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- BARC Update
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- Upcoming Events
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October 2, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- Kalamazoo Libertarian Party general meeting
- Location: TGI Friday's Restaurant, 5650 W. Main Street, Kalamazoo Michigan
- Contact: Mickey Hall Phone: (616) 345-2455 E-mail: mickhall09@aol.com
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October 10, 2001 - 6:30 PM
- Libertarians of Macomb County monthly meeting. Drinks and dinner at 6:30 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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October 11, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- The Ballot Access Restoration Committee meets the second and fourth Thursday every month -- until we submit petition signatures to the Bureau of Elections to be certified to once again be able to run Libertarian candidates in partisan races. All LPM members are welcome to attend and help with both the planning and execution of our petition drive.
- Location: LPMHQ, 619 E. 9 Mile, Hazel Park (just east of I-75)
- Contact: Nancy O'Brien Phone: (313) 562-5778 E-mail: nobrien321@home.com
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October 15, 2001 - 7:30 PM
- Meeting of the Andy LeCureaux for Hazel Park City Council Campaign.
- Location: LPM HQ, 619 East Nine Mile Rd., Hazel Park
- Contact: Dave Collver Phone: (248) 542-9274 E-mail: DCCollver@aol.com
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October 17, 2001
- Monthly meeting of the St. Clair County affiliate.
- Location: Figaro's is located at 1503 11th Street, Port Huron, MI 48060. TX: (810) 987-3588. Join us for dinner at 6:00 PM. Business begins at 7:00 PM.
- Contact: Richard Friend Phone: (810) 982-7178 E-mail: rfriend@advnet.net
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October 20, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- FREEDOM BANQUET 2001, large buffet, cash bar, speakers and much more! $15.00 per person. This is the second year for this event. Last year saw a huge turn out greater than both the major parties annual dinners in Clare County drew.
- Location: Town & Country Lounge, Clare, Michigan
- Contact: Ghazey Aleck Phone: (989) 386-2699 E-mail: aleckfamily@voyager.net
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October 25, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- The Ballot Access Restoration Committee meets the second and fourth Thursday every month -- until we submit petition signatures to the Bureau of Elections to be certified to once again be able to run Libertarian candidates in partisan races. All LPM members are welcome to attend and help with both the planning and execution of our petition drive.
- Location: LPMHQ, 619 E. 9 Mile, Hazel Park (just east of I-75)
- Contact: Nancy O'Brien Phone: (313) 562-5778 E-mail: nobrien321@home.com
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November 5, 2001 - 7:30 PM
- Meeting of the Andy LeCureaux for Hazel Park City Council Campaign.
- Location: LPM HQ, 619 East Nine Mile Rd., Hazel Park
- Contact: Dave Collver Phone: (248) 542-9274 E-mail: DCCollver@aol.com
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November 14, 2001 - 6:30 PM
- Libertarians of Macomb County monthly meeting. Drinks and dinner at 6:30 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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November 21, 2001
- Monthly meeting of the St. Clair County affiliate.
- Location: Figaro's is located at 1503 11th Street, Port Huron, MI 48060. TX: (810) 987-3588. Join us for dinner at 6:00 PM. Business begins at 7:00 PM.
- Contact: Richard Friend Phone: (810) 982-7178 E-mail: rfriend@advnet.net
- More
- For more events, see the online calendar at:
- http://www.michiganlp.org/lpmonline/events.php
- BARC Update
by Nancy O'Brien
Here’s the good news: As of Friday, September 28 we
have collected 32,214 signatures! That’s right, we have
passed the state’s required number of 30,272 and are now
working on the “cushion.” The cushion is the extra
signatures we need to insure that we have enough valid ones
to cover the inevitable bad ones that come with every
petition drive.
Congratulations to everyone who helped get us this far. But
don’t stop petitioning yet! With 18 days to go till the
October 20 final deadline, we still need 12,786 signatures
to meet our revised goal of 45,000.
Now for the bad news: Among all the peripheral damage of
the September 11 attack on New York and Washington DC was
the normal level of fundraising by the national LP. In the
weeks since the attacks the national party has received less
they used to get in single days. As a result they simply do
not have the resources to follow through on the balance of
the financial commitment they made in support of our
petition drive (we had already received a third of the
promised support prior to the attacks).
The bottom line here is that, given the nearness of the
deadline, we must assume that circumstances at national will
not improve sufficiently in the interim and that we are,
therefore, on our own to finish the drive.
It is now more important than ever that each of us gets
whatever additional signatures we can before October 20.
Also, any financial contribution you can afford to make will
help us keep paid petitioners working. Use of professionals
was, by design, a part of the last phase of our effort –
after we knew how much we could accomplish with our
volunteers so as not to spend money unnecessarily.
