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Date: May 8th 2008

Lone Star Liberty newsletter: the monthly newsletter of the Libertarian Party of Texas, www.LPTexas.org

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1. RON PAUL ENDORSES TUNSTALL, DIXON FOR SATURDAY ELECTION 2. LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF TEXAS STATE CONVENTION 3. LP NATIONAL CONVENTION 4. OHIO AND FLORIDA CHALLENGE TEXAS 5. JUNE 15 MONEY BOMB 6. AMERICAN DREAM CONFERENCE 7. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR 8. SCHEDULE OF IMPORTANT DATES

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1. RON PAUL ENDORSES TUNSTALL, DIXON FOR SATURDAY ELECTION

Congressman Ron Paul has formally endorsed the city council campaigns of Kevin Tunstall in Missouri City and Pat Dixon in Lago Vista.

Kevin is running for the second time for a city council seat. His website is http://elect.kdtunstall.com/

Pat is running again after having served for 2 years from 2005-2007. His website is www.PatDixon.org

In addition, there are other Libertarians candidates running for local office this Saturday, May 10: Kevin Anderson is running uncontested for re-election to city council in Anna, Texas. He was elected to place 2 in 2006.

Steve Kirby is running for city council in Abilene, place 4

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2. LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF TEXAS STATE CONVENTION COMING QUICK!

The Libertarian Party of Texas state convention will be held June 13-15 at the Radisson Fort Worth Fossil Creek ( http://www.radisson.com/ftworthtx_north ).

You need to quickly make your reservations. We risk losing our guaranteed $95 rate unless enough of you reserve rooms by May 14. Visit http://www.lptexas.org /convention2008.shtml to make your reservations and get more details. We have an excellent lineup of speakers and events, and a lot of very important business.

Some of the events that are planned are: - We will have a contested 3 way race for the nomination of our US Senate candidate. We are scheduling a debate of the 3 candidates for Friday evening. The vote of the delegates will determine the outcome! - We will invite the Libertarian Party's nominees for president and vice president to give you an opportunity to meet them only a few weeks after their nomination. - Terri Hall from Texas Toll Party (www.texastollparty.com) will discuss the toll road plans and Trans Texas Corridor - A debate on Global Warming between Dr H Sterling Burnett ( http://www.ncpa.org /abo/staff/sburnett.html ) and Andy Wilson (www.citizen.org/texas) - A debate is planned on the FairTax: Fair or Foul? - Libertarian candidate and former drug enforcement officer Barry Cooper will debate the merits of his video "Never Get Busted" with Russ Jones from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc) - Scott Horton from AntiWar.com radio ( http://antiwar.com/radio/ ) will be on hand to discuss war and national security - Past chairs of the Libertarian Party National Committee Jim Lark, Geoff Neale, and Bill Redpath will be on hand for a discussion of leadership in the Libertarian Party

Please make both your hotel and convention reservations NOW! Keep checking www.LPTexas.org for more details.

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3. LP NATIONAL CONVENTION

The Libertarian Party National Convention (www.lpconvention.org) will be held from May 22-26 in Denver. That comes before the Libertarian Party of Texas state convention, which by state law has to be held on the second Saturday in June (June 14, 2008). The State Libertarian Party Executive Committee of Texas (SLECT) met on Saturday, February 2 to approve a list of over 40 delegates to the convention. SLECT met again on May 4 to increase the number of delegates to 74. Since the total allocation of delegates for Texas is 69, some of the delegates are listed as alternates. Some of the delegates have not yet confirmed they will attend and additional delegates could be added for those that do not attend.

As many items of interesting and important business occur at these conventions, most in attendance desire to be credentialed as delegates so that they can participate and cast votes. Texas typically has a large allotment of seats for delegates and has not filled its delegation at previous conventions.

Our bylaws require that delegates are affiliated with the Libertarian Party by one of the following criteria: 1. Affiliating with the Libertarian Party of Texas by signing the Oath of Affiliation form with your county LP organization. In cases where there is not a county LP chair, one could be appointed. 2. Those that qualify as a member of the National Party as defined in Article 5 of the national bylaws. Either a signer of the "non initiation" oath or a membership level of sustaining or greater would be consider affiliating with the national party.

The current list of delegates that meet these requirements are:

Al Barrera (BROWN) Patrick Barton (TRAVIS) Wes Benedict (TRAVIS) Richard Brown (HARRIS) Mike Burris (TRAVIS) Raymond Carr (BURNET) Brad Clardy (LUBBOCK) Bill Collins (EL PASO) Jay Cookingham (HARRIS) Alex Cresswell (HARRIS) Jeff Daiell (HARRIS) Arthur DiBianca (TRAVIS) Patrick Dixon (TRAVIS) Fred Drew (CAMERON) Erik Ellison (WILLIAMSON) Peter Elloway (HARRIS) Matt Finkel (TRAVIS) Stephanie Gamber (EL PASO) Roger Gary June Genis (POLK) James Gholston (DENTON) Chris Giles (TARRANT) Allen Hacker (TRAVIS) Robert (Rock) Howard (TRAVIS) David Hutzelman (HARRIS) Pepe Johnson (DALLAS) Jim Kilpatrick (TRAVIS) Brian Kuzma (HARRIS) John Lynch (GUADALUPE) Dave Mason (DALLAS) Guy McLendon (HARRIS) Alfred Montestruc (HARRIS) Geoffrey Neale (TRAVIS) Nancy Neale (TRAVIS) Ben Neece (CAMERON) Paul Osborn (DALLAS) Richard (Chip) Peterson (LUBBOCK) Richard Phillips (HARRIS) Arlo Pignotti (TRAVIS) Robert Pritchett (DALLAS) Jon Roland (BURNET) Mary Ruwart (BURNET) Yvonne Schick (TRAVIS) Michelle Shinghal (COLLIN) John Shuey (DENTON) Bob Smither (BRAZORIA) William Sparkman (TARRANT) James Strohm (TRAVIS) Jim Stutsman (TRAVIS) Jo Ann Thabet (BEXAR) Kevin Tunstall (FORT BEND) Greg Utas (TARRANT) David Warden (WILLIAMSON) D'Anne Welch (BLANCO) Amanda Whitaker (HILL) John Wieder (BRAZORIA)

