—Michigan Libertarian
March 2013, Volume 42: No. 03
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In This Issue

Greeting
From the Chair
LPM Convention 2013
Platform and Bylaws
Libertarians in the News
Harry Browne's Resolutions
The Boman Files

Image of the Month
Quote of the Month
Past Blast
Letters
Book and Movie Reviews
Contacts
Calendar


Welcome

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Welcome to the March 2013 issue of the online newsletter of the Libertarian Party of Michigan, the Michigan Libertarian. The newsletter is our main vehicle for sharing what's happening for Libertarians in Michigan. You may manage your subscription by going here or visiting our Web site www.mi.lp.org (same as www.michiganlp.org).


From the Chair

http://old.michiganlp.org/Pictures/Denee.jpgDenee Rockman-Moon
chair@michiganlp.org

We have some exciting news. New affiliates are queuing up for activation in Berrien and Genesee Counties, Midland/Bay City, and Marquette, with a couple of college groups emerging as well. Our convention is only a few short months away. Also please check out the news release below that Steve Mace put together on the Governor's road tax and fee increase plan.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

GARY JOHNSON MICHIGAN CAMPUS TOUR LIBERTY MOVEMENT

Hillsdale College, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Phillips Auditorium, located in the Dow Leadership Center, 22 E Galloway Drive, Hillsdale, MI 49242. Doors open at 5:30. Free Event starts at 6:00-7:30 with a fundraiser to follow at 8:30-10:00 at Johnny T's Bistro, 173 E. South Street, Hillsdale, MI 49242. You can also see more details and RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/417762638312828/permalink/417762641646161/

If you would like to help with Gary Johnson's visit, please contact chair@mi.lp.org or john@cruzweb.net

2013 STATE CONVENTION -

Hilton Hotel in Grad Rapids - Saturday, June 15, 2013 - Details below. If you would like to help with this event, please contact mary.buzuma@att.net

In Liberty,
Denee


8LPM Convention 2013

Mark your calendar for the 2013 LPM Convention!
by Mary Buzuma:
Hilton

June 15, 2013
Hilton Grand Rapids Airport
4747 28th Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI

It's time to start thinking about the new opportunities to spread the word of liberty. Let's use the next four months to identify friends and other kindred spirits to come to the LPM convention this year. Interest in the Libertarian Party continues to grow and this year is a great opportunity for newcomers as well those who have been around for a while to learn more and get engaged in the activist opportunities of the LPM.

This year's gathering presents a great opportunity to both learn and contribute to the plans and activities that drive the freedom message. Plans include guest speakers, informative breakout sessions, good food and fun! There's lots to do in the area, so bring the family.

Online registration for the State Convention will begin on March 15, 2013.

Contact: mary.buzuma@att.net


8Platform and Bylaws

A necessary and important part of our state conventions, including the upcoming one in Grand Rapids, is to make any desired changes to the party's platform and bylaws.

From Chris Sharer, Chairman of the Platform Committee: The 2013 LPM platform committee seeks your participation and input. The party's current platform is located here: Please contact Christopher.Sharer@gmail.com to sign up for the committee and/or submit changes for consideration. We have two suggestions that have been brought forth so far:

1. Strike plank XII from our platform and replace it with plank 3.7 from the national party platform. The passages follow:

LPM - XII. SECESSION We recognize the right to political secession. Exercise of this right, like the exercise of all other rights, does not remove legal and moral obligations not to violate the rights of others. LP of the US - 3.7 Self-Determination

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of individual liberty, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to agree to such new governance as to them shall seem most likely to protect their liberty.

2. Add plank 1.4 from the national party platform to the LPM platform. The passage reads:

1.4 Abortion Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration.

With the advent of the 24/7 US national terror state this is THE YEAR for the Libertarian Party Platform... both nationally and in Michigan. We need your input to stand up as an organization by speaking out against and confronting the frightening range of injustices that threaten "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Is this the year our platforms become a DECLARATION!?

From Jim Fulner, Chairman of the Bylaws Committee:

The 2013 LPM convention is approaching more quickly than one may think. Is there something you think the LPM could be doing better than it currently is? The by-laws govern the day-to-day operations of the Party, while the convention rules govern specific rules beyond or in lieu of Robert's Rules of Order (our current parliamentary authority per the by-laws). Our current by-laws can be found here.

