- Upcoming Events
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August 8, 2000
- The LPSC will host a booth in the Commercial Building at the Shiawassee County Fair August 8-13. We will be raffling off a $175 box of cigars and a three-wick candle (seperate drawings) at this booth. Tickets are only $1 each! Please come visit us!
- Location: Shiawassee County Fairgrounds, 2900 E. Hibbard Road. Call the Shiawassee County Agricultural Society for more info. about general fair events: 517-743-3611
- Contact: Ben Steele III Phone: (517) 288-5616 E-mail: bsteele1@tir.com
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August 8, 2000
- The Committee To Elect Derek E. Hollemans to Plainfield Township Trustee will have volunteers distributing literature at all 13 of the Township's voting precints, informing the voters of a Libertarian alternative in November. If anyone is interested in volunteering, please contact the Hollemans for Trustee campaign.
- Location: Precincts Throughout Plainfield Township
- Contact: Derek Hollemans Phone: (616) 262-1008 E-mail: derek@triton.net
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August 8, 2000 - 7:00 PM
- The South Central LP monthly meeting
- Location: Tom's Grill, 3705 Ann Arbor Road, Jackson (about 1/2 mile east from the Michigan Avenue exit from U.S. 127. There is a map on the web site.).
- Contact: Albert McCallum Phone: (517) 857-2531 E-mail: admccallum@columnist.com
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August 9, 2000 - 6:00 PM
- Libertarians of Macomb County monthly meeting. Drinks and dinner at 6:00 PM, business begins at 7:00 PM.
- Location: Miles World Resturant, 17689 Masonic, Fraser, MI 48026, 810-415-4500
- Contact: Diane Barnes Phone: (810) 774-1625 E-mail: DBarnes98@aol.com
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August 9, 2000 - 7:30 PM
- LP of Oakland County Executive Committee Meeting All dues paying members are welcome. Business begins at 7:30PM.
- Location: LPM HQ, 619 East Nine Mile in Hazel Park, one block east of I-75
- Contact: Greg Dirasian Phone: (248) 592-9731 E-mail: greg@newsnetpipeline.com
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August 10, 2000 - 8:00 AM
- Small Government Is Beautiful Golf Outing. Enjoy a morning of golf and help Mark Carney kick off his campaign for Oakland County Commissioner. Entry fee is $75 per golfer (includes 18 holes & cart, coffee & doughnuts, buffer lunch after golf, and unique prizes).
- Location: Heather Highlands Golf Course (248-634-6800), 11450 E. Holly Rd., Holly, Michigan 48442. Exit #98 off of I-75.
- Contact: Mark Carney Phone: (248) 789-6718 E-mail: cdcarney@tir.com
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August 10, 2000 - 7:00 PM
- Ballot Access Retention Committee meeting.
- Location: LPM Headquaters, 619 East Nine Mile in Hazel Park, one block east of I-75.
- Contact: Barb Goushaw Phone: (248) 355-5058 E-mail: bgoush@aol.com
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August 10, 2000 - 7:00 PM
- The Libertarian Party of West Michigan hosts it's monthly meeting at Brann's. All members and interested individuals are encouraged to attend. Meeting begins at 7:00 pm.
- Location: Brann's on Leonard, Just off of US 131. Meeting takes place in the private meeting room.
- Contact: Derek Hollemans Phone: (616) 262-1008 E-mail: derek@triton.net
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August 13, 2000 - 1:00 PM
- LPM Executive Committee meeting
- Location: LPM Headquarters, 619 E. 9 Mile Rd., Hazel Park. Directions: Take I-75 to Nine Mile Road. Go east on Nine Mile for approximately five blocks. The HQ building will be on the left. See www.mi.lp.org/hq/ for a map.
- Contact: Stacy Van Oast Phone: (810) 784-8783 E-mail: stacyvo@eesc.com
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August 14, 2000 - 7:00 PM
- Clare-Gladwin Libertarian Party meeting. Refreshments Provided. At this meeting we will finalize our plans for the "General Election Campaign Blitz", and to continue with fundraising plans.
- Location: Mid Michigan Community College, Room 167.
- Contact: Ghazey Aleck Phone: (517) 386-2699 E-mail: aleckfamily@voyager.net
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August 14, 2000 - 7:00 PM
- The LP of Livingston County invites you to attend our monthly meeting. Dinner is at 7 p.m. and the meeting starts at 8 p.m. Included in this month's agenda: LPLC activities at the 41st Annual Howell Melon Festival (Aug. 18-20). If you would like to man the booth or walk in the parade, please contact Matt Dickinson.