Current alternates that meet the delegate requirements are:

Beverly Howard (TRAVIS) Stan Norred (GALVESTON) Les Turrlington (HARRIS)

Additionally there are people that SLECT approved as delegates pending verification that they qualify by one of the 2 criteria mentioned previously:

Jess Alan Fields Paul Gamber (EL PASO) Brady McAlister William Garrett Mobley (DALLAS) Patrick Petty (BURNET) Jim Prindle (MONTGOMERY) Jim Jr. Prindle (COLLIN) Dustin Rhime Russell Verney (COLLIN) Craig Weems (WILLIAMSON)

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4. OHIO AND FLORIDA CHALLENGE TEXAS

As the Libertarian Party of Texas has grown significantly and continues to break records in its achievements, the following notice from the Libertarian Party of Ohio caught the interest of our state chair (a former Ohio resident):

"Ohio party fastest growing among Libertarians" http://mail.lpo.org/lists/Announce/Message/327.html?Language =

Dixon's reply to the Chair of the Ohio LP (Kevin Knedler) is below:

From: Patrick Dixon, Chair Texas LP To: Kevin Knedler, Chair Ohio LP Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 12:44 AM Subject: Re: [Ohio LP] Ohio party fastest growing among Libertarians

Kevin, I am very happy to take on the challenge. I am going to get Texas ahead of you, and I want you to try to pass us up. Competition is good!

Patrick J Dixon Chair, Libertarian Party of Texas www.LPTexas.org

Additionally, Florida wants to take us on. This message was received from Karl Dickey, the state chair of the Florida Libertarian Party:

OK guys,

I want to challenge you to the first one to 1,000 members (as per National's numbers).

What do you say? What's the wager? -Karl

The response was:

------Forwarded Message From: Patrick Dixon Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:24:05 -0500 To: Wes Benedict, Karl Dickey Conversation: Gentleman's Bet Subject: Re: Gentleman's Bet

Challenge! Heck yes, I like challenges. Kevin Knedler from Ohio is claiming to be the fastest growing state in the LP, and I will take him on.

I like Wes’ idea; let’s settle it in Denver. I believe the numbers we are talking about are the “ACTIVE MEMBER” stats from national. As of the end of 2007, TX stood at 758 and FL stood at 817. The other statistic is TOTAL ACTIVE which includes members that pay the sustaining membership but do not sign the oath/pledge. The TOTAL ACTIVE end of year was TX 807 and FL 865. I would be OK with either criteria.

I would insist that the winning side mention to any delegate from the losing side that they lost, as Wes suggested. And the beers would be paid by the losing side to the winning side’s delegates up to the number of credentialed delegates present in Denver. Presently Texas has about 40 people saying they would like to be delegates, so that would be roughly $100 for non-premium beer. Of course I have expensive taste in beer.

What do you say? Can we make it public?

Yours in Liberty,

Patrick J Dixon Chair, Libertarian Party of Texas www.LPTexas.org

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5. JUNE 15 MONEY BOMB

The Libertarian Party of Texas announced a money bomb for March 15 with a goal of $50,000. The result was over $28,000 donated. These funds are needed to meet our annual budget and keep our staff working. With a record number of candidates, increased media attention, and Ron Paul supporters looking for a home, we need your support.

We are extending our money bomb to June 15. Please consider helping us by joining at one our membership levels prior to the state convention. We would like to give you a membership card indicating your membership level (silver, gold, platinum, etc) so that you can be recognized for your support at our convention.

Donations and memberships can be made securely online at http://lptexas.org /membership.shtml

Thank you to those who support our party. We truly appreciate you!

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6. AMERICAN DREAM CONFERENCE

The Harris County Libertarian Party is one of the sponsors of the American Dream Conference in Houston May 16-18 ( http://www.americandreamcoalition.org/pad08.html ). Many Libertarians will find this conference of interest.

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7. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Fellow Texas Libertarians,

This is a very busy and exciting time for the Libertarian Party. We have candidates running for election in 2 days endorsed by Ron Paul. We have a very competitive race for our presidential candidates making the Denver convention very exciting. We have an excellent state convention with a May 14 deadline approaching to get your reservations made.

We truly appreciate the support of our candidates, donors, and activists. We really want you to attend our state convention and celebrate our growing success with us.

Patrick J Dixon, Chair

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8. SCHEDULE OF IMPORTANT DATES:

May 10: Municipal elections, get out and vote!

May 16-18: American Dream Conference ( http://www.americandreamcoalition.org /pad08.html )

May 23-25: LP national convention, Denver CO, www.lpconvention.org

June 13-15: Texas LP convention, Radisson Fort Worth Fossil Creek (http://www.radisson.com/ftworthtx_north ). Info posted to www.LPTexas.org Nov 4: General election date, get out and vote!

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