The committee will need at least a few Libertarians in order to present member recommendations to the floor. The committee will need to meet at least twice prior to the convention, first via teleconference then later either in person or again via teleconference per the decision of the committee. Jim Fulner has been selected as chair of this committee by the LEC. If you are interested in serving on this committee—or if you simply want to submit changes—please send an e-mail to fulner@gmail.com.


8Libertarians in the News

LPM News Release 26 February 2013
Contact Steve Mace c/o Media@MichiganLP.org

Lobby group spearheading road plan tax and fee increases
holds $8M in assets, receives nearly $1M in government grants

LPM Chair says, ‘plan doesn’t pass the smell test, taxpayers should be disgusted’

(Troy, Mich.)—According to IRS tax returns, the main lobby group spearheading the campaign for the Snyder road tax and fee increase plan, the Okemos-based Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), a 501(c)(6) tax exempt lobby group, received $906,619 in state and federal grants in 2011. Also listed in the documents was MITA’s $8 million in assets and the salaries of four employees totaling over $500,000. Also listed was a “golf outing” for $80,700.

Over this past weekend, Libertarian Party of Michigan (LPM) Chair, Denee Rockman-Moon, holding a copy of the documents, expressed very serious concern over the discovery. “How much longer does this charade have to continue? It’s time for Lansing and their lobbyist friends to answer some very serious questions,” Rockman-Moon said. MITA’s 26-member board of directors consists largely of presidents, CEOs and owners of private, for-profit construction firms.

Rockman-Moon expressed the party’s continued frustrations over the Sydner Administration’s refusal to acknowledge any other routes of addressing infrastructure concerns of state roads beyond raising taxes on Michigan residents and motorists. Rockman-Moon pointed to potential privatization options while driving home that proper use of monies already available to the state needs to be reviewed.

The chairwoman says that taxpayers should be informed that the roads that the tax increase lobby and Governor Snyder are talking about are not municipally controlled such as side streets and residential roads—they are state roads. Rockman-Moon stressed that the public has the right to know the true nature of plan and to question the motives of its backers. Governor Snyder and MITA (via the Fix MI Roads initiative) are continuing to urge Michiganders to support the combined 134% in tax and fee increases on gasoline, licensing fees and registrations at public meetings and through social media and radio.

“We are talking about a tax-free lobby group, a group of industry business owners and their political action committee using our worst fears against us—the safety of our children. While the Snyder tax-increase cheerleaders are holding $80,000 golf outings and receiving almost a million dollars in government grants, they look to struggling Michigan taxpayers straight in the eye and say, ‘We’re sorry, there’s no other way but to raise your taxes and fees?’ This no longer passes the smell test. Taxpayers should be disgusted. This nonsense in Lansing has to stop. The LPM has taken a stand, and it is with the taxpayers of the state,” Rockman-Moon says.


Steve Mace on WKMT in Traverse City, March 1
Contact Steve Mace c/o Media@MichiganLP.org

Steve Mace will be on Traverse City's WMKT Radio (March 1st) from 4pm-5pm to discuss the Snyder tax increase and the lobby group behind it.


8Rules of the Freedom Road for 2013

New Year's Resolutions
by Harry Browne (LP presidential candidate 1996 and 2000)
Mr. Browne's resolutions are so fitting, this is the third month we're running them.

  1. I resolve to sell liberty by appealing to the self-interest of each prospect, rather than preaching to people and expecting them to suddenly adopt my ideas of right and wrong.
  2. I resolve to keep from being drawn into arguments or debates. My purpose is to inspire people to want liberty — not to prove that they’re wrong.
  3. I resolve to listen when people tell me of their wants and needs, so I can help them see how a free society will satisfy those needs.
  4. I resolve to identify myself, when appropriate, with the social goals someone may seek — a cleaner environment, more help for the poor, a less divisive society — and try to show him that those goals can never be achieved by government, but will be well served in a free society.
  5. I resolve to be compassionate and respectful of the beliefs and needs that lead people to seek government help. I don’t have to approve of their subsidies or policies — but if I don’t acknowledge their needs, I have no hope of helping them find a better way to solve their problems. No matter what the issue.
  6. I resolve to keep returning to the central point: how much better off the individual will be in a free society.
  7. I resolve to acknowledge my good fortune in having been born an American. Any plan for improvement must begin with a recognition of the good things we have. To speak only of America’s defects will make me a tiresome crank.
  8. I resolve to focus on the ways America could be so much better with a very small government — not to dwell on all the wrongs that exist today.
  9. I resolve to cleanse myself of hate, resentment, and bitterness. Such things steal time and attention from the work that must be done.
  10. I resolve to speak, dress, and act in a respectable manner. I may be the first Libertarian someone has encountered, and it’s important that he get a good first impression. No one will hear the message if the messenger is unattractive.
  11. I resolve to remind myself that someone’s “stupid” opinion may be an opinion I once held. If I can grow, why can’t I help him grow?
  12. I resolve not to raise my voice in any discussion. In a shouting match, no one wins, no one changes his mind, and no one will be inspired to join our quest for a free society.
  13. I resolve not to adopt the tactics of Republicans and Democrats. They use character assassination, evasions, and intimidation because they have no real benefits to offer Americans. We, on the other hand, are offering to set people free — and so we can win simply by focusing on the better life our proposals will bring.
  14. I resolve to be civil to my opponents, and treat them with respect. However anyone chooses to treat me, it’s important that I be a better person than my enemies.

