- Upcoming Events
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June 4, 2002 - 6:30 PM
- Monthly Meeting of the Libertarian Party of Wayne County.
City Tavern
14316 Michigan Ave.
Dearborn
between Greenfield and Schaefer
Meetings are free and open to the public.
Dinner starts at 6:30pm.
Program starts at 7:45.
Guest Speaker will be LPM Chair James Hudler
- Location: City Tavern
14316 Michigan Ave.
Dearborn
between Greenfield and Schaefer
Meetings are free and open to the public.
- Contact: Greg Stempfle Phone: (313) 565-4407 E-mail: stempfle@hotmail.com
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June 9, 2002 - 1:00 PM
- Libertarian Party of Michigan Executive Committee Meeting. All dues-paying member are welcome.
- Location: LPM Headquarters 619 E. Nine Mile in Hazel Park, 1/4 mile east of I-75.
- Contact: James Hudler Phone: (734) 475-9792 E-mail: chair@michiganlp.org
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June 9, 2002 - 12:00 PM
- Bullets For Liberty Pistol Shoot. $5.00 per table of bowling pins. $2.50-$3.50 for lunch. All ages and pistols welcome. Bowling pins and lunch from noon to 3pm. Free range shooting and bonfire afterward. All proceeds go to help libertarian candidates. Sponsored by the Clare-Gladwin Libertarian Party.
- Location: Polk Gun Club--Clare County.
- Contact: Ghazey Aleck Phone: (989) 386-2699 E-mail: aleckfamily@voyager.net
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June 12, 2002 - 6:30 PM
- Libertarians of Macomb County monthly meeting. Drinks and dinner at 6:30 PM, business begins at 7:00 PM.
Speaker - June Klyle Lohmiere- NRA intructor, writer for The Voice newspaper in Macomb County. His topic "Flaws in the Law"
- Location: Miles World Resturant, 17689 Masonic, Fraser, MI 48026, 810-415-4500.
- Contact: Keith Edwards Phone: (586) 777-7468 E-mail: keithmarni@aol.com
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June 16, 2002 - 7:00 PM
- The Libertarian Party of Van Buren County invites all members and guests to a Central Committee meeting. We will discuss Lady Liberty and the July 4 Parade among other things. We hope to see you there.
- Location: 746 Lee Street, South Haven (Bill Bradley's house)
- Contact: Bill Bradley Phone: (616) 637-4525 E-mail: free@cybersol.com
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June 19, 2002 - 7:30 PM
- Scotty Boman for State Board of Education/Major Party Status Committee Meeting
- Location: LPH Headquarters 619 E. Nine Mile in Hazel Park, 1/4 mile east of I-75.
- Contact: Greg Stempfle Phone: (313) 929-1789 E-mail: stempfle@hotmail.com
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August 6, 2002 - 6:30 PM
- Monthly Meeting of the Libertarian Party of Wayne County.
City Tavern
14316 Michigan Ave.
Dearborn
between Greenfield and Schaefer
Meetings are free and open to the public.
Dinner starts at 6:30pm.
Program starts at 7:45.
- Location: City Tavern
14316 Michigan Ave.
Dearborn
between Greenfield and Schaefer
Meetings are free and open to the public.
- Contact: Greg Stempfle Phone: (313) 565-4407 E-mail: stempfle@hotmail.com
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August 11, 2002 - 1:00 PM
- Libertarian Party of Michigan Executive Committee Meeting. All dues-paying members are welcome.
- Location: LPM Headquarters, 619 E. 9 Mile in Hazel Park, 1/4 Mile East of I-75
- Contact: James Hudler Phone: (734) 475-9792 E-mail: chair@michiganlp.org
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October 13, 2002 - 1:00 PM
- Libertarian Party of Michigan Executive Committee Meeting. All dues-paying members are welcome.
- Location: LPM Headquarters, 619 E. 9 Mile in Hazel Park, 1/4 Mile East of I-75
- Contact: James Hudler Phone: (734) 475-9792 E-mail: chair@michiganlp.org
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December 8, 2002 - 1:00 PM
- Libertarian Party of Michigan Executive Committee Meeting. All dues-paying members are welcome.
- Location: LPM Headquarters, 619 E. 9 Mile in Hazel Park, 1/4 Mile East of I-75
- Contact: James Hudler Phone: (734) 475-9792 E-mail: chair@michiganlp.org
- More
- For more events, see the online calendar at:
- http://www.michiganlp.org/lpmonline/events.php
- Scotty Boman / Major Party Committee Meeting
by Greg Stempfle
Want to help make the Libertarian Party a major party
in Michigan? State Board of Education candidate Scotty
Boman is likely to earn the necessary 150,000 votes to
qualify the LPM for major party status for the 2004
election. Come to our strategic planning meeting June 19,
2002 at the LPM HQ at 7:30. We'll be planning our campaign
strategy as well as ramifications for the LPM should major
party status be acheived. For more info, contact Greg
Stempfle at stempfle@hotmail.com or 313-929-1789.
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- LeCureaux Turns Drug Symposium into Debate
by Greg Dirasian
Councilman Andy LeCureaux was invited to a Drug Reform
Symposium. He expected a collection of concerned citizens
discussing the best way to end the myriad problems
associated with illegal drugs. Instead he found a gaggle of
drug warriors opposing the initiative to reform drug policy
in Michigan sponsored by Campaign for a New Drug Policy.
On June 3, the Macomb Daily reported:
"Most in attendance were law enforcement officials,
social workers and anti-drug coalition leaders. Most, if
not all, opposed the initiative.
But when Hazel Park City Councilman Andy LeCureaux
offered that he not only backed the measure, he favored the
legalization of drug, a pep rally transformed into a lively
debate.
For a few fleeting moments, those cops and social
workers and activists who serve so proudly as soldiers in
the "war" on drugs were forced to consider an
outside-the-box approach to a problem that continues to grow
despite their best efforts--and despite the expenditure of
billions of dollars.
LeCureaux offered a chilling observation: "Millionaire
drug dealers are on the side of keeping drugs illegal," he
said.
It's doubtful those who attended the symposium changed
their minds. These folks offer a few compelling arguments
of their own, and comments by one man won't sway them.
But if they're objective, free-thinking people, they
came away with something to ponder."
It sounds to me like the folks at the Macomb Daily are
objective and came away with something to ponder themselves.
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