes laws pro- Submissions Policy and hibiting gambling on both moral and practi- Deadlines Libertarians Resolve cal grounds. “We feel that politicians are - not- the kind of people Americans want to Unsolicited manuscripts and submis- to Support Indian have running their lives,” Kris Overstreet, sions are welcome and will be considered Polk County chairman, said. “When there are for publication in upcoming issues of Lone Casino murderers and rapists walking the streets and Star Liberty. Manuscripts may be submitted From Kris Overstreet, getting early release from prison, it’s silly to via mail, fax or email. Length should be no [email protected] waste time on stopping people from gambling more than 750 words per manuscript. We on an Indian reservation.” reserve the right to edit for clarity and A day after U. S. Federal district judge Judge Hannah’s ruling is based on the length. Submissions are articles, letters to John Hannah, Jr. ruled that the Alabama and fact that the tribe voluntarily submitted to the editor, or information for the AAround Coushatta Tribes of Texas had thirty days to state anti-gambling laws when it applied for the State@ column. Indicate in which close their casino, Libertarians in Polk County Federal recognition under the Native Ameri- category the submission is to be consid- voted their unanimous support of the tribe’s can Restoration Act of 1987. However, since ered. rights to operate a casino on their reserva- then the state has legalized a state lottery and The deadline for a particular issue is tion. parimutuel betting on dog and horse racing. the 25th day of the month, two months “RESOLVED: That we, the Polk “The state government comes into this prior, i.e., for January, the deadline is the County Libertarian Party, hereby reject the case as a raging hypocrite,” Overstreet said. preceding November. ruling of the Federal District Court as con- “The government likes gambling just fine if Late breaking news will be considered trary both to Federal law and to the right of they get a cut of the take.” according to timeliness and relevance. the individual to free usage of private prop- Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, Advertising space is available in a erty; and further resolved, that the Libertar- in presentation of the case, described the variety of formats. ian Party in Polk County shall support the casino as “a common and public nuisance,” Send submissions, article ideas and Alabama and Coushatta tribes in their con- as described by state law. The Libertarians requests for advertising rates to tinued legal and political battles against those see it differently. who would deny them their equal right to “Before the casino, tourism to the reser- Barbara Cunningham, Editor freedom and economic success,” reads the vation was down and unemployment Lone Star Liberty resolution, passed without dissent at the June chronic,” Overstreet said. “Now unemploy- 301 Porter business meeting of the county organization. ment on the casino is all but eliminated. John Caldwell, TX 77836-1825 Cornyn doesn’t care about those 200 jobs, (979) 567-3313 fax though.” [email protected] Among those who voted in favor of the Publications Editor resolution was Michael Carter of Livingston, Barbara Cunningham Texas, Libertarian candidate for Texas State Fax: Senate. Carter represents the only challenge New Mail List for (979) 567-3313 to incumbent Republican Todd Staples. Email: Staples is opposed to gambling on Indian res- State Candidates [email protected] ervations. From Robert Rock Howard, Submissions [email protected] 301 Porter Bell County Booth Caldwell, TX 77836-1825 Report There is a new mail list primarily in- tended for candidates for State Senate, State For information about the Libertartian From Bill Oliver, Representative or Statewide office called Party of Texas or to send contributions, [email protected] TexasStateIssues. This Yahoo Group is for please contact PO Box 56426, Houston, discussion of state issues so that candidates TX 77256-6426 or call 1-800-422-1776 The Libertarian Party of Bell County can talk more intelligently about them at can- worked an OPH Booth at the Real Gun Show didate forums. in the Mayborn convention center in Temple Sign up at Texas on July 13th and 14th. About 1,500 HTTP://GROUPS.YAHOO.COM/GROUP/ people attended the show. Of the 539 indi- TEXASSTATEISSUES/ viduals who took the Quiz, 113 scored Lib- join if you want to participate. ertarian, and 69 of those left contact infor- Lone Star Liberty mation. Vol. 13, Issue 4 The booth was staffed by 6 volunteers Published monthly by from the county organization and by the vet- The Libertarian Party of Texas eran OPHer Clyde Garland. The LPBC ex- PO Box 56426 tends its heart felt thanks to Mr. Garland for Houston, Texas 77256-6426 his efforts. Page 2 Anthony Garcia and my kids, only one of St. Paul Libertarian Houston Pride whom managed to fall out of the van Named Mayor Pro Parade (when it wasn’t moving yet). My standard note to those who don’t Tem From Laura D. Coker-Garcia, think we should be in this “type” of pa- [email protected] rade: there were more than 125 entries in- cluding the Democrats and Greens (no Mark Wilson has been named to serve The rain stopped just in time and the as Mayor Pro Tem by the City Council of St. Republicans this year though), the Mayor Houston Pride Parade was on schedule last and most of City Council, many local ra- Paul, a small community northeast of Dal- night (29 June 2002). las. Mr. Wilson was elected to the position dio stations, many corporations such as Our entry was well received, our can- Shell etc. Not being in such a well-attended by his fellow council members after earning didates got to shake some hands and Guy the council seat in the May 2002 city elec- highly publicized parade would be what McLendon (US Rep. 25) got to speak on sends a bad message. tion. Mr. Wilson is believed to be the first one of the Spanish language radio stations Libertarian to serve as Mayor Pro Tem in Secondly, HCLP is committed to be- and his campaign sign was read on air by ing involved in any outreach opportunity Texas. the top Alternative Rock station in town Mr. Wilson first became active in local that any of our members is willing to or- when our group passed the grandstands. ganize and support. politics by researching fire protection regu- Many thanks to Mary Kelley for her lations on the behalf of the St. Paul city coun- van and the water. Thanks to Kristin Th- cil. His demonstrated work ethic, as well as ompson for the “Keep your laws off my his long time service in the Army, convinced body” and “no to federal marriage amend- the majority of the Aldermen that he was ment” banners. Thanks to Drew Parks for best suited to perform the extra duties re- the battery, that with some juggling by the quired of the Mayor Pro Tem. techies was able to power our twinkly Mr. Wilson remarked, “As a newly lights. Thanks to Peter Elloway for the LP elected member, I’m especially honored by ID magnet signs. the council’s trust and and confidence in Finally, thanks to our activists: candi- choosing me to serve as mayor pro tem, and dates Jeff Daiell (Governor), Brent I’ll repay that trust with hard work.” He Sullivan (US Rep. 18), Guy McLendon (US added, “In the short time I’ve been working Rep. 25) Campaign Manager Yvonne Kelly on council issues, I’ve been surprised at how (US Rep. 25), Mary Kelly and husband much power even small municipalities can Gabe, Organizer Dan Weiner, HCLP Chair exercise under state law. I will use my posi- tion to leave that power vested with the citi- zens of St. Paul.”

New LPTexas Website [email protected] a new moderated mailist for news and perti- Up and Running nent commentary. From Robert Rock Howard, The candidates section is now much easier [email protected] to use even though not quite complete yet. Robert F. Lockhart, Almost all statewide candidates now have a C.P.A. My goal for updating the LPTexas website website and photo immediately available from was to make it cleaner and more professional the candidates page. A key aspect of the site is that it high- without making it any less useful as a reposi- P. O. Box 1398 tory of key TXLP information. The new look lights how people can learn more about the is largely the work of Lance Romanov, per- party by signing up for the new National LP Pasadena, Texas 77501 haps the hottest website designer in Libertar- Brochure. For those that do, we get to learn ian circles these days. Bob Smithers also set up more about them as part of the bargain. Hope- an ingenious system that makes it easy to add fully this will speed up the process of signing updates allowing for fresher material for visi- up new party members. tors. A new “News” section and revamped Now that the site is up, I am prepared to “Official Releases” section takes advantage of entertain ideas for further improving it. My best this system and makes it easier to see what is current idea is to add an online mechanism for going on around the state. making a contribution to the state party. If you By the way, anyone with a news item can have an idea that will help make the site more either send it to me in rough form at useful or better project the image we want or (713) 475-0092 the information that we want to spread, please [email protected] or else post it for immediate distribution by let me know. emailing it to Page 3 Paid Advertisement make, the more support you will need to have reason to spend time with you, such as by How to Get a Letter from other writers. providing them with inside information they to the Editor 4 - If your topic is outside the general find useful in their work. Access to informa- knowledge of most editors, it is a good idea tion is the common currency of journalists. Published to send cites to more information on the sub- If you want coverage, you have to pay for it. From Jon Roland, ject, preferably URLs to web sites, so the 8 - Don’t fall for the independence of editor can research further. the news department from the advertising [email protected] 5 - Open with a catchy lead sentence that department, especially for local weekly news- Why is it that the letters of some people grabs the attention of the reader, and close papers, and especially for coverage of candi- get published often, and others almost never? with a zinger that wraps up your point. Make dates in political campaigns. The amount of It is not just about how well the letters are just one main point in a letter. Try for an free media exposure your message is likely written. Here are a few tips to make it more original turn of phrase that is quotable. to get is in proportion to the amount of ad- likely that your letter, or for that matter, your 6 - Back up letters with press releases. vertising you buy. The only exception to this press release, will get published. Most media don’t accept press releases by is news that helps sell newspapers, and today 1 - Conform to the writing style and ar- email, so plan on sending them by snailmail, that is mostly news that has an economic or ticle length of the medium. Letters to the fax, or personal delivery. Remember they are personal effect on readers. editor should be between 150 and 250 words. going into a large pile, and most will never 9 - Avoid abstract ideas. Most editors, Op-ed columns between 600 and 750 words. be read, so quantity matters. Keep up a steady like most readers, relate to people and events. Use the word count feature of your word stream of press releases, as many as one a That is why it is so difficult to get people to processor. Avoid exceeding about a eighth- day. The more you send, the more likely the read about constitutional compliance. Unless grade educational level for newspapers. editors will take your messages seriously. you can tie it to specific people and events 2 - Try to tie it to recent articles pub- 7 - Schmooze with journalists. If it is a that affect them personally, most of them lished in that medium. Editors are mainly choice between giving coverage to a piece of won’t understand it. looking for responses to their work, and avoid paper and to someone the reporter knows 10 - Don’t answer all their questions. topics they know nothing about. personally, who spends time with him, who Leave a few holes in everything you write for 3 - If you are making an unconventional is going to get more attention, and more fa- the reader to fill, but make the holes easy to point, get a lot of other people to write let- vorable treatment? The well-known biases of fill. Once the reader fills the hole, he will be ters making a similar point. For a major met- journalists arise more than anything from invested in the point you are trying to make, ropolitan daily newspaper, a letter is unlikely whom they spend the most time with. Don’t and will become more likely to spread the to be published if it is not representative of expect them to make editorial decisions based message to others. Don’t do all the thinking at least 50 other letters saying similar things, on the inherent merit of the message. Hu- for other people. Prod them into doing some and the more unconventional the point you man beings don’t work that way. That means thinking for themselves. you are going to need to give journalists a