Unfortunately, that means that the disruption of cash flow
from national could not have come at a worse time. If you
can help us make up the shortfall, please do so by credit
card at our secure server
(https://michiganlp.org/) so that we will know
immediately how much we have available for additional paid
signatures.
Please rest assured that, despite this setback, we are
undaunted. The drive to restore our ballot status will be
completed. Libertarians like the ones listed below simply
will not be stopped!
Our top twenty signature collectors as of today:
Name Sigs.
Leonard C. Schwartz 2292
Albert J Titran 1557
Ben Steele 1277
Jerry E Bloom 1010
Richard E Jozwiak 594
Violet Steele 477
Benjamin Steele 417
Greg Dirasian 355
Trafton Jean 343
Charles Goodman 306
Constance Catalfio 300
Stephen Townsend 296
Fred Collins 287
Gregory Creswell 274
Lloyd Sherman II 267
Jean Paul Denoyer 259
Mickey Hall 258
Michael Dickson 256
Bill Gelineau 246
Congratulations Jerry Bloom for breaking 1,000!
Following is the current status of each affiliate in terms
of meeting its “fair share” goals. Each affiliate’s fair
share was determined by multiplying the number of members in
the affiliate by 27. That is the number each would need to
collect for the LPM’s 50,000 signature target to meet the
state’s requirement. The first list is the percentage of
signatures collected. The second list includes both
signatures and monetary contributions.
Affiliate Sigs Goal % Of Goal
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Allegan 95 560 16.9
Berrien 211 560 37.6
Branch-Hillsdale 159 351 45.2
Clare-Gladwin 269 320 84.0
Ionia 23 240 9.5
Kalamazoo 361 1013 35.6
Lapeer-Genesee 628 1413 44.4
Livingston 98 1732 5.6
Macomb 2179 5784 37.6
Mid-Michigan 576 2852 20.1
Midwest Michigan 308 560 55.0
Oakland 6224 10688 58.2
Ottawa 138 800 17.2
S. Central Michigan 44 1652 2.6
Shiawassee 2559 293 873.3
Saint Clair 13 693 1.8
Traverse Bay 22 773 2.8
Tri-Cities 1116 1173 95.1
Upper Peninsula 48 1119 4.2
Van Buren 324 426 76.0
Washtenaw 1404 2799 50.1
Wayne 1643 8422 19.5
West Michigan 511 2799 18.2
Affiliate $$+Sigs Goal % 0f Goal
Allegan 195 560 34.8
Berrien 419 560 74.8
Branch-Hillsdale 285 351 81.2
Clare-Gladwin 269 320 84.1
Ionia 23 240 9.9
Kalamazoo 406 1013 40.1
Lapeer-Genesee 1343 1413 95.0
Livingston 1000 1732 57.7
Macomb 4182 5784 72.3
Mid-Michigan 1018 2852 35.7
Midwest Michigan 374 560 66.8
Oakland 10841 10688 101.4
Ottawa 141 800 17.6
S. Central Michigan 79 1652 4.8
Shiawassee 2599 293 887.0
Saint Clair 43 693 6.2
Traverse Bay 85 773 11.0
Tri-Cities 1644 1173 140.2
Upper Peninsula 381 1119 34.0
Van Buren 422 426 99.1
Washtenaw 2374 2799 84.8
Wayne 3600 8422 42.7
West Michigan 1003 2799 35.8
Congratulations to the Oakland County Affiliate. Not only
did you exceed your goal, you contributed a quarter of the
entire campaign!
Come on Van Buren, you’re breaking my heart! You can get
four more signatures with one hand tied behind your
clipboard. Branch/Hillsdale, Clare/Gladwin, Lapeer/Genesee
-- you could knock it out of the park in a single afternoon.
And it isn’t too late for the rest of you affiliates either.
If you’re tired of petitioning, you can always pass the hat
at your next affiliate meeting and raise the money that will
put you over the top. Or just dig into your treasury and
get it over with. Remember: the ultimate goal is to get our
ballot status back so your affiliate can run candidates in
the next election cycle. Every signature and every dollar
you contribute puts us that much closer to victory.
The Real Stars
Did you know that in addition to collecting 1557 signatures,
Al Titran has donated $500.00 to the BARC effort? And
that’s not all. Al Titran and Rosemary Racchi spend four
hours every afternoon checking signatures, looking up zip
codes, assigning membership numbers to your petitions and
donations, and logging them into the database so you and
your affiliate will get credit for them. Every dollar and
signature you see in the tables above was personally entered
into the database by Al. If you haven’t said thank you to
Al and Rosemary lately, please make sure you do so the next
time you see them.
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