8The Boman Files

Scotty (scottyboman@hotmail.com) has two interesting columns afoot:

The common ground of peace and armed citizens

In addition to being a libertarian activist, I am also a peace activist. In the course of attending meetings, rallies, and protests, I have noticed confusion by some anti-war activists who favor laws designed to prohibit, or severely limit, private gun ownership. Some have suggested that it is hypocritical of me to advocate both non-violence and gun rights.

The most absolute approach to non-violence is pacifism; but can a pacifist support gun rights? The answer can be found in a careful analysis of core moral principles. Pacifism is a philosophy most notably promoted by Jesus Christ, as described in the canonized gospels. These teachings have been adopted by well known twentieth century activists such as Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. To sum it up in a few words, pacifists oppose violence as immoral, regardless of any provocation or defensive justifications. A pure pacifist is willing to be killed or allow others to be killed rather than take up arms to defend one’s self or family....

Scotty's full column here: http://brianrwright.com/CoffeeCoasterBlog/?p=2842


Only 48 People Oppose Summary Executions
Death Star more popular than human life

Scotty's full column here:
http://www.dailypaul.com/276157/only-48-people-oppose-summary-executions-death-star-more-popular-than-human-life
. Plus, check out his letter to the editor below.


Image of the Month

Statism


Quote of the Month
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“As taxation is made compulsory on all, whether they vote or not, a large proportion of those who vote, no doubt do so to prevent their own money being used against themselves, when, in fact, they would have gladly abstained from voting if they could thereby have saved themselves from taxation alone, to say nothing of being saved from all the other usurpations and tyrannies of the government. To take a man’s property without his consent, and then to infer his consent because he attempts, by voting, to prevent that property from being used to his injury is a very insufficient proof of his consent to support the Constitution.”  — Lysander Spooner


Michigan Libertarian Blast from the Past
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Take a stroll down memory lane with this excerpt from one of the longest-running state Libertarian newsletters. Today, check out the March/April issue of 2004. Click on this link for the full PDF version of this newsletter.

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Former editor and LPM archivist Greg Stempfle has compiled the entire body of available Michigan Libertarian newsletters up on this page of the LPM Website.



Feedback, Letters, Ads, Humor

From The Libertarian Party of Michigan Facebook Page
via Scotty Boman scottyboman@hotmail.com

On February 19, Scotty wrote, "Only 14 people disapprove of Presidential summary executions? I'm far more pessimistic about the future of freedom than I was a few hours ago!" Scotty is referring to his petition to the Whitehouse of February 13, 2013, stating the following:

We the People of the United States of America do not grant our government the power of summary execution of citizens.

1) We the People of the United States of America, naturalized citizens and lawful permanent residents, do not grant permission to our government to execute United States citizens with the use of drones, or via any method contrary to the United States Constitution.

2) We the People of the United States, do not condone our duly elected President(s) possessing a "kill list." Whereas, the President of the United States possesses no such authority, whereas, the Constitution of the United States guarantees the right of trial,

We direct this administration to immediately cease the practice of summary execution on the order of the President of the United States, in the name of the People of the United States.

We the undersigned are appreciative of your immediate attention.

Sign the petition here.