Letters tools sserve us a human individuals, we indi- viduals do not serve tools! I find e-mail in- 37¢ stamp to: trusive, distracting, expensive, often slow, and Peter Elloway It is a mistake to suspend the printed very ineffective. Don’t expect me to pay over PO Box 685 publication of Lone Star Liberty, the Libertar- $120.00 per year (plus taxes and user fees) to Houston, TX 77001-0685 ian Party of Texas’ official information have access to Lone Star Liberty online; nor In spite of itself, the U. S. Postal Service source. It has served an important function will I trudge to the public library to use a tax does a decent to good job (see: U. S. Consti- to party members and potential voters. Other paid and subsidized (and in Houston a boon- tution, Article 1, Section 8). Ben Franklin methods to curtail costs should be consid- doggle) public net site. would have fired half of the middle manag- ered first, especially this close to the elec- Maybe Lone Star Liberty is too long. Most ers, balked at the boondoggle bonuses, and tion, and also due the prematurity of ballot LP newsletters I’ve seen are only 4 to 8 pages, throttled the union leaders. Don’t discount status. covering only local or state news. Most have that only the Postmaster can tell the Feds to Lone Star Liberty, in print form, gives us lots of ads that make its own cost (or nearly) back off without a court order or search a physical presence, a material essence. It is of publication. Maybe Lone Star Liberty should warrant. Will TexNet do that for you? something one can give out to friends and at only come out quarterly. IN the past, we have Peter Elloway community meetings, voter functions and been able to clean and purge our mailing list OPH booths. Before these important state with return copies. By the way, why am I now elections it gives opportunity to all to learn getting two copies? of our over 180 candidates and the many In the meanwhile, please feel free to county contacts. contact me. Pick up the phone and call 713- I have to decry the rise of “techism” in 529-5208. Write a short or long note, or type, the LP and society in general. “Techism” may print (Don’t punch “send”), fold, enclose, and have its roots from the same hubris that fos- ters racism. Technology can solve many hu- man problems but let us all acknowledge that Page 4 When I got home, I further discovered I may need to explain this a bit further, Indian Casino Protest that the Daily Texan, the school newspaper especially since the news bit didn’t. Report of University of Texas at Austin, wanted to We, the Libertarian Party, support the ask me a few questions for tomorrow’s edi- Indian Casino for the same reason we would From Kris Overstreet, tion. I just got off the phone with them; support any casino: we don’t think govern- [email protected] doubtless my words will play only a small bit ment ought to outlaw gambling or any other in any of today’s or tomorrow’s news reports, victimless crime. So long as a casino isn’t Unfortunately, we had a really poor turn- but any exposure the Libertarians can get outright fraudulent, that the rules and odds out. The Polk County crowd wasn’t able to from this is good, ESPECIALLY since both are all available to the public, and the casino show except for me, and my requests to sur- Democrats and Republicans in this county doesn’t cheat, they should be allowed to op- rounding organized counties brought only are on the wrong side of public opinion in erate, Indian or not. Tim Dove from Montgomery County, for this issue. Of course, the Indian casino has two which I am deeply grateful to him. Thus the protest. Lessons learned: additional reasons for our support. First is To make matters worse, the heat was (1) One week is -not- enough time to the issue of conflicting jurisdictions; the In- brutal today; by 9:00 AM the temperature was organize a demonstration. dians have a case beyond the issue of en- already at 95 degrees with a heat index a lot (2) Sunblock is mandatory. forcing morality to support their casino op- higher. Sidewalk traffic around the court- (3) Keep wordage on signs down as low erations. Second, native Americans in gen- house was less than usual, even worse than as possible: you can’t read twenty words on a eral have been shafted so many times, so egre- normal for small-town Livingston. sign in two seconds from a moving car. giously, that anything which looks like fur- Despite this, the protest seems to be a (4) Next time, organize a ‘bus’ to pick ther oppression and defrauding of the Indi- success. The story about the Alabama- up people to bring to the demonstration. ans will backlash against anyone who does it, Coushatta casino closure brought out, in ad- Any other suggestions for future efforts like, for example, John Cornyn. dition to the local newspaper photographer, (and there will be future efforts) will be ap- So, in short, the Libertarians do support reporters from Telemundo network based in preciated. the Indian casino, and not just in Polk County Los Angeles, Channel 9 (ABC affiliate, The 5:00 PM ‘Live at Five’ newscast on (although nobody outside Polk County has Lufkin) and Channel 6 (CBS affiliate, Beau- Channel 6 spent a little more than a minute passed a resolution about it, or proposed it mont), all of whom I gave about five min- on the subject of the casino, half of which for the party platform). We support the Indi- utes of interview time to. was devoted to the Libertarian protest. ans because, this time around, they are the What’s more, the response we encoun- The quote they used from me: “The state ones getting shafted by government moral- tered during our protest (until, shortly after is wasting its time, closing down people who ity-police and bad laws. noon, the heat and total lack of shade forced are making money for themselves and bring- If any of our statewide candidates do us to abandon the effort) was overwhelm- ing in much needed money to this county not support legalized gambling, now would ingly positive, both for the casino and for the and to the reservation.” be an excellent time to speak up. Libertarians. Cars passing on 190, Livingston’s I sounded, alas, as I usually do, nasal and A photo of myself and Tim Dove hold- only major east-west throughfare, slowed shrill, but I hope the irritation at government ing protest signs made the front page of the down to read the signs we held and which I in general carries the message onwards. Polk County Enterprise, although the caption had taped to my Ford Explorer. One or two Also shown were Tim and I holding up miscredited Tim as being the state party chair. cars made the loop around for a closer look, signs, and a quick shot of the back of my At least we got more publicity. and one couple in an old truck actually car, which did not catch the sign saying Aside from the Enterprise’s photographer, stopped in the street and backed up and WWW.LP.ORG but did catch the ‘Polk County no media were present for Rick Perry’s brief waited until they had carefully read all the says Keep the Casino’ sign. visit to town. It seems that his appearance signs. Most importantly, the Libertarian Party was wholly unconnected with the casino, af- Those few on-the-street interviews we name was featured quite prominently. I plan ter all; it was just another campaign stop, in got with people were even more encourag- to send a thank-you to Channel 6 for the cov- which he lied about his record, accused Tony ing. One senior citizen pointed out that “you erage, and if I hear of Channel 9 (hello, Sanchez of being a money-launderer for or- can’t legislate morality,” which was a major Nacogdoches folks?) doing likewise, they also ganized crime, and then complained that his boost to the ego. Another man, who had get a thank-you. opponent could do nothing except run nega- driven to Livingston from Goliad for busi- The TV coverage from Channel 6 was tive campaign ads. ness at the courthouse, said that he voted the very complimentary, and by itself makes the Happily, about half of the attendees at straight Libertarian ticket, and had done [so] protest a success. Rick Perry’s stop were either opponents like since the beginning. To such people, and to The Channel 6 6:00 PM broadcast had a myself or workers from the Indian casino. any who would stop for a moment, I handed somewhat larger bit on the casino, with an- Perry did not answer any straight questions specially prepared flyers; one side mentioned other quote from me in addition to the other. regarding the casino, nor did he mention the how the Libertarians support the casino I was stumbling a bit over the words, but the casino in his speech, but one heckler who where the Republicans and Democrats don’t, gist of it was this: “The Libertarian Party in interrupted his speech was escorted off the ending with a list of Libertarian candidates, specific (i.e. goals for the protest) wants to premises. I handed out some flyers, talked while the other reproduced the Nolan dia- get people to support candidates who will with people, and got a good if quiet response. mond test. The 800 number for the state party work to keep the Indian casino open.” I also found out that Eddie Shaumberger, info line, and the URL for the Polk County party, were also printed on the flyer. Page 5 the Republican running against Dan Ellis for that, when Clifford William appeared last November which will allow for such an open- the Texas House of Representatives, is openly February in San Antonio before a RoT meet- ing to the people. in favor of the casino (whereas Dan Ellis’ ing, he presented himself as a representative The Indian casino is an issue on which voting record is against it). I have also heard of the Libertarian Party... and they think we’re the Republicans and Democrats, as parties, rumors that, although Tony Sanchez refuses all like him, and don’t think much of him at fumbled the ball. They will do so again, even- to go on the record, he has made an under- all. I had to apologize for Mr. William to tually, but probably not again this year... and the-table deal with the Indians to support people I would just as soon have never spo- when they do, we as a party must put a solid them when elected in exchange for their votes ken to, and sadly I feel more such apologies effort into showing our strength, our deter- in November. to come.) mination, and our principles. What we showed On to the press conference on the res- I didn’t accomplish much there (except yesterday and today is considered here as a ervation at 1:00 PM, where I was annoyed to have a picture of a sign taken by the Beau- good thought and a push in the right direc- no end by the presence of TWO members mont Enterprise), and left as soon as the tion, but nothing to take seriously politically... of the Provisional Government (self-ap- speeches stopped. next time, either here in Polk County or else- pointed) of the Republic of Texas, up from Although the past two days have netted where, we need to show that we are more Victoria. One of them was bent and deter- us significant face time and name recogni- than one or two people per county, but a mined to prove that, because I disagreed with tion here in the county, it could have done a united grassroots power waiting for a shot at his methods, I was a fool, and between the lot more had we had more people involved. muzzling government. two of us we nearly got kicked off the reser- The golden opportunity we had to make our Special thanks again to Tim Dove and vation... and I was asked to put my pro-Lib- presence felt and attract new voters to our Rock Howard: Tim for attending the protest ertarian flyers back in the truck, please. cause has passed, for now, and I don’t see itself and Rock for getting word of the pro- (The issue was made worse by the fact any similar issue coming between now and test to statewide news organizations.

