- Upcoming Events
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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
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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
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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
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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
- 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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- 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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