[As of 2/23, the number of signatures had climbed to 43, leaving the effort merely 99,957 short of its goal. Comments on the Facebook post have pointed out that apathy rules, but many are promoting anyway. LPM Webmaster's Coffee Coaster site has a similarly focused petition drive to end and prosecute US government torture by boycotting the government until it ends; thus far only six have signed. Perhaps petition drives like these only prosper in modern times if a celebrity with figuratively brass cojones agrees to speak for the cause and work for the cause. No offense, Scotty, but if George Clooney or Matt Damon launched the drive to stop summary executions by the president, I think you'd quickly see signatures on the order of the 100,000 you're seeking. — Ed]


Humor

Antidote to gun violence: your own personal or business GUN FREE ZONE:

Gun Free Zone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S7pGt_O1uM8


Movie and Book Review Feature
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[Submissions of reviews are solicited for this Michigan Libertarian Movie and Book Review feature.
Please contact us via webmaster@michiganlp.org -- ed.]


Movie Review
The Americanization of Emily
(1964)
Brilliant antiwar satire ahead of its time ___ 9/10

"War isn’t hell at all. It’s man at his best; the highest morality he’s capable of. It’s not war that’s insane, you see. It’s the morality of it. It’s not greed or ambition that makes war: it’s goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons: for liberation or manifest destiny. Always against tyranny and always in the interest of humanity. So far this war, we’ve managed to butcher some ten million humans in the interest of humanity. Next war it seems we’ll have to destroy all of man in order to preserve his damn dignity. It’s not war that’s unnatural to us, it’s virtue. As long as valor remains a virtue, we shall have soldiers. So, I preach cowardice. Through cowardice, we shall all be saved." — Charlie Madison [Full Review]


Book Review
The Conquest of Paradise (1990)
Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy

What strikes you quickly is the shoddiness of so many other authors who have essentially created a Columbus myth: namely, that the man was a visionary and heroic leader who brought civilization to an untamed world full of primitive savages. The fact is Cristóbal Colón was an ambitious mediocrity who managed to get the attention, thru accidental political means, of the Spanish Head-Monsters, Ferdinand and Isabella. He was suspicious, venal, ignorant of science and nature, inhumane, and as a sailor incredibly lucky to have survived so many unbelievably poor decisions—several of which are documented here—bred of obsessive emotionalism. His general incompetence as a sailor and a man is balanced only by his psychotic Catholicism. Columbus is thus the perfect emissary of late 15th century continental Europe. [Full Review]


Libertarian Party of Michigan Contacts

LPM Leadership
State Chair – Denee Rockman-Moon, chair@michiganlp.org
Vice Chair – Larry Johnson,  michlibertarian@gmail.com
Secretary – Mary Buzuma, mary.buzuma@att.net
Treasurer – Kim Moore, kmoore_libertarian@ymail.comWebmaster – Brian Wright - brian_r_wright@yahoo.com
Political Director – Bill Gelineau – politics@mi.lp.org

Libertarian Executive Committee At-large Directors:
Andrew Hall - halla12@ferris.edu
Jim Fulner - fulner@gmail.com
Christopher Sharer - christopher.sharer@gmail.com
Keith Butkovich - sirkeith17@hotmail.com
Gregory Creswell - i.am4_gcreswell@yahoo.com


Judicial Committee
:
Keith Edwards - keithmarni@wowway.com
Bill Gelineau - freedomlover59@hotmail.com
Shyler Engel – shyler.engel@gmail.com

Affiliate Contacts (counties served)
Capital Area LP (Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Shiawassee)
Bob Broda, Chair, bob-broda@comcast.net  (contact Will White: whitewi5@msu.edu 
Website: www.calparty.org

Kalamazoo Area LP
Dennis Miller, Temp. Chair, drmiller94@gmail.com
Phone: 269-270-7747
The new Kzoo group will be handling the former Calhoun County and Southwest Michigan LP for counties: Calhoun, Berrien, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Branch, Cass, and Van Buren. Jack Worsham (worsham74@aol.com), Daniel Grow (grow.daniel@gmail.com), Bill Bradley and other leaders of the former affiliates will be working with the Kzoo affiliate.

Affiliate Contacts (counties served, continued)

Lakeshore Libertarians
Mary Buzuma, mary.buzuma@att.netLP of Livingston County (Livingston)
Pam Sanderson, Chair, Chair.LivingstonLP@gmail.com Website: http://www.livingstonlibertarians.us

Libertarians of Macomb County (Macomb)
Keith Edwards, Chair: keithmarni@wowway.com
Dan Flamand, Vice Chair: daniel.flamand@att.net

LP of Oakland County (Oakland)
Jim Young, Chair lpocmi@lpocmi.org
Website: http://www.lpocmi.org/

Straits Libertarian Party (SLaP)
James Johnson, Chair, minidu@gmail.com

LP of Washtenaw County (Washtenaw)
Larry Johnson michlibertarian@gmail.com
Also contact Paul Giuliano, pgiulian@umich.edu 
Website: http://lpwc.wordpress.com/

LP of Wayne County (Wayne, Monroe)
Ray Warner, Chair, raymondrand@yahoo.com

LP of West Michigan (Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa)
Larry Warner, Chair, the_real_radnex@yahoo.com  Website: www.lpwm.org


Calendar
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March 1 - Steve Mace on Traverse City's WHMT Radio -Steve Mace will be on Traverse City's WMKT Radio (March 1st) from 4pm-5pm to discuss the Snyder tax increase and the lobby group behind it.