tions Division which is reviewing the matter separate box for use by the election judge Libertarian as they finalize voting procedures for early that should tip off voting irregularities of the Candidate Spots voting where the new voting machines will sort spotted by Mr. Allen. However she ad- be used for the first time. mitted that this system was not error proof Potential Electronic As reported last week on National Pub- and that vote transference could occur if the lic Radio, vote selling has become a major solitary election judge was inattentive or dis- Voting Flaw problem in Dallas County and is spreading tracted. One possible remedy pointed out by to other areas of the state. Operatives for Mr. Allen is to reduce the effective lifetime During a demonstration of new elec- candidates in partisan and non-partisan races of the PIN number which is used to gain tronic voting machines at a meeting of the have been paid up to $25 per vote to “assist” access to the voting machines. Travis County Libertarian Party, County elderly or impaired voters or to steal their After trying out the voting machines, Commissioner candidate Thomas Allen dis- absentee ballots. The flaw uncovered by Mr. several Libertarians felt that many first time covered a potential flaw that could theoreti- Allen would potentially allow operatives to electronic voters will find the machines cum- cally allow registered voters to sell their votes buy votes when electronic voting machines bersome and confusing. However, with to other registered voters. The scheme would are being used. proper safeguards in place, there is reason to involve slipping the PIN number, which is Gail Fisher of the Elections Division hope that the new voting machines may be- valid for 30 minutes, to another voter. The reported that the voting equipment has a come a useful tool in reducing election fraud. flaw was reported to the Travis County Elec-

Statewide Libertarian eligible for the position. “We are pleased that sible. She commented, “I have been assured Marjory chose to help our local party in a by the State Political Director, Rock Howard, Nominee Takes Over time of need,” said Travis County LP Chair that a good candidate will be found to take Pat Dixon. “As a wife and mother of two on the challenge of running an active cam- Local Race young children as well as an owner of a grow- paign for Land Commissioner. I hope that ing business, she leads a busy life, and yet the new candidate will have a profound im- Marjory Staehle Glowka, formerly the she has found the time and energy to make a pact on the outcome of that race and on how nominee for Texas Land Commissioner, has difference and spread our message. I salute the General Land Office is run.” been accepted as the new nominee in the her.” District 51 Texas House race in Travis Mrs. Staehle Glowka originally chose to County. This move down the ballot helps the run for Land Commissioner due to her in- local party retain a presence in a race where terest in spreading the message that owners the party stands to do well given the lack of make better environmental guardians than a Republican opponent. renters and thus State lands should be sold The opening in this race occurred when off to private interests wherever that is fea- former nominee Aaron Day accepted a posi- tion with the National Libertarian Party and moved to Washington D.C. making him in- Page 6 and the jury shall have the right to deter- beas corpus shall not be suspended, ex- Excerpts From the mine the law and fact, under the direction cept in cases of rebellion or invasion the Constitution of the of the court. public safety may require it. 5th. The people shall be secure in their 11th. Excessive bail shall not be re- Republic of Texas persons, houses, papers, and possessions, quired, nor excessive fines imposed, or from all unreasonable searches and sei- cruel or unusual punishments inflicted. All (1836) zures, and no warrant shall issue to search courts shall be open and every man for any place or seize any person or thing, any injury done him in his lands, goods, We, the people of Texas, in order to without describing the place to be searched person, or reputation shall have remedy by form a government, establish justice, in- or the person or thing to be seized, with- due course of law. sure domestic tranquility, provide for the out probable cause, supported by oath or 12th. No person shall be imprisoned common defence [sic] and general welfare, affirmation. for debt in consequence of inability to pay. and to secure the blessings of liberty to 6th. In all criminal prosecutions the 13th. No person’s particular services ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and accused shall have the right of being heard, shall be demanded, nor property taken or establish this constitution. by himself or counsel, or both; he shall applied to public uses, unless by the con- have the right to demand the nature and sent of himself or his representative, with- DECLARATION OF RIGHTS cause of the accusation; shall be con- out just compensation being made there- This declaration of rights is declared fronted with the witnesses against him, and for according to law. to be a part of this constitution, and shall have compulsory process for obtaining 14th. Every citizen shall have the right never be violated on any pretence [sic] witnesses in his favor. And in all prosecu- to bear arms in defence [sic] of himself whatever. And in order to guard against tions by presentment or indictment, he and the republic. The military shall at all the transgression of the high powers which shall have the right to a speedy and public times and in all cases be subordinate to we have delegated, we declare that every- trial, by an impartial jury; he shall not be the civil power. thing in this bill of rights contained, and compelled to give evidence against him- 15th. The sure and certain defence [sic] every other right not hereby delegated, is self, or be deprived of life, liberty, or prop- of a free people is a well-regulated militia; reserved to the people. erty, but by due course of law. And no free- and it shall be the duty of the legislature 1st. All men, when they form a social man shall be holden to answer for any to enact such laws as may be necessary to compact, have equal rights; and no men criminal charge but on presentment or in- the organizing of the militia of this repub- or set of men are entitled to exclusive pub- dictment by a grand jury, except in the land lic. lic privileges or emoluments from the com- and naval forces, or in the militia when in 16th. Treason against this republic munity. actual service in time of war or public dan- shall consist only in levying war against it, 2nd. All political power is inherent in ger, or in cases of impeachment. or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid the people, and all free governments are 7th. No citizen shall be deprived of and support. No retrospective or ex post founded on their authority and instituted privileges, outlawed, exiled, or in any man- facto law, or laws impairing the obligations for their benefit; and they have at all times ner disfranchised, except by due course of of contracts, shall be made. an inalienable right to alter their govern- the law of the land. 17th. Perpetuities or monopolies are ment in such manner as they may think 8th. No title of nobility, hereditary contrary to the genius of a free govern- proper. privileges, or honors shall ever be granted ment, and shall not be allowed; nor shall 3rd. No preference shall be given by or conferred in this republic. No person the law of primogeniture or entailments law to any religious denomination or mode holding any office of profit or trust shall, ever be in force in this republic. or worship over another, but every person without the consent of congress, receive The foregoing constitution was unani- shall be permitted to worship God accord- from any foreign state any present, office, mously adopted by the delegates of Texas, ing to the dictates of his own conscience. or emolument of any kind. in convention assembled, at the town of 4th. Every citizen shall be at liberty 9th. No person, for the same offence, Washington, on the 17th day of March, in to speak, write, or publish his opinions on shall be twice put in jeopardy of life or the year of our Lord [1836], and of the any subject, being responsible for the abuse limbs. And the right of trial by jury shall independence of the republic the first year. of that privilege. No law shall ever be remain inviolate. In witness whereof we have hereunto passed to curtail the liberty of speech or 10th. All persons shall be bailable by subscribed our names. of the press; and in all prosecutions for sufficient security, unless for capital crimes, RICHARD ELLIS, President libels the truth may be given in evidence, when the proof is evident or presumption Albert H. S. Kimble, Secretary strong; and the privilege of the writ of ha-

Page 7 chock-full of— it is the language of a not- Vicious Backlash yet-civilized race that needs to believe it is by Hollis Ramsey, protected, watched over. [email protected] When we infidels acknowledge our true status as universal orphans, we become civi- NEWS FLASH: Wave of righteous an- lized — we relate to each other as individu- ger sweeps country as 9th Circuit Court of als (because we are all that there is), we rely Appeals rules God out of the Pledge of Al- on ourselves as responsible parties (because legiance. Verbal violence being waged non- no one else is responsible for our actions). stop on every channel, at every radio station, We eliminate mysticism, faith, and the glori- in all media outlets, against both the two fication of wilful ignorance. We adopt a sys- judges who decided the case and the plain- tem of morals and ethics not because we have tiff, an atheist. inherited one from our family or from a I, like the (in my unpopular opinion) televangelist or from the back cover of a heroic plaintiff, do not believe in god or gods. magazine or the bible in our motel, but be- I do not live in a country “under God” or cause we require the moral certainty of our “under gods” but a country under the blue own thoughts. We consciously choose the way sky of Texas. If God “loves me whether I we relate to others and the way we bestow like it or not,” well, that’s God’s problem, not value; our empathy is not required except as mine. the empathy naturally occurring in homo sa- Yet I am required to live with the as- piens — thinking man. sumed constitutionality of a pledge that af- We are not forced by orthodoxy into a firms we are a monotheistic country wherein system that preaches altruism and breeds ram- all citizens are under God. A country whose pant hypocrisy. We do not preach “Judge not, government subscribes to the core principles lest ye be judged” but instead “Judge, and be of monotheistic religion. A country that prepared to be judged” because that, in all doesn’t care what god we bend our knee to, honesty, is human nature. We all judge, just so long as we