- Location: Mexican Jones Restaurante, 675 W. Grand River, Brighton, MI
- Contact: Matt Dickinson Phone: (810) 231-1254
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August 14, 2000 - 7:00 PM
- The South Central LP HILLSDALE-BRANCH monthly meeting.
- Location: Fillmore's Restaurant on US-12 on the west side of Jonesville (at the railroad crossing about 1/2 mile west of M-99).
- Contact: James Parker Phone: (517) 439-0643
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August 15, 2000 - 7:00 PM
- Libertarians of Allegan County monthly meeting - - We will be discussing our plans for the huge Allegan County Fair Parade on Sept 9, - (All LP Candidates are invited to participate). 7:00pm - Business Meeting 7:30pm - Public Forum
- Location: The Blue Heron Coffeeshop ---- Directions: Downtown Allegan on the riverfront. - Driveway to riverfront is at corner of Hubbard & Chestnut
- Contact: Rick Dutkiewicz Phone: (616) 673-5503 E-mail: rdoogie@datawise.net
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August 16, 2000
- Monthly meeting of the St. Clair County affiliate.
- Location: Armbrusters Sports Bar and Grill located at 1211 Griswold, Port Huron, MI 48060. TX: (810) 982-2255. Join us for dinner at 6:00 PM. Business begins at 7:00 PM.
- Contact: Richard Friend Phone: (810) 982-7178 E-mail: rfriend2000@advnet.net
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August 17, 2000 - 7:00 PM
- Meeting of the Corliss for U.S. Senate Campaign Committee. All are welcome!
- Location: LPM Headquarters, 619 E. 9 Mile Rd., Hazel Park. Directions: Take I-75 to Nine Mile Road. Go east on Nine Mile for approximately five blocks. The HQ building will be on the left. See www.mi.lp.org/hq/ for a map.
- Contact: Michael Corliss Phone: (734) 326-5406 E-mail: MrCorliss@aol.com
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August 19, 2000 - 7:00 PM
- LPSC Monthly Meeting. We will be drawing the winners for the Cigar and Three-Wick Candle raffles at this meeting.
- Location: Brenda's Bistro, 230 W. Main Street, Durand
- Contact: Ben Steele III Phone: (517) 288-5616 E-mail: bsteele1@tir.com
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August 20, 2000 - 2:00 PM
- TCLP Second Amendment Pro-Gun Rally & Pig Roast
With entertainment, trap shooting (nominal fee), and children's activities! Meal served from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. And at 6:00...
THE GREAT DEBATE with Jon Coon, Senator Mike Goschka, and Jim Lewis!
Adults $15.00 and Children $5.00
- Location: Bridgeport Gun Club, 3265 Roselle Road, Saginaw, Michigan
- Contact: Richard Jozwiak Phone: (517) 895-1146 E-mail: Jozie@mail.com
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August 21, 2000 - 6:30 PM
- Tri-City Libertarian Party monthly meeting - Join us at 6:30 p.m. for dinner or at 7:30 for the regular business meeting. No speaker is scheduled for this meeting due to election of affiliate officers.
- Location: Howard Johnson's Restaurant, M-84 at I-75 (Bay City)
- Contact: Richard Jozwiak Phone: (517) 895-1146 E-mail: Jozie@mail.com
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August 21, 2000 - 7:30 PM
- There is no Van Buren County LP meeting in August due to vacations, etc. The next regular meeting is September 21. We hope to see you then or feel free to call.
- Location: NA
- Contact: Bill Bradley Phone: (616) 637-1788 E-mail: bbradley@cybersol.com
- More
- For more events, see the online calendar at:
- http://www.michiganlp.org/lpmonline/events.php
- Jon Coon Gun Debate
by Jim Fitzpatrick
Fellow Libertarians,
As some of you are already aware, Jon Coon has been
denied ballot access for his unwillingness to abide by yet
another set of bureaucratic regulations. But he is not
sitting still! While fighting this in court, Jon will also
be fighting for our gun rights at the podium in our Great
Gun Debate!
Jon will take the stage here in Saginaw as our
Libertarian representative against Republican state senator
Mike Goshka and Democratic US Congressman Jim Barcia's chief
of staff, Jim Lewis.
Folks, this is a GREAT opportunity to show our support
for Jon, as well as a perfect chance to reach out to
disgruntled voters from the other two major parties. Can
you imagine the stress these two Republicrats will feel
under Jon's tremendous debating skill AND a Libertarian
crowd in the audience?!? Voters will be able to see we are
the only party that supports them, and the republicrats will
have to answer to them!