March 6 - LP of Washtenaw County Monthly Meeting -7 to 9 pm at Classic Cup Cafe, 4389 Jackson Rd, Ann Arbor (In the Parkland Plaza west of Ann Arbor). The LP of Washtenaw County meets on the first Wednesday of every month. You can see more announcements and information regarding the LPWC at its new website, http://lpwc.wordpress.com, or its Facebook page—“like” us at Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County! Contact LPWC Chair, Larry Johnson, michlibertarian@gmail.com


March 7 – Wayne County LP Monthly Meeting – 7 p.m. - Kiernans Steak House, 21931 Michigan Ave, Dearborn (at Monroe). Contact Ray Warner, 313-598-3666


March 7 – Livingston County LP Monthly Meeting - 7-8:30 pm. The Livingston County LP meets the first Thursday of each month at Cleary's Irish Pub, 117 E Grand River Ave, Howell 48843. Join them to discuss local and national news from a Libertarian perspective. Contact Pam Sanderson, factorylady@yahoo.com, for details.


March 10 – Libertarian Executive Committee Meeting – 2 pm face-to-face at the Troy office. Columbia Center II, 101 West Big Beaver, Suite 1400, Troy, MI 48084. Call 218-844-3366, access code#576532 (long distance charges may apply depending on your phone plan). The state executive committee meets the 3rd Sunday of every month. All LPM members may dial in to teleconferences or attend face-to-face meetings. Contact Denee Rockman-Moon, chair@mi.lp.org


March 11 – Capital Area LP Monthly Meeting – 7 pm. Meets the 2nd Monday of the month at the former LPM office, 2722 E Michigan Ave, Ste 22, Lansing (park and enter in back). Contact Will Tyler White, 517-349-3806, whitewi5@msu.edu


March 12 – LP of West Michigan Monthly Meeting – 6:30 pm. Join the LPWM on the second Tuesday of the month at Branns Restaurant on Leonard St. at US 131 in downtown Grand Rapids. Contact Nick Sundquist, Nicholas.sundquist@yahoo.com, 231-750-5468


March 16-17 – Libertarian National Committee meeting - Embassy Suites O’Hare, 5500 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018. Sessions Saturday and Sunday from 8am-5pm. All LP members may observe sessions. Joint LNC/ LP Illinois happy hour or dinner planned on Friday or Saturday night. See http://www.lp.org/event/lnc-meeting-at-embassy-suites-o%E2%80%99hare for more information.

If you'd like to be considered for appointment by the LNC to the Credentials, By-laws or Platform Committee for the 2014 National LP Convention, please send an email stating your interest and your qualifications to credentials@lp.org, bylaws@lp.org, or platform@lp.org respectively.  Chairman Geoffrey Neale intends to place populating those committees on the proposed agenda for the next LNC meeting (March 16-17, 2013 in Chicago--see calendar).


March 20 - Libertarians of Macomb County Meeting - 6:30 for dinner, 7:30 business meeting, at Loon River Café, 34911 Van Dyke Ave, Sterling Heights. All members of the Libertarian Party, their friends and family, and anyone interested in learning more about the LP are invited for good food and conversation on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Contact Keith Edwards, keithmarni@wowway.com


March 20 – LP of Oakland County Meeting – 6:30 pm dinner, 7:30 meeting -The LP of Oakland County meets the third Wednesday of the month at Sila's Restaurant, 4033 W. 12 Mile (2 blocks east of Greenfield), Berkley. Contact Jim Fulner, fulner@gmail.com


March 28 – Kalamazoo Area LP Meeting – 7 pm, Portage Public Library, 300 Library Lane, Portage. The new Kalamazoo area LP meets the 4th Thursday of the month. Contact Dennis Miller, drmiller94@gmail.com, 269-270-7747.