bend our knee. A country whether we like it or not. Whether we ac- that forces our endorsement of these — to knowledge it or not. To maintain otherwise, me — offensive beliefs in its Pledge and on is to engage in hypocrisy. its currency, in its government-organized and When we lie in this way to both ourselves –sponsored prayer invocations, dedications, and our fellow men, we ensure that hypoc- etc. risy spreads like a cancer throughout our cul- I have, all my life, lived with the secret ture. Examine the vitriol being heaped upon of my nontheism. To reveal it, I have found, our nonbelieving heads by those supposedly invites invective on a scale hardly to be imag- our moral superiors in the wake of the Pledge ined. Imagine the violence done to Matthew ruling: who is doing the judging (the reli- Brady and James Byrd and use that animos- gious), and who is being judged (the nonbe- ity verbally, to fling the vilest epithets upon lievers)? And these judges have blood in their this infidel — that is what I have experienced eye, chests thrust defiantly and self-righ- for my entire adult life. We, nontheists and teously in my unbelieving face. HEY, YOU atheists alike, are targets in the same way that GUYS, GET OUT OF MY SPACE!!! women seeking abortions are targets, in the Mathematics is a language that does not same way that homosexuals seeking to live a lie, a language of number. We can make it normal life are targets, in the same way that lie, but such artificial constructs merely high- peoples of differing racial make-ups are tar- light the underlying truth we have tried — gets. The only problem is, we infidels become unsuccessfully — to deny. Is it any wonder the targets of all the other target groups com- that mathematics is so universally despised bined. There really are atheists in foxholes, by children and adults alike? Religion has at- and everyone — and I mean everyone — is tempted to co-opt mathematics to serve its shooting at us! own ends, using such false “sciences” as nu- Why are the unfaithful such universal merology and astrology to force number to targets? Why is faith preferred to reason? Why legitimize man’s will. are the faithful assumed to be more righteous No; I don’t have “the” answer; I have than the reasonable? answers that are as precise as I can formulate I think that, in part, our language be- them. The best answers lead to new ques- trays us. We do not yet have the words that tions. The best that homo sapiens can do is can express our thoughts accurately enough to pose precise questions and formulate ac- to avoid relying upon the religious colloqui- alisms and epithets that American English is Page 8 curate answers that inspire more good ques- is to the end of life and the life of the soul: himself and his culture as “this gray spirit tions, ad infinitum. After all, what other life- the question is death, the end itself. Religion’s yearning in desire / To follow knowledge like form asks “What if?” and “Why?” questions, “because” is life everlasting — eternal life, a sinking star / Beyond the utmost bound of what I call the “human” questions? Children immortality. But religion got the question human thought.” This ongoing, proactive, need answers and pose great questions; adults wrong. The question to which the answer is thoughtful existence is not easy, and its out- need questions and posit poor answers. E.g., “life,” is “fear (of death)” and not just wardly bestowed rewards are not as valuable Child: Why is the sky blue? Adult: Because. “death.” Religion seeks to give us an answer to the individual as those inwardly gained. If you are able to pose the human ques- for fear, and it does it through comfort. Wisdom is essentially a very personal experi- tions, you must have a means of communi- Men fear what they do not know, rather ence. cation: language. To say that “in the begin- than acknowledging their ignorance and seek- Religion offers easy and attractive re- ning was the word, and the word was god,” ing to eliminate it through knowledge. One wards that don’t require much independent says that language is of god and — to us — becomes wiser, as Socrates pointed out, by thinking and decision-making on the part of from god. Religion interprets this as an end- acknowledging one’s ignorance. The fear of the individual. By posing mortal existence as ing in the chain from the smallest cell to the death demands an answer that comforts. an “Us vs. Them” war game, it exempts its highest life-form, establishing man as the end There is no ultimate comfort in life; it’s an believers from death and eternal damnation. in the hierarchy of the world, even of the uncomfortable joy, at best. This physicial ex- All infidels aka nonbelievers suffer the tor- universe. istence of ours will end, but will our sentient ments of the damned, eternally, since they Language is merely a means of question- existence end with our body’s expiration? forswear allegiance to the Lord of the manor. ing and answering, of interpreting our uni- Voltaire, in his short Story of a Good Brah- This concept has been the root cause of vio- verse and our existence. It is not, as religion man, has this to say about comfort in a mus- lence throughout history. Believers have no would have it, an end to questing, the An- ing on happiness: compunction about dealing death to their en- swer to All. That is a dangerous belief; it has “I would not have wanted to be happy emies . . . and then denying them the sur- rationalized homicide throughout history. For on condition of being imbecilic. cease of the afterlife — after all, religion’s example, when I attended Hebrew School, I I put the matter up to some philosophers, enemies do not deserve heavenly paradise, could not then — and cannot now — fathom and they were of my opinion. and god wouldn’t want them there, anyway. the glorification of the god of the Passover. “There is, however,” I said, “a stupen- And for some reason (perhaps the appeal of The sacrificing of innocent Egyptian first- dous contradiction in this way of thinking.” exclusivity), religion’s enemies are legion, as born children in order to convince Pharaoh For after all, what is at issue? Being though only a Handful of Chosen deserve to let god’s people go is, after all, no differ- happy. What matters being witty or being stu- the fruits of existence and the rest of life’s ent from the actions of any contemporary pid? What is more, those who are content flotsam and jetsam can be so easily damned Middle-Eastern terrorist. Both are irrational with their being are quite sure of being con- and doomed. But there are so godawful many and immoral acts. tent; those who reason are not so sure of rea- who are chosen . . . just ask them. I realized early on that rationalizing such soning well. Religion is against knowledge of objec- acts is evil, destructive to humanity and civi- “So it is clear,” I said, “that we should tive facts in much the same manner as it is lization, and completely subverts man’s abil- choose not to have common sense, if ever against birth control: if we can be kept in ity to think logically, using objective reason. that common sense contributes to our ill-be- ignorance and poverty, we can be easily con- When Pharaoh said to Moses that “your god ing.” trolled — like the sheep that, to religion, we is God,” he was acknowledging the way of Everyone was of my opinion, and yet I are. Religion is Pre-civilized Man’s endeavor the bully, the hierarchy of physical power and found no one who wanted to accept the bar- to acquire, exert and uphold absolute power senseless — or worse, intentional — brutal- gain of becoming imbecilic in order to be- over men. ity. If this god is God, then as a rational hu- come content. From this I concluded that if To conclude: religion offers answers; man being I am obligated to treat such a de- we set store by happiness, we set even greater philosophy offers questions. Like my men- ity as what it is — a brutal terrorist, a thug. store by reason. tor, Socrates, I prefer questions to answers. Too bad we should have such an inglorious But, upon reflection, it appears that to Most people seem to need — even to being as our Father figure. In fact, it’s a shame prefer reason to felicity is to be very mad. demand — comforting. Monotheistic religion to have such a father. Courts have been Then how can this contradiction be ex- serves up a strong father-figure who supplies known to remove children from such a pa- plained? Like all the others. There is much to all necessary answers, to questions devised rental influence, for their own protection. be said about it.” by men who are not fond of questioning. In (My memories of Friday night temple — Voltaire, 1761 comfort is strength, while questions offer only service: the rabbi reciting; the cantor chant- If we live by seeking wisdom, we should uncertainty. It takes a strong moral courage ing; the congregation praying. I am sitting embrace death as another in a series of ques- to live in the face of uncertainty. there, bored to death and wishing I could be tions to be contemplated, another chance to Choosing uncertainty over comfort is a reading a book. I look around surreptitiously eliminate ignorance and replace it with knowl- threat to those who require comforting. They and ask myself why all the adults are there; edge, thus leading the soul onward toward see it as a direct assault on their existence. because they have to be, I answer rhetori- wisdom, an ongoing process never to be com- Their response to such a threat is to elimi- cally. But why do they have to be? When I pleted. Tennyson’s Ulysses, in his latter years, nate it, as if that would eliminate the exist- am an adult, I reason, I won’t have to endure ruing the quality of his existence “[a]s though ence of uncertainty. These are people con- this time-consuming ritual and offensive to breathe were life,” sees the goal of both cerned with winning — winning anything and gladhanding.) everything, winning at all costs — and even The answer that religion purports to have Page 9 more concerned with not losing. In existence, death is the ultimate loss, so those who want support removing “under god” from the posturings and ranting wrath in favor of con- to win must know that there is something Pledge. And from our currency and our gov- sidered thought and reasoned discussion. that can beat death. Any intimation that this ernmental entities, as well. I’m asking for free- And understand that discussions such as is not so, is an assault on the essence of their dom from religion. Will I ever see the day? these require lengthy reasoning and logical being. Use some of that famous love and mo- argument. The vicious backlash, on the other For those of you who either do not or rality to see that those of us who choose to hand, requires only loud and strident sound cannot understand my viewpoint, I have at- extricate ourselves from god’s tangled web bites — to incite, to foment, to stir to anger tempted to point out a few of the reasons I are people, too. Abandon your pompous and to action, but not to think.