Please, if at all possible, come to this debate. It is
being held at the Bridgeport Gun Club, 3265 Roselle Rd., in
Saginaw on Sunday August 20th at 2pm. Its less than ten
minutes off I-75. A full course meal, featuring a pig
roast, is available for only $15 at 4pm, with the debate
starting at 6pm. Ghazey Aleck, former Clare prosecutor and
newest Libertarian star activist, will be moderating and
asking some TOUGH questions. Games, music, and trap
shooting will also be available. The hall is giagantic, so
rain will not be a problem. Tickets are available through
me at jfitzpatrick@webtv.net, or event organizer Rae Jozwiak
at jozie@webinbox.com Rae's phone number is 517-895-1146.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend.
My friends, you are without a doubt some of the finest
people I have ever been associated with, and have supported
our Libertarian events up here in the past, for which all of
us are grateful. It is my most sincere hope you will come
through once again, and make these politicans WISH it were
them, instead of the pig, in that fire!
Yours in Liberty,
Jim Fitzpatrick
Tri-City Libertarian Party
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- You're Invited!
by Barb Goushaw
If you are receiving this message you are invited to
attend!
The next meeting of the HB for President/Ballot Access
Retention Committee (BARC) will be on Thursday August 10 at
7:00pm at the LP of Michigan Headquarters in Hazrl Park.
Please note this is a new day, new location, and new time.
The meeting will begine promptly at 7:00 and my goal is to
end by 9:30
We will discuss plans for Harry's upcoming visits to
Michigan, campaign material distribution, standing committee
reports, events, media, etc.
Committee chairs: please have reports on your progress.
Note: We now have a supply of auto stickers and lawn
signs for distribution.
Even if you do not wish to become a key player, or
member of the committee, but want to know what's going on
with this effort, you are welcome to come!
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- Libertarian Party to Field 111 Candidates on November Ballot
by Press Release
8/7/00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tim O'Brien
313-562-5778
248-591-3733
DEARBORN. "America's real 'third party' will be
fielding a hundred and eleven candidates in Michigan alone,"
said LPM chair, Stacy Van Oast. "The Reformers and the
Greenies may get all the attention because of Pat Buchanan
and Ralph Nader," she added, "but ask them how many other
candidates will appear on their tickets this November."
The party decided to issue a special press release on
the eve of the major party primary election with a complete
list of the LP's nominees (attached) so that the news media
will have the information for use in stories about the
primary election, according to executive director, Tim
O'Brien.
"Past stories about primary results have often named
only the major party candidates," O'Brien observed. "We
assume that this is either because the idea that we have a
'two party system' is so wide spread that reporters and
commentators forget that there are in fact other
candidates," he said, "or they just don't have the
information readily available when they do their stories.
Whichever is the case," he concluded, "we're going to deal
with it by providing a complete list of the Libertarian
Party candidates even before the major parties have chosen
theirs."
The full list of 111 LP candidates who will appear on
the fall ballot is attached.
NOTE: 110 have been certified by the Bureau of
Elections. One, State Board of Ed candidate, Jon Coon,
refused to sign a new form (guaranteeing under penalty of
perjury that elections officials will be fully satisfied
with every form he or anyone connected with any of his
campaigns has ever filed) and has been denied certification
on that basis. However, Coon and the LPM say the new law is
unconstitutional and have filed suit in Circuit Court
seeking a Writ of Mandamus to order the inclusion of Coon.
The case will be heard by Judge Michael Harrison on August
16.
