LPM Online

April 19, 2005

Contents

  1. Upcoming Events
  2. Help Stop Unjust Forfeitures
  3. Convention Reminder

  1. Upcoming Events

    April 23, 2005 - 9:30 AM
    LPM Convention 2005 - "Strategies for Success". For more information and a registration form, visit www.TriCityLibertarianParty.org
    Location: Holiday Inn Resort and Conference Center; 5665 East Pickard Road, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
    Contact: Rosemarie Jozwiak Phone: (989) 922-5226 E-mail: Jozwiak@HotPOP.com

    April 27, 2005 - 7:30 PM
    Libertarian Party of Oakland County general membership meeting. Meeting starts at 7:30. Optional dinner starts at 6:30.
    Location: Sila's Restaurant, 4033 W. 12 Mile, 2 blocks east of Greenfield, in Berkley.
    Contact: Leonard Schwartz Phone: (248) 546-3569 E-mail: Leonard@Schwartz45.com

    May 11, 2005 - 7:30 PM
    Monthly Meeting of the Libertarians of Macomb County. All members of the Libertarian Party, their friends and family, and anyone interested in learning more about the Libertarian Party are invited to attend. The meeting begins at 7:30, but feel free to join us for good food and conversation at 6:30.
    Location: The Cutting Board Restaurant. 28655 Schoenherr Road, Warren, MI 48093. The Cutting Board is on the west side of Schoenherr south of 12 Mile Road.
    Contact: Jim Allison Phone: (248) 548-2500 x2003 E-mail: Marthos@yahoo.com

    June 8, 2005 - 4:30 PM
    Monthly Meeting of the Libertarians of Macomb County. All members of the Libertarian Party, their friends and family, and anyone interested in learning more about the Libertarian Party are invited to attend. The meeting begins at 7:30, but feel free to join us for good food and conversation at 6:30.
    Location: The Cutting Board Restaurant. 28655 Schoenherr Road, Warren, MI 48093. The Cutting Board is on the west side of Schoenherr south of 12 Mile Road.
    Contact: Jim Allison Phone: (248) 548-2500 x2003 E-mail: Marthos@yahoo.com

    More
    For more events, see the online calendar at:
    http://www.michiganlp.org/lpmonline/events.php

  2. Help Stop Unjust Forfeitures by Leonard Schwartz

    www.SpeakOutMichigan.org

    Support Senate Bills 138-143

    Michigan law allows the police to confiscate a motor vehicle if they suspect that anyone used the vehicle for an illegal purpose. It doesn't matter whether the owner gave consent. It doesn't even matter whether someone stole the vehicle.

    For example, if the police claim that they found any marijuana in your car, they can seize your car. How the marijuana got there doesn't matter. Maybe it fell out of the pocket of an auto mechanic, valet parking attendant, or auto thief. Or maybe the wind blew a miniscule amount of marijuana through an open window. The police can confiscate your car.

    Although the government sometimes is required, and often is willing, to return the vehicle to an innocent owner, the owner must pay a large fee. In Wayne County the fee is $900.

    Senate Bills 138-143 will help protect innocent owners from unjust forfeiture. These bills will require the government to return a motor vehicle, without any fee, if (A) the owner is not charged with a crime, civil infraction, or civil violation, or (B) the owner is charged with, but found not guilty of, a crime, civil infraction, or civil violation.

    Please ask your state senator and state representative to support Senate Bills 138-143.

    SpeakOutMichigan provides an easy way to send e-mail to them. It provides a prewritten letter, to which you can add personal comments. Type in your zip code and SpeakOutMichigan will identify your state legislators and send them the letter. It takes only a minute or two.

    SpeakOutMichigan also provides an easy way to send e-mail to your friends, so that they can contact their state legislators. Again there is a prewritten letter.

    Help protect yourself and other innocent owners from unjust forfeiture.

    Support Senate Bills 138-143.

    Go to www.SpeakOutMichigan.org.

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  3. Convention Reminder

    Time is running short to register in advance for the LPM Convention this Saturday in Mt. Pleasant. Letting them know early will help the Convention team expedite your registration experience.

    Our main speaker is nationally recognized Joseph L. Bast, President of the Heartland Institute. You can still register on-line at http://michiganlp.org/news/convention.html .

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    Here is some basic information about Heartland:

    The Heartland Institute is a genuinely independent source of research and commentary founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1984. It is not affiliated with any political party, business, or foundation. Its activities are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Heartland's mission is to help build social movements in support of ideas that empower people. Such ideas include parental choice in education, choice and personal responsibility in health care, market-based approaches to environmental protection, privatization of public services, and deregulation in areas where property rights and markets do a better job than government bureaucracies.

    Heartland has been endorsed by some of the country's leading scholars, public policy experts, and elected officials. Dr. Milton Friedman calls a "a highly effective libertarian institute." Cato Institute president Edward Crane says Heartland "has had a tremendous impact, first in the Midwest, and now nationally."

    Activities of The Heartland Institute are overseen by a 16-member Board of Directors, which meets quarterly. A staff of 22 works with a growing network of Heartland Senior Fellows, including George Clowes (school reform), Wendell Cox (transportation and sprawl), Jim Johnston (energy and regulation), Jay Lehr (science and environment), Maureen Martin (legal affairs), Merrill Matthews (health care), and Conrad Meier (health care).

    Two committees provide outside advice and expertise: a Board of Policy Advisors and the Board of Legislative Advisors. The former consists of academics and professional economists who conduct research and participate in peer review of the institute's publications. The latter consists of elected officials who suggest topics and sources of information and sometimes produce model legislation.

    Funding for Heartland's programs comes from approximately 1,500 individuals, foundations, and corporations. About 10 percent of the organization's income comes from advertising revenue. It does not accept government funds and does not conduct "contract" research for special interest groups.

    If you believe in empowering people with ideas based on the principles of individual rights and limited government, please consider becoming a Member or a Donor to The Heartland Institute. Achieving the great American goal of "liberty and justice for all" requires that people like you help defend the institutions of freedom.

    Becoming a member of and donor to The Heartland Institute is an effective and affordable way to fulfill your duty as an active citizen. Please join us today.

    Sincerely,

    Joseph L. Bast
    President

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