you’re wrong. You’re guilty; I’m innocent. scriptions, “Do this”, but instead are proscrip- Love Your Neighbor Capitalists bad, workers good.” So simple, and tions, “Don’t do this.” That is an very impor- as Yourself so completely wrong. It takes an hour to teach tant thing. The Bill of Rights are proscrip- it and a hundred years to get rid of it. tions. Proscriptions against the expansion of by Bob Wallace, Political science? It was a bit simpler than the State. [email protected] economics, but even when taught correctly Proscriptions leave people with an enor- Reprinted from The Libertarian Enterprise, Is- people still didn’t believe it. “What do you mous amount of freedom. You can always sue 178, 17 June 2002 mean, the State is my enemy? The State and get by with a handful of proscriptions, Reprinted with permission of the author and the government are two different things? I whereas prescriptions take up hundreds of original publisher don’t think that’s true.” It wasn’t so much in- volumes of “law” books. Ask yourself First appeared at tellectual sloth as not understanding, or be- thishow many of the laws of the US are pre- HTTP://WWW.LEWROCKWELL.COM/ lieving, the true nature of the State. Even scriptions, and how many are proscriptions? WALLACE/WALLACE44.HTML the comment that various States throughout How many say, “You will give your money, the 20th Century were responsible for the your property, your liberty and your life to When I first began to study economics murders of 177 million people still didn’t con- the State”? about 15 years ago I wondered how many vince them. I find it interesting that religions have people were capable of understanding the I tried law. I was getting closer. Basic law lasted thousands of years, which is much concepts. Not that many, I decided rapidly. I is not that hard. Richard Maybury, author of longer than all the States that have risen and don’t think it’s because of a lack of intelli- Whatever Happened to Justice? fallen throughout history. And the reason they gence. Most people, I believe, are twice as HTTP://WWW.AMAZON.COM/EXEC/ have risen and fallen is because they consis- smart as they think they are. Mostly it was OBIDOS/ASIN/094261710X/ tently have violated the two Natural Laws of because of a lack of interest; they weren’t LEWROCKWELL/ “Do not murder” and “Do not steal.” No willing to put in the time and effort. You and Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? matter how eloquently people try to ratio- could call it Intellectual Sloth. HTTP://WWW.AMAZON.COM/EXEC/ nalize it, war, conscription and taxation are Another problem, a truly huge one, is OBIDOS/ASIN/0942617150/LEWROCKWELL/ violations of both those laws. Oops ... “As that most people saw the learning as work has distilled all laws down to to two basic you sow ...” instead as play. One of the few things I re- ones”Do all that you have agreed to do” and Unfortunately, people are always trying member from jr. high about Jesse Stuart’s “Do not encroach on other persons or their to find ways to get around these natural laws. book about his teaching days, The Thread That property.” “Well, sure, it’s somebody else’s property, but Runs So True The first is the basis of contract lawthe I’m poorer than he is, so the State should HTTP://WWW.AMAZON.COM/EXEC/ second is the basis of tort law and some crimi- take something from him and give it to me.” OBIDOS/ASIN/0684719045/LEWROCKWELL/ nal law. “These laws are essential for an ad- They ignore the fact, or else are not aware of is when he finally hit on the only way he was vanced society,” writes Maybury. “The first it, that these violations will always damage able to motivate his students. He made the gives rise to trade and specialization of la- peoples’ lives, and society. learning play. The only time he saw his stu- bor. The second creates peace, security and Peoples’ attempt to get around these laws dents motivated and interested is when they goodwill.” appear to be based on the idea of the Zero- were playing games in the yard. So he made His two laws are essentially extrapola- Sum Game. Everything is a pie. If you get a school play, and he had almost no problems tions of some of the Ten Commandments. bigger slice of the pie, then I have to get a thereafter getting his students to learn. And Two, specifically”Don’t murder” and “Don’t smaller one. If you have more money, I have these were kids from the hills, who walked to steal.” Unfortunately, every State throughout less. Everything is supposedly finite. If I don’t school without shoes, and were ten years old history has violated those two laws. Since get what I can, then you will. Socialism is and in the first grade. these two laws are somehow inherent in our based on the finite pie. Capitalism is based Well, darn it, I thought, if the vast ma- nature, violation of them brings massive death on growing the pie. jority of people won’t learn economics, then and destruction, oftentimes to the innocent. The Zero-Sum Game is based on the what’s the answer? It had to be something “As you sow, so you reap,” as that simple, “Win-Lose” scenario. Since everything is sup- simple. I think one of the reasons Marxism, succinct and oh-so-true saying goes. posedly finite, if you win, then I lose. The no matter how destructive, was able to make Hmm. Interesting. I started with eco- way around this is the “Win-Win” Game. such inroads into societies is that it’s easy to nomics and was ending up with religion. The Everyone wins. The Win-Win Game is infi- understand. “I’m good; you’re bad. I’m right; Ten Commandments, I realized, are not pre- nite, ever-creative and ever-growing. Page 10 “Everyone wins” is best exemplified, I These aren’t just old laws; they’re ancient This, obviously, is a problem that needs believe, by the saying, “Love your neighbor laws. And universally true ones. I look askance to be fixed. as yourself.” You can just “love your neigh- at anyone who comes up with a “new” mo- **** bor.” The Neighbor Wins, you Lose. You can rality. Writes Lewis, “Really great moral teach- Bob Wallace just “love yourself.” You Win, your neighbor ers never introduce new moralities; it is [[email protected]] Loses. But if you love your neighbor as your- quacks and cranks who do that.” As Samuel a former newspaper reporter and editor, and self, both you and your neighbor Win. Johnson wrote, “people need to be reminded an incurable lover of puns, lives in St. Louis. This is for all practical purposes the same more often than they need to be instructed.” Bob Wallace Archives at LewRockwell.com: as the Golden Rule”Do to others as you The problem with everything I have HTTP://WWW.LEWROCKWELL.COM/ would have them do to you.” This rule, as listed above, economics, political science, law, WALLACE/WALLACE-ARCH.HTML, C.S. Lewis has pointed out in The Abolition of even a lot of religion, is that they don’t teach Copyright © 2002 Man the Win-Win Game. They’re still based, how- LEWROCKWELL.COM HTTP://WWW.AMAZON.COM/EXEC/ ever vaguely, however unconsciously, on Win- Help LewRockwell.com: OBIDOS/ASIN/0942617150/LEWROCKWELL/ Lose. In all the decades I was in school not HTTPS://WWW.LIBERTARIANSTUDIES.ORG/ exists in every religion and every moral code. once did anyone say a thing about, “You can LRDONATE.ASP Under these two Laws, it’s Win-Win for ev- win, and so can everyone else.” eryone.

those precedents were “wrongly decided.” The “Two Cultures” ings of the lawgivers or the demands of the Sometimes they will try to “distinguish” the people. present case from the precedent with tortured Problem with the Law It is more than just tension, however. It logic that introduces precedential problems by Jon Roland, actually involves logical contradiction, and it of its own. What they won’t do is flatly rule [email protected] turns on the common law practice of stare that the earlier case was wrongly decided and decisis, which gives greatest weight not to origi- should be ignored, on the grounds that do- A clever catch phrase can often focus nal understanding of the black letter law, but ing so would introduce “instability” into the public attention of a problem in a way that to the most recent precedents, even when law, and that such “stability” is more impor- more diffuse discussion of it cannot. This those precedents are clearly inconsistent with tant than being correct. happened after the 1959 Rede lecture by CP the black letter law, including the supreme For the philosopher, the historian, and Snow entitled “Two Cultures,” which ac- law, the constitution. Philosophers, historians, the people, being correct is all that matters. cented the cultural divide between profession- and most of the people, have a problem with If the legal system becomes “unstable” as als of the sciences and the humanities, and that. the result of wrong decisions, it is the duty highlighted their failures to communicate ef- This can come out when a historian-phi- of the legal community to fix it. They cre- fectively with one another. losopher tries to interject an argument into a ated the problem, and it is up to them to clean Actually, the communications problem discussion among constitutional law profes- it up. They would invoke the old legal maxim, was always one-way. Scientists tend to know sors, and has the argument rejected because “Let justice be done, though the heavens fall!” the humanities. The problem is that people it does not distinguish between what the law Judges and lawyers use many terms to in the humanities don’t know enough about “is” and what it “should be.” For the phi- defend their position. They may describe science. losopher and historian, that is not the di- themselves as an “interpretive community” But there is another “two cultures” prob- chotomy at all. From this viewpoint, the of legal experts, and their orthodoxy as what lem that has far more serious implications choice