April 2 – Gary Johnson & Judge Jim Gray speak at Hillsdale College – 6- 7:30 pm- Hillsdale College, Phillips Auditorium, 22 East Galloway Hillsdale, Michigan 49242 The 2012 LP Presidential ticket will appear at Hillsdale College as part of the Live Free Tour sponsored by the group OUR American Initiative. This event is free and open to the public.


April 3 - LP of Washtenaw County Monthly Meeting -7 to 9 pm at Classic Cup Cafe, 4389 Jackson Rd, Ann Arbor (In the Parkland Plaza west of Ann Arbor). The LP of Washtenaw County meets on the first Wednesday of every month. You can see more announcements and information regarding the LPWC at its new website, http://lpwc.wordpress.com, or its Facebook page—“like” us at Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County! Contact LPWC Chair, Larry Johnson, michlibertarian@gmail.com


April 4 – Wayne County LP Monthly Meeting – 7 p.m. - Kiernans Steak House, 21931 Michigan Ave, Dearborn (at Monroe). Contact Ray Warner, 313-598-3666


April 4 – Livingston County LP Monthly Meeting - 7-8:30 pm. The Livingston County LP meets the first Thursday of each month at Cleary's Irish Pub, 117 E Grand River Ave, Howell 48843. Join them to discuss local and national news from a Libertarian perspective. Contact Pam Sanderson, factorylady@yahoo.com, for details.


April 8 – Capital Area LP Monthly Meeting – 7 pm. Meets the 2nd Monday of the month at the former LPM office, 2722 E Michigan Ave, Ste 22, Lansing (park and enter in back). Contact Will Tyler White, 517-349-3806, whitewi5@msu.edu


April 9 – LP of West Michigan Monthly Meeting – 6:30 pm. Join the LPWM on the second Tuesday of the month at Branns Restaurant on Leonard St. at US 131 in downtown Grand Rapids. Contact Nick Sundquist, Nicholas.sundquist@yahoo.com, 231-750-5468


April 17 - Libertarians of Macomb County Meeting - 6:30 for dinner, 7:30 business meeting, at Loon River Café, 34911 Van Dyke Ave, Sterling Heights. All members of the Libertarian Party, their friends and family, and anyone interested in learning more about the LP are invited for good food and conversation on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Contact Keith Edwards, keithmarni@wowway.com


April 17 – LP of Oakland County Meeting – 6:30 pm dinner, 7:30 meeting -The LP of Oakland County meets the third Wednesday of the month at Sila's Restaurant, 4033 W. 12 Mile (2 blocks east of Greenfield), Berkley. Contact Jim Fulner, fulner@gmail.com


April 21 – Libertarian Executive Committee Meeting – 4 pm by telephone conference. Call 218-844-3366, access code#576532 (long distance charges may apply depending on your phone plan).The state executive committee meets the 3rd Sunday of every month. All LPM members may dial in to teleconferences or attend face-to-face meetings. Contact Denee Rockman-Moon, chair@mi.lp.org


April 25 - Kalamazoo Area LP Meeting – 7 pm, Portage Public Library, 300 Library Lane, Portage. The new Kalamazoo area LP meets the 4th Thursday of the month. Contact Dennis Miller, drmiller94@gmail.com, 269-270-7747.


June 15 – Libertarian Party of Michigan –Hilton Grand Rapids Airport.  Save the date!

More... For all events, see the full online calendar on the Website:
http://www.mi.lp.org/Shared Documents/Calendar.aspx The Michigan Libertarian ONLINE is distributed on the first of each month. Send calendar events and news articles by the 25th of the prior month to: e-newsletter@michiganlp.org

Note: The final print edition of the Michigan Libertarian is available online at http://old.michiganlp.org/Past%20Newsletters/ Michigan%20Libertarian%2038.2%20summer%202009.pdf


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The Michigan Libertarian is published/posted on the first of each month. Send calendar events and news/articles to e-newsletter@michiganlp.org by the 25th of the prior month. The Michigan Libertarian is one of the longest-running Libertarian newsletters in the country, debuting in 1973 shortly after the founding of the Libertarian Party of Michigan. The "new" Michigan Libertarian (a predominantly online version) debuted on August 1, 2009 and replaced the weekly LPMOnline and the printed-and-mailed ML.  We will post the newsletter on the Website and deliver via email on the first of every month. A printed version of the new Michigan Libertarian will be sent free to anyone who signs up, which you may do at the LPM web site www.mi.lp.org (or www.michiganlp.org).

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