Candidates of the Libertarian Party on the November 7,
2000 General Election Ballot
President Harry Browne
Vice President Art Olivier
US Senator Michael R Corliss
Representatives in Congress
1 John W Loosemore
2 Bruce A Smith
3 Erwin J Haas
4 Richard L Whitelock
5 Clint Foster
6 William H Bradley
7 Robert F Broda, Jr.
8 James P Eyster
9 Laurie Martin
10 Richard T Friend
11 Richard Gach
12 Andrew LeCureaux
13 Karin R Corliss
14 Constance Catalfio
15 Raymond H Warner
16 Edward Hlavac
Statewide Offices
Supreme Court Justice
Jerry J Kaufman
David H Raaflaub
Robert W Roddis
State Board of Education
Diane Barnes
Jon E Coon
Board of Governors, Wayne State University
Thomas W Jones
Scott A Boman
Board of Trustees, Michigan State University
Michael H Miller
Violet M Steele
University of Michigan Board of Regents
Marvin M Surowitz
Tim A Maull
State Representatives
1 Craig Hodges
3 Joann M Karpinski
9 Kenneth E Vojtech
12 Michael Donahue
15 Greg Stempfle
16 Christopher Gonzalez
18 David Nagy
19 John Tatar
22 Ken Reyes
23 Rick Secula
24 Eric B Gordon
25 John Morgan
26 Keith Edwards
27 David Wejrandt
29 Dean Sahutske
31 Jim Miller
32 Bob Van Oast
33 Joe Zemens
35 Magalene C Boleyn
38 Anne Bora
39 Ray Kozora
41 Jeffrey J Hampton
47 Trish Marie
50 James C Shollenberger
61 Sean Nunnemaker
63 Albert D McCallum
67 Yepram Dervahanian
74 Bill Gelineau
76 Paul Mastin
80 Timothy Miley
85 Trafton Jean
86 David A Brown
88 Richard J Dutkiewicz
90 Tim Campbell
96 Scott D. Carter
102 Gregory A Willis
Allegan County
Commissioner 4 Jan C Knibbe
Sheriff Dennis Survilla
Bay County County
Trustee Richard Jozwiak
Berrien County
Drain Commissioner Tom Baker
Sheriff Glenn Whitt
Oronoko Charter Twp Clerk Jay Suave
Trustee of Three Oaks Twp Ronald Freehling
Clare County
Treasurer Cassandra Meadowcroft
Hillsdale County
Allen Twp. Trustee Trena K Moss
Cambria Twp. Trustee James B Parker
Kalamazoo County
County Commissioner 1 Carole Miley
Kent County
County Commissioner 4 William W Hall, Esq.
County Clerk Jamie Lewis
Plainfield Township Trustee Derek E Hollemans
Lenawee County
County Commissioner 8 Albert B Swindle
Livingston County
Commissioner 6 George Sise
County Clerk Richard A Samul
Macomb County
Commissioner 7 Paul Soyk
Commissioner 18 Mark Heil
Commissioner 22 Rosemary Racchi
Sheriff Al Titran
Clinton Twp Trustee Scott W Allen
Midland County
County Commissioner 5 Stephen Townsend
Oakland County
Executive Paul W Champion
Prosecuting Attorney Leonard C Schwartz
Sheriff Michael A Carson
Drain Commissioner Robert W Schubring
Clerk Lisa L Kozora
County Commissioner 1 Mark Carney
County Commissioner 5 Fred Martin
County Commissioner 22 Steve Afton
County Commissioner 23 Steven G Schulte
Ottawa County
Chester Twp. Trustee Donald A McCallum
Washtenaw County
County Commissioner 12 James Montgomery
County Treasurer Kimberly Cashman
Superior Twp Parks Commission Brett Cashman
Sylvan Twp. Trustee James L Hudler
Ypsilanti Twp. Clerk Sherri Foster
Ypsilanti Twp. Trustee Dan LaFavers
Ypsilanti Twp. Trustee Geoffrey Foster
Ypsilanti Twp. Trustee Lawrence W Johnson
Wayne County
County Commissioner 2 Gregory Creswell
County Commissioner 4 Edward Karpinski
County Commissioner 13 Loel R Gnadt
County Clerk Nancy O’Brien
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- Candidate Surveys
One of the groups sending out candidate surveys is
Gongwer News Service. If you are an LP candidate who is
getting bunches of surveys and aren't sure which ones are
worth the time and effort, please note that this is one of
the important ones (along with the one from the League of
Women Voters and any Voter Guides from your local newspaper)
and take the time to respond to it.
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- Stempfle for State Rep. Fundraiser
by Greg Stempfle
Libertarian Candidate for Dearborn State
Representative, Greg Stempfle, already running one of the
most active campaign of the year, will be having a
Fundraiser/Garden Party on Sunday August 27. The event will
be hosted by Ben and Anina Bachrach at thier home on 21835
Cherry Hill in Dearborn, between Brady and Military, from 3
until 8 pm. US Senate Candidate Michael Corliss will also
be a guest speaker.
Stempfle is targeting his campaign efforts on younger
voters and other non-traditional voting blocks in hopes of
triggering the largest voter turnout in the history of the
city. Let's get behind our local candidates!
Tickets to the fundraiser can be bought from Greg
Stempfle, Ben Bachrach, or at the door for a
libertarian-special price of $15. Food and drink provided
and everybody purchasing a ticket will be entered into a
raffle to win a copy of the new Harry Browne book "The Great
Libertarian Offer"
For more information contact Greg Stempfle at
313-565-4407 or stempfle@hotmail.com
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