is between “accepted practice” and the law “is.” Philosophers and historians are for the everyday lives of people, and it con- what is “legitimate.” In other words, what the more likely to deride this position as a “cult” cerns the law. law “is” and what it “should be” are the same, or “priesthood” trying to maintain its power It is not a new problem. The political as far as interpretation of black letter law is and role in society by cultivating an image philosopher Thomas Hobbes, who wrote the concerned, and what is “accepted practice” of, if not “infallibility,” then of institutional classic treatise Leviathan, also wrote a short may or may not be lawful, no matter how “authority” that transcends that of the Law- tract entitled A Dialogue between a Philosopher many lawyers and judges might proclaim oth- givers. and a Student, of the Common Laws of England. erwise. This position of the legal fraternity can The title is sometimes shortened to A Dia- This contradiction is not just between work only as long as the tension between his- logue between a Philosopher and a Lawyer. It pre- two different professional groups. It exists tory and the just demands of the people does sents the tension over legal practices between within the legal fraternity itself. Judges in their not grow too severe, but there is increasing philosophers and historians, on the one hand, opinions, especially on constitutional issues, evidence that the tension is becoming intol- and lawyers, on the other. That tension has will invoke the authority of history, by mak- erable, and is approaching a collapse. Unless grown into a vast divide in our time, with an ing a historical argument that their rulings the legal fraternity backs down and brings its increasing involvement of the general pub- are based on the “original understanding” of practices into alignment with history and the lic, on the side of the philosophers and his- the “text,” while at the same time looking demands of the people, we could see a break- torians, and an emerging priesthood of legal only at recent precedents, and deciding on down of law and government, and that won’t professionals whose practices are no longer the basis of those, even when they feel that perceived as meeting the original understand- be good for anyone. Page 11 “consumer representatives” and “ombuds- across England; in came the conquerors and Regarding the “Two men” and “small business advocates” inside made these courts subordinate to the king’s Cultures” Problem the agencies. Those people are, like me, part courts; it was the only way the king could of the second class, the mediating class. It make sure his agents weren’t prosecuted for with the Law doesn’t matter who signs their paycheck; all what the local communities viewed as illegal From Tom Kane that matters is whether or not they have au- activities, such as taxation without represen- thority to impose rational interpretations by tation. [email protected] force. These people don’t have that author- But king’s courts, since they are central- Perhaps a separation of law and state ity, they are advisory, like me. They interpret ized, cannot govern except through abstract would forestall this breakdown, refusing to defensively, like I do, not assertively. rational regulations. Hence, the impossibility see the courts as forming a hierarchy. And do not be deceived by sweetheart of applicability to individual and local cir- I have observed that when a government deals between regulators and selected com- cumstances, and hence the inevitable creation above the local level subsumes a function, petitors, such as the pact, negotiated by the of the first mediating class, the lawyers. for example, environmental protection, or Devil himself, between the environmental I am suggesting that justice, like envi- safety, or transportation, two classes of people agencies and the large freon producers ronment, safety, and transport, are essentially are inevitably created that didn’t exist before (Dupont), giving them a multibillion dollar locally-judged items. And that what appears first, a bureaucracy inside the government to monopoly on Freon 12 by banning produc- to be “two cultures” is merely the natural regulate the new area, and second, a class of tion after a certain date. This is corruption at consequence of a higher government sub- professionals to mediate between the new its finest, but it is not communication between suming what never should have been sub- bureaucracy and the regulated community. the regulated and the bureaucracy, rather, it sumed. It is literally impossible for the bureau- is successful manipulation of the bureaucracy The solution is a new, decentalized con- cracy to communicate directly with the people by certain players. cept of law, individuals, local communities, being regulated. It literally never happens. The Jacques Ellul and others have described not necessarily accountable to higher authori- regulated community, grounded as it is in the this process as the failure, or impossibility, ties. Appeal would be horizontal, not verti- real world of contracts and productivity, finds of politically-driven rational bureaucracy. I cal. it intolerably frustrating to deal with the ab- think what they’re getting at is that it is im- I am not denying the need for interstate stract regulatory concepts that are being con- possible to regulate life externally and ratio- and maritime courts and law, etc. All I am stantly and forcefully applied, mostly misap- nally through centralized hierarchical rules or saying is that is was a mistake to integrate the plied, by the bureaucracy. groups. Life is, and must be, intuitive and in- local common law, the interstate commerce The regulated people inevitably throw dividual and subjective, subjective in the Aus- courts, the maritime courts, and all the other up their hands in despair and hire somebody trian Economics sense of “determined by the courts into a hierarchy. like me to be their middleman, someone who individual, not by central authority.” Or, if you feel such integration was un- lives half in the real world, and half in the Well, I suspect this all happened a long avoidable, then likewise unavoidable is what fantasy world of regulation. time ago in the first area to be bureaucra- appear to be “two cultures,” in reality, there Do not be deceived by the government’s tized and hierarchized, the courts. Used to are three cultures, the law-imposers, the me- attempt to coopt this process by creating be, there were courts in every community diators, and the imposed-upon. 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Roberts 915-520-0012 District 7 Drew Parks 713-461-1492 WWW.MARKGESSNER.COM 915-352-7295 [email protected] Attorney General Jon Roland [email protected] District 8 Gil Guillory 713-753-2724 WWW.ROLAND4AG.LPCANDIDATE.COM 281-362-8061 WWW.DGROBERTS.ORG Comptroller of Public Accounts Bowie Ibarra District 22 Gerald LaFluer 713-270-6540 [email protected] WWW.BOWIEIBARRA.LPCANDIDATE.COM District 23 Jeffrey C. Blunt 210-531-0011 x 223 WWW.GUILLORY.ORG Commissioner of General Land Office 210-696-8756 District 9 Dean L. Tucker 409-838-9951 Barbara Hernandez District 24 Ken Ashby 214-340-5091 District 10 Michele Messina 512-296-3713 District 25 Guy McLendon 713-779-8012 WWW.BARBARAHERNANDEZ.LPCANDIDATE.COM 512-990-2661 713-779-8011 Commissioner of Agriculture Vincent J. May [email protected] [email protected] WWW.MAY2002.LPCANDIDATE.COM HTTP://MESSINAFORCONGRESS.COM Railroad Commissioner Nazirite R. Flores Perez WWW.MCLENDON.NET District 11 Paul Farris 512-918-0897 District 26 David Wallace Croft 214-533-3047 WWW.VOTEPEREZ.FREESERVERS.COM [email protected] 214-731-9284 Chief Justice, Supreme Court Eugene Flynn [email protected] WWW.EUGENEFLYNN.LPCANDIDATE.COM Page 12 HTTP://LPTX.ORG/CROFT District 27 Christopher J. Claytor 469-255-1433 District 51 Marjorie Staehle Glowka County Clerk Candidates 972-679-7302 District 52 Lillian Simmons 512-246-2597 Bexar County James L. Thompson District 28 William A. Stallknecht 214-614-0595 District 53 James E. Harrell 830-683-5237 Brazos County Stephen Storey 210-492-1734 [email protected] 979-680-9366 District 29 Paul Hansen 281-209-1664 District 60 Joe Swirczynski 940-325-3000 Harris County Monica Granger [email protected] 940-328-0227 713-529-2830 HTTP://PAUL.HANSEN.ORG District 63 David Friedersdorff 972-539-0102 [email protected] District 30 Lance Flores 214-381-1295 District 64 Robert West 972-745-1250 Lubbock County Jeff Cotten 972-668-0753 [email protected] Taylor County Roxanna Jones District 31 Clark Simmons 512-246-2597 [email protected] 915-675-0266 District 65 Robert W. Tate 972-512-2306 [email protected] [email protected] 972-862-3378 District 32 Steve Martin 713-334-4838 Tom Green County Anthony Sheridan District 66 David Koch 972-985-7133 915-944-2033 Texas Senator Candidates District 70 Robert Worthington 972-479-6557 [email protected] District 1 Brian S. Hammer 903-845-2163 972-290-8216 Travis County Edward Cox 903-297-7852 District 71 George Schwappach 915-698-3405 512-249-5408 District 2 Robert Parker 972-524-8104 915-691-1776 District 3 Michael A. Carter 936-327-9045 County Commissioner Candidates [email protected] 936-327-5730 Brazoria County, Precinct 4 George Harper District 72 Robert Restivo 915-465-4422 District 5 Randy Barfield 512-255-8885 Brazos County, Precinct 3 Ben Winsor [email protected] [email protected] 979-485-0278 District 83 David Scott 806-763-4054 [email protected] District 7 Edgar Lee Buchanan District 84 Tim Turnipseed 888-204-3744 Collin County, Precinct 4 Dustin K. Dykes 281-244-9487 806-780-0861 972-867-9380 281-894-9354 District 91 Ron C. West 817-831-3526 Comal County, Precinct 2 Charles B. Ellis [email protected] 817-939-9196 830-660-0908 District 8 David Spaller 928-962-2985 fax [email protected] 830-438-2979 [email protected] District 92 Mark V. Peters 817-937-9696 [email protected] District 9 David C. Pepperdine 972-241-4170 817-684-7764 Harris County, Precinct 2 Kenneth Allison District 99 Bobby E. Hearn, Jr. 817-705-4919 [email protected] 281-471-8278 817-238-6937 District 10 John Paul Robinson 817-905-6130 Harris County, Precinct 4 Thomas Rush District 100 Barry V. Smith 972-238-6140 [email protected] 281-514-2392 214-381-5847 District 11 Clifford Lee Messina 281-650-2305 281-444-6082 District 103 David Mason 972-849-0156 713-946-2001 District 105 Robert Mohler 972-661-6162 [email protected] District 12 Steve Rushton 214-692-8080 x 679 972-409-9446 Lubbock County, Precinct 2 Dan Moore 817-421-6668 District 122 David Travis Kelly 512-494-4986 Lubbock County, Precinct 4 Janie Rodriguez Sanders District 14 Marianne Robbins 512-719-7259 District 123 Don H. Colwell 210-822-3569 Tom Green County, Precinct 4 Paulette Mason 512-989-0288 District 132 Michael James Sotir, III 281-556-2401 Travis County, Precinct 2 Thomas Allen [email protected] 281-492-0316 512-453-0561 District 16 Jack Thompson 214-503-8420 District 134 Nathaniel Joe LaFluer 713-270-6540 [email protected] District 18 Horace Henley 512-321-9214 [email protected] Travis County, Precinct 4 R. C. Wes Benedict, Jr. District 21 Jeffrey Carruthers 210-377-0456 District 143 Bob W. Townsend 281-452-3010 512-282-5860 210-659-0569 512-442-4910 District 24 Stephen D. Kirby 915-676-9026 [email protected] District 144 Tom Maxton 281-487-3537 County Judge Candidates [email protected] District 146 Stacey Bourland 713-226-0031 Bexar County Cynthia Ruiz McKee District 25 Rex Black 830-438-4830 713-748-4190 Brazos County Cindy Arnold District 28 Jon Ensor 806-761-4911 Dallas County Michael Schrader [email protected] 806-281-1847 214-641-3148 District 30 Diane C. Wilson 214-914-2994 State Board of Education Candidates [email protected] 972-442-5211 District 1 Catherine F. Harrell 830-683-5237 Galveston County Dan Murphy, Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] 409-935-6768 District 4 Kurt R. Kessler 281-990-8535 Texas Legislature Candidates [email protected] District 5 Alan Christianson 512-288-3828 District 14 Bruce W. Rose 979-693-7701 Harris County Peter Elloway District 7 William J. McNicoll 281-480-8504 [email protected] 713-529-5208 District 15 Brian Drake 936-294-3360 [email protected] Jefferson County Allen Lee 409-839-8795 936-273-1635 District 9 Nicole Lightner 928-962-2985 fax Tom Green County Dennis Higgins [email protected] [email protected] Travis County Jason Pratt 512-249-6382 District 17 Darrell R. Grear 979-450-0861 District 10 Jill Paige Friedman 979-299-6447 512-844-7816 District 15 Brent A. Russenberger [email protected] County Treasurer Candidates District 32 Ron Allenby 361-749-5900 District Attorney Candidates Brazos County Helen R. Boyce District 32 Karl Erfurt 361-994-1844 Bexar County Raymundo Aleman 210-354-0518 979-731-8252 District 46 Dave Nalle 512-276-7352 210-222-9489 [email protected] 512-276-7342 District Clerk Candidates Lubbock County Will Braswell, Jr. District 47 Erich Schwarz 512-261-4799 Bexar County Matthew E. Eilers Nacogdoches County Robert Paty District 48 Michael Badnarik 512-799-8200 Brazos County Casey Evarts 936-564-2659 512-346-2258 Lubbock County Margaret Durham [email protected] [email protected] Taylor County Pam Miles 915-665-4431 Tom Green County Joe Tolentino District 49 Robert Howard 512-452-9455 915-572-5050 Travis County Karl Joerger 512-458-9675 [email protected] 512-297-7155 [email protected] Tom Green County Jerry Baker Constable Candidates District 50 George Paap 512-797-3584 Rockwall County David White 512-708-8070 Page 13 972-412-4020 [email protected] Brazos County, Precinct 3 Stephanie Berlin Harris County, Precinct 8, Place 2 Les Turlington Justice of the Peace Candidates 979-847-8340 281-209-0313 Bell County, Precinct 1 Tyree White [email protected] [email protected] Bexar County, Precinct 3 James M. Holland Brazos County, Precinct 4 Brenda Wilbert Lubbock County, Precinct 1 Steven Avant Brazoria County, Precinct 2, Place 1 Gerald R. Yoakum 979-822-4321 Lubbock County, Precinct 2 Marshall Phillips 281-485-0990 Cameron County, Precinct 5, Place 2 Miguel Leija, Jr. Lubbock County, Precinct 3 Brad Clardy 281-388-0099 956-994-0525 Lubbock County Precinct 4 Oscar Mendoza Brazoria County, Precinct 2, Place 2 Jessie A. Bouley 956-412-0577 Tom Green County, Precinct 2 Dale Weber 281-452-5841 [email protected] Tom Green County, Precinct 3 Jim Turner 281-369-0272 Collin County, Precinct 4 Keith Clifford Sanderlin Travis County, Precinct 1 Celeste Harrison Brazos County, Precinct 1 Wm. M. Wilder 214-632-7779 512-554-1762 979-846-9380 972-713-7988 Travis County, Precinct 2 Steven G. Adams 512-554-1761 [email protected] [email protected] Travis County, Precinct 3 Sam Malone Brazos County, Precinct 2, Place 1 Douglas R. Young Dallas County, Precinct 1 Kawania Lynn 512-282-5680 979-731-1230 214-948-4825 512-292-7623 979-778-4064 Dallas County, Precinct 1, Place 2 Robert M. Pritchett Travis County, Precinct 4 Jon Airheart Brazos County, Precinct 2, Place 2 Bruce Pugh [email protected] 512-912-9238 979-775-0484 Dallas County, Precinct 3, Place 2 Kendall Beerwinkle [email protected] 214-241-2842

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Whiteside 972-242-4432 Contact Patrick Burke [email protected] 2009 Grenoble Dr. [email protected] Vice Chair: Carrolton, TX 750074-5411 Texas A&M University John B. Hawley 214-330-1735 972-242-4429 fax Aggie Libertarians PO Box 224083 214-923-2743 cell http://libertarians.tamu.edu/ Dallas, TX 75222-4083 [email protected] Contact David Veksler [email protected] David Wallace Croft 214-731-9284 [email protected] Secretary: 3119 Mayfair Dr. Texas Tech University Stephanie Berlin 979-847-8340 Carrollton, TX 75007-395 Campus Libertarians PO Box 4908 [email protected] WWW.TTU.EDU/CL College Station, TX 77844-4908 District 11: Contact Greg Fisher [email protected] Tom Maxton 281-487-3537 home [email protected] Treasurer: PO Box 3448 800-487-3668 work University of Houston Bob Lockhart 713-473-6284 home Houston, TX 77324-4484 College Libertarians PO Box 1398 713-475-0092 business 281-487-5770 fax WWW.UHCOLLEGELIBERTARIANS.ORG/ Pasadena, TX 77501-1398 [email protected] Contact Monica Granger [email protected] Royce Mitchell, Jr. 281-331-4452 home [email protected] SLEC Representatives 10231 CR 69 713-666-4999 work University of Texas at Austin Manvel, TX 77578 District 2: Libertarian Longhorns [email protected] Keith Johnson 972-496-7972 WWW.UTEXAS.EDU/STUDENTS/LIBERTY1 District 12: 1916 Prairie Creek Trail Contact Jon Airheart Robert West 972-668-0753 Garland, TX 75040 [email protected] 1524 Lakeshore Dr. [email protected] Little Elm, TX 75068 Offical Auxiliaries Alan Smith 972-227-2559 home [email protected] Rhizome Club 552 West Hammond St. District 13: John B. Hawley Lancaster, TX 75146 Peter Elloway 713-529-5208 home PO Box 224083 214-575-6600 work PO Box 685 Dallas, TX 75222 [email protected] Houston, TX 77001-0685 214-330-1735 District 3: John Kormylo 713-772-8416 home [email protected] Tim Dove 936-788-1468 9614 Oregano Circle 713-271-1776 work Texans for Liberty PO Box 2814 Houston, TX 77036 Tom Kane Conroe, TX 77305-2814 FREEDOM FLASH NET [email protected] 2@ . [email protected] District 14: East Texas Libertarians Ross Stevenson 832-934-0669 Richard E. (Dick) Walker 512-267-6356 Robert Paty 811 Colyd Rd., #508 3040 American Dr., #3221 [email protected] Magnolia, TX 77355 Lago Vista, TX 78645-6561 Congress [email protected] [email protected] Phil Gramm District 5: Pat Dixon 512-267-3941 [email protected] Barbara Cunningham 979-567-7262 5002 Sundown Kay Bailey Hutchison PO Box 202 979-567-3313 fax Lago Vista, TX 78645 [email protected] Caldwell TX 77836-0202 [email protected] Important Dates to Remember [email protected] District 15: 7 Oct 2002 Last day to register to vote Paul Farris 512-918-0897 Bob Townsend 281-452-3010 home 19 Oct 2002 SLEC Meeting, Austin, 13418 Wisterwood St. 803 Dondell 832-723-7446 cell Texas Austin, TX 78729-1949 Channelview, TX 77530 21 Oct 2002 First Day of Early Voting [email protected] [email protected] 29 Oct 2002 Last Day to Apply for Bal- District 8: District 16: lot by Mail (received, not David Durbin 469-223-7796 Kendall Beerwinkle 214-341-2842 Postmarked) 1102 Brook Ridge Ave 12032 Midlake 1 Nov 2002 Last Day of Early Voting Allen, TX 75002 Dallas, TX 75218 5 Nov 2002 Election Day [email protected] [email protected] Marshall Beerwinkle 214-341-2842 Page 15 12032 Midlake Dallas, TX 75218 167 Pony Express 806-763-5529 home [email protected] [email protected] Lubbock, TX 78404 Meeting: 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Golden District 19: [email protected] Corral, Hwy 388 Business, Angleton, TX Cathy Harrell 830-683-5237 home District 30 Brazos County: Route 1, Box 76B James Gholston 940-382-1763 Christopher Jagge 979-695-9646 Mountain Home, TX 78058 403 Bryan, #205 PO Box 8064 [email protected] Denton, TX 76201-3983 College Station, TX 77844-8064 James (Jim) E. Harrell 830-683-5237 [email protected] [email protected] Route 1, Box 76B Jim Thompson 940-328-0610 home WWW.BRAZOSLP.ORG Mountain Home, TX 78058 150 Southwind 940-325-3000 work Brewster County: [email protected] Mineral Wells, TX 76067 Leo E. Ofenstein 915-837-5186 day District 21: [email protected] 601 N 7th St. 915-837-1192 night Tom Kane 830-216-4664 District 31 Alpine, TX 79830-3515 912 4th Street David K. Kelley 806-355-0290 [email protected] Floresville, TX 78114-1802 4404 Summit Cir. Burleson County: [email protected] Amarillo, TX 79109-5322 Barbara Cunningham 979-567-7262 District 23: [email protected] PO Box 202 979-567-3313 fax Eugene Flynn 214-821-1661 work Krista Wheatley 915-558-7695 Caldwell, TX 77836-0202 1511 Villars St. 214-821-1983 home 1216 S. Vivian [email protected] Dallas, TX 75204 Crane, TX 79731 Burnet County: [email protected] [email protected] Jack Polcyn 512-355-2564 home Vicki Flores 214-381-1295 home County Activities PO Box 1028 512-630-8227 cell 3314 Pleasant Dr. 214-764-7689 work Anderson County Liberty Hill, TX 78642-1028 Dallas, TX 75227 214-837-3665 cell James (Marc) McCloud 903-922-8187 [email protected] [email protected] 47 Rambling Rd. Cameron County: District 24: Palestine, TX 75801 Jack McNally 800-684-3897 day George Schwappach 915-691-1776 home Aransas County: 1205 E Polk St 956-423-7345 night 8318 Saddle Creek Rd. 915-698-3405 work Walt Hartlove 361-727-0802 Harlingen, TX 78550-7223 Abilene, TX 79602-5424 1919 Hwy 35 N, PMB 326 [email protected] 915-691-1943 fax Rockport, TX 78382-3344 Meeting: Once a month in Harlingen. Call [email protected] [email protected] 956-423-7345 for the time and place. Jon Roland 512-257-2606 Atascosa County: Collin County: 7301 RR 620 North, #155,276 James Wamken 830-569-5123 night PO Box 9+41552 972-517-1789 Austin, TX 78726 116 Maffad 830-569-3808 day Plano, TX 75094-1552 [email protected] Pleasanton, TX 78064 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] WWW.LPTEXAS.ORG/COLLIN District 25: Bastrop County Meeting: 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PO, Colter’s BBQ, Bill Brooks 512-372-78739 Gary D. Hicks, Jr. 512-360-4134 921 N. Central Expressway near the Collin 10814 Pinkney Ln. 285 Pine Canyon Creek Mall Austin, TX 78739 Smithville, TX 78957 Comal County [email protected] [email protected] Richard Patterson 830-606-5899 Joye Brooks 512-372-8778 Bell County: 11911 Shadow Ln. 10814 Pinkney Ln. Bill Oliver 254-760-5490 New Braunfels, TX 78132 Austin, TX 78739 PO Box 3402. [email protected] [email protected] Temple, TX 76505-3402 Cooke County: District 27: [email protected] Matthew Murrell 940-665-7528 Jack McNally 956-423-7345 home Meeting: 2nd Tuesday 1302 Hillcrest Blvd. 1205 East Polk Ave. 888-899-5095 work Bexar County: Gainesville, TX 76240 Harlingen, TX 78550 Jay Moore 210-824-6242 night [email protected] [email protected] 4414 Moana Dr. 210-637-0989 day Crane County Linda McNally 956-423-7345 home San Antonio, TX 78218-1241 Krista Wheatley 915-558-7695 1205 East Polk Ave. WWW.TX.LP.ORG/BEXAR 1216 S. Vivian Harlingen, TX 78550 Meeting: 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Unlimited Crane, TX 79731 [email protected] Thought Bookstore, 5525 Blanco, Ste 107 [email protected] District 28: Brazoria County: Crosby County: Robert K. Restivo 915-465-4422 Barbara Jones 979-846-8673 Greg Fisher 806-749-2010 Lubbock 7515 Billo Dr. 47 Ranchhouse Loop HCR 1, Box 12 806-263-4522 home Grape Creek, TX 76901 Angleton, TX 77515 Post, TX 79356 [email protected] [email protected] Marshall Phillips 806-763-4499 work Page 16 Meeting: Last Thursday, 7:00 PM; Llano Masked Rider Room Texas Tech University 19 Rockwell Kerr County: Center, 15th Street and Akron Ave., Lubbock, Longview, TX 75604 John Adams 830-367-5021 TX. Campus Libertarians, 1114 Ave. Q, Lub- [email protected] 2930 Junction Hwy bock, TX 79401 Harris County: Kerrville, TX 78028 Dallas County: Anthony Garcia 713-271-1776 [email protected] Kevin Hagan 214-954-4455 work 9835 Sagedowne Ln. 281-997-8141 home Kleberg County: 1439 Northridge Dr. 972-466-0882 home Houston, TX 77089-3517 Frank Mullen 512-595-7727 Carrollton, TX 75006 [email protected] 525 E. Huisache Ave. [email protected] WWW.TX.LP.ORG/HARRIS Kingsville, TX 78363-5644 LPDALLAS.ORG Meetings: Harris County LP Business Meet- [email protected] [email protected] ing, 1st Thursday 9614 Oregano Circle, Hous- Liberty County: Meeting: 2nd Thursday, Al’s Pizzeria, 3701 ton, TX; San Jacinto Supper Club, 3rd Thurs- Charles Wiggins 936-336-6956 W. Northwest Highway, Dallas, TX day, 7:00 PM, Chan’s Restaurant, Fairmont P. O. Box 3070 Activities and changes are posted on the Pkwy @ Burke, Pasadena, TX; Second Thurs- Liberty, TX 77575 website. Weekly public affairs program on the day Supper Club, 2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM, [email protected] Dallas Community Television: “America – Pappas Bar-B-Q, 7007 Hwy 59 South, Hous- Lubbock County: Outside the Beltway” ton, TX Russell King 806-797-3531 Dawson County: Hays County: 5203 CR 1470 James D. Mitchell 806-872-5092 day Ron Neal 512-295-6817 Lubbock, TX 79407 PO Box 969 806-872-6017 night 312 Windy Hollow Lane [email protected] Lamesa, TX 79331-0969 Kyle, TX 78640-9271 Meeting:Last Thursday every month, Texas [email protected] Hidalgo County: Tech University Center, 7 P.M. Denton County: Dr. Donald L. Hall 956-686-6616 Madison County: Ernest A. Whiteside 972-242-4432 112 West Lex Ave. Lili Lyddon 936-399-5000 2009 Grenoble Dr. McAllen, TX 78504 18696 Hwy 21 W Carrolton, TX 750074-5411 [email protected] North Zulch, TX 77872-7056 [email protected] Hopkins County: [email protected] De Witt County: Warren (Hank) Vine 903-866-3813 McLennan County: Jeanie Blalock 361-275-3275 Route 1, Box 262 Vince Hanke 254-776-1695, ext. 15 611 MacArthur St. Sulpher Springs, TX 75482 PO Box 20667 254-751-1163 night Cuero, TX 77954-3128 [email protected] Waco, TX 76702-0667 Ellis County: Information: [email protected] Joe Dauben 972-544-2369 work [email protected] Medina County: 1408 Red Oak Creek Rd. Houston County: Jean Kutzer 830-538-2780 home Ovilla, TX 75154 972-617-9537 home James M. Lassiter 409-636-2427 night 209 South County Rd 5603 [email protected] PO Box 445 Castroville, TX 78009 El Paso County Lovelady, TX 75851-0445 210-260-8474 work Larry Shashy 915-474-3066 day [email protected] 210-260-8474 cell 2310 N. Cambell 915-351-8968 night Hunt County: Montgomery County: El Paso, TX 79902 Donald Lee Holloway 903-356-4350 Tim Dove 936-788-1468 915-532-1524 fax PO Box 1382 PO Box 2814 [email protected] Quinlan, TX 75474-1382 Conroe, TX 77305-2814 Fisher County: Jefferson County: [email protected] Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:30 PM, Farolito’s John L. Gossage 409-880-8788 day WWW.LPMC.MAIN.COM Mexican Restaurant, 209 Cotton Wood, 520 Dowlen 409-860-4499 night Nacogdoches County: Abilene, TX (concurrently with Taylor Beaumont, TX 77706-6031 Joe Allport 936-569-8832 night County) [email protected] PO Box 632873 Fort Bend County: Meeting: 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 PM, Logan Cafe, Nacogdoches, TX 75963-2873 Kevin Foto 281-277-5886 day 3805 Calder Ave., Beaumont, TX [email protected] 16338 Maple Downs Ln. Jones County: WWW.TX.LP.ORG/NACOGDOCHES/ Sugar Land, TX 77478-7101 Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:30 PM, Farolito’s INDEX.HTML 281-879-2123 night Mexican Restaurant, 209 Cotton Wood, Meeting: 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 PM, Dr. Brad [email protected] Abilene, TX (concurrently with Taylor Wilson’s office, 1602 E Starr #100 Galveston County: County) Nolan County: Randall H. Waibel281-224-4098 day Kendall County: Meets concurrently with Taylor County, Con- 1902 Dove Ct. 281-996-0527 night Lawrence Ciano 210-816-2140 night tact George Schwappach for information: Friendswood, TX 77546-5884 108 Ranger Ave. [email protected] [email protected] Boerne, TX 78006-8916 Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:30 PM, Farolito’s Gregg County: Mexican Restaurant, 209 Cotton Wood, Judy Dailey 903-297-4475 Page 17 Abilene, TX (concurrently with Taylor County) John F. Ivy 409-579-2034 the LCRA Hancock Bldg., 3700 Lake Austin Nueces County: HC 52 Box 553 409-579-2117 fax Blvd., outreach Robert Powell 361-850-9601 night Hemphill, TX 75948-9620 Radio: KOOP 90.7 FM, “The Liberated 4622 Grand Lake Dr. San Patricio County: Space”, Thursday, 6:30 PM Corpus Christi, TX 78413-5246 Terrance Stewart 512-758-5546 Television: Cable Channel 10: “Live and Let [email protected] 1367 Oak Park Dr. Live”, Saturday, 8:00 PM, “Smash the State”, Meeting: Thursday, 5:30 PM, Town and Aransas Pass, TX 78336-3207 Saturday, 9:00 PM; Cable Channel 16: “LP Country Restaurant, Alameda/Everhart in- [email protected] TV,” Sunday, 1:00 PM tersection San Saba County: See Website for continuing schedulel of Orange County: Marvin Foster 915-622-4572 events David Constant 409-822-0349 HC: 12, Box 105 Upshur County: 2913 Fairway Dr. 409-882-0409 fax Cherokee, TX 76803-9704 Stanley Vance Lowry Orange, TX 77630 [email protected] 707 Madelaine Dr. [email protected] Tarrant County: Gilmer, TX 75644-3146 Palo Pinto County: Tarrant County Libertarian News PO Box 953, [email protected] Jim Thompson 940-325-3000 work Ft. Worth, TX 76101, 817-329-5014 or 817- Val Verde County: 150 Southwind 940-328-0610 home 370-0941 Karl Bollmann, III 830-775-7851 Mineral Wells, TX 76067 Meeting: 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Pegasus Soft- PO Box 421715 [email protected] ware, 4909 Airport Freeway, Haltom City Del Rio, TX 78842-1715 Meeting: 1st Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Baris Italian Taylor County: [email protected] Restaurant, 2805 Hwy 180, Mineral Wells, Debra Monde 915-698-3405 work Victoria County: Texas 8318 Saddle Creek Rd. Tim Purcell 512-573-1885 Parker County: Abilene, TX 79602-5454 PO Box 1174 Lance Bailey 940-325-8661 x 111 day 915-691-1776 home Victoria, TX 77905 805 Harvey Rd. 940-325-8001 night 915-691-1943 fax [email protected] Mineral Wells, TX 76067-9252 [email protected] Wichita County: [email protected] Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:30 PM, Farolito’s Mark Rippetoe 817-696-0829 day Polk County: Mexican Restaurant, 209 Cotton Wood, 3000 Kemp Blvd. 817-592-2277 night Kris Overstreet 409-685-2028 work Abilene, TX Wichita Falls, TX 76308-1019 Rt. 14, Box 5560 409-685-4992 home Tom Green County: [email protected] Livingston, TX 77351 Linda M. Restivo 915-465-4422 Williamson County: [email protected] 7517 Billo Dr.. Scott Placek 512-341-2159 Randall County: Grape Creek, TX 76901 PO Box 6902 512-341-2178 fax David K. 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