LPM Online
September 5, 2006
- Upcoming Events
- September 05, 2006 - 11:00 AM
- This two day event is scheduled to memorialize Tom Croslin and
Rollie Rohm, murdered five years ago for their million-dollar piece of
campground property known as Rainbow Farm..... On Tuesday and
Wednesday, September 5 and 6, there will be a vigil at the Capitol
building in Lansing.
- Location: in front of the State Capitol, Lansing, MI
- Contact: Kathy Kennedy Phone: (517) 482-6028 Email: jamesparker2@earthlink.net
- Location: in front of the State Capitol, Lansing, MI
- September 05, 2006 - 5:00 PM
- Last day to RSVP for 12th & 13th event
- Location: Macomb Community College
- Contact: Sarah Lester Phone: 586-286-2242 Email: Fax 586-286-2250
- Location: Macomb Community College
- September 06, 2006 - 00:00 AM
- This is the second day of a two-day vigil scheduled to memorialize
Tom Croslin and Rollie Rohm, murdered five years ago for their
million-dollar piece of campground property known as Rainbow Farm.....
- Location: the Capitol building in Lansing
- Contact: Kathy Phone: (517) 482-6028 Email: tribe@drugsense.org
- Location: the Capitol building in Lansing
- September 09, 2006 - 10:00 AM
- Dally in the Alley. There will be a Libertarian information booth
there. Thousands of people attend this grassroots festival.
- Location: West Forest St. and Second Ave. (Whole block) Detroit, Michigan. South of Wayne State University
- Contact: Scotty Boman Phone: 313-247-2052 Email: scottyeducation@yahoo.com
- Location: West Forest St. and Second Ave. (Whole block) Detroit, Michigan. South of Wayne State University
- September 11, 2006 - 6:30 PM
- Meeting of the Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Branch, and Calhoun County
Libertarian Party
- Location: TGI Friday's
- Contact: Kai Phillips Phone: 1-888-FREENOW Email: kaiphillips@gmail.com
- Location: TGI Friday's
- September 12, 2006 - 10:00 AM
- Meet the Candidate Event. Candidates must RSVP by September 5th
- Location: Macomb Community College (South and Center Campus) www.macomb.edu
- Contact: Sarah Lester Phone: 586-286-2242 Email: mailto:www.macomb.edu
- Location: Macomb Community College (South and Center Campus) www.macomb.edu
- September 12, 2006 - 7:00 PM
- Please join us as we discuss party business, strategy for the
upcoming election and finalizing plans for the liberty banquet.
- Location: The LP of West Michigan will be holding its open executive meeting at the IHOP on East Beltline in Grand Rapids (near Knapp's corner).
- Contact: Eric Larson Phone: 616-949-2844 Email: chair@lpwm.org
- Location: The LP of West Michigan will be holding its open executive meeting at the IHOP on East Beltline in Grand Rapids (near Knapp's corner).
- September 12, 2006 - 7:30 PM
- Capital Area Libertarian Party monthly meeting. Discussion of
upcoming election and moving the office to Michigan Avenue.
- Location: Barley's Grill, 727 E Miller Rd., Lansing phone 882-7297
- Contact: Will Tyler White Phone: 517 349-3806 Email: whitewi5@msu.edu
- Location: Barley's Grill, 727 E Miller Rd., Lansing phone 882-7297
- September 13, 2006 - 10:00 AM
- Meet the candidate event. 10 AM to 4:00 PM TO PARTICIPATE YOU MUST
RSVP BY SEPTEMBER 5TH
- Location: Macomb Community College For campus location information visit: www.macomb.edu
- Contact: Sarah Lester Phone: 586-286-2242 Email: Fax 586-286-2250
- Location: Macomb Community College For campus location information visit: www.macomb.edu
- September 14, 2006 - 6:00 PM
- This will be an interesting meeting. Dinner is optional. The
Public is welcome to attend.
- Location: The Libertarian Party of Southwest Michigan will hold it's next meeting at the Benton Habor IHOP. The IHOP restaurant is on Pipestone Road just 100 yards West of the I-94 exit.
- Contact: Bill Bradley Phone: 269 637-4525 Email: wbradley@i2k.com
- Location: The Libertarian Party of Southwest Michigan will hold it's next meeting at the Benton Habor IHOP. The IHOP restaurant is on Pipestone Road just 100 yards West of the I-94 exit.
- More...
- For more events, see the online calendar at:
- http://www.michiganlp.org/lpmonline/events.php
- http://www.michiganlp.org/lpmonline/events.php
- Schwartz & Creswell on TV — by Leonard Schwartz
- Remembering Rollie Rohm and Tom — by Scotty Boman
- Letter Writers Alert! — by Scotty Boman
- Schwartz and Creswell on TV! — by Eric Larson
- Liberty Fest Facing Cancellation: No Affiliates Interested — by Scotty Boman
Schwartz and Creswell on Grand Rapids Television
Leonard Schwartz, LPM's candidate for US senator, and Greg
Creswell, LPM's candidate for governor, taped interviews for two Grand
Rapids TV stations last week.
Fred Martino, news director of public television station
WGVU-TV, interviewed each of them for a half-hour for "WGVU Newsmakers
with Fred Martino." The show is broadcast at 6:00 pm on Wednesdays and
rebroadcast at
10:30 am on Sundays. To find out which week these
interviews will be broadcast, check the schedule at
www.wgvu.org/tv/index.html.
Rick Albin, political reporter at NBC affiliate WOOD-TV,
conducted shorter interviews.
An open letter to those concerned with the Rainbow Farms Massacre (See event schedule: Sept 4th , 5th & 6th)
Dear freedom lovers:
I regret being unable to attend the activities being held this week pertaining to the killings of Rollie Rohm and Tom "Grover" Crosslin. My work schedule and distance make my participation Neely impossible. But if I could attend I would.
I remember, with great fondness, attending the roach roast in 2000. It was one of the most inspiring weekends of my life. I have never been around nicer people, nor been the guest of more generous hosts. No one was harmed by this gathering, and I think many people were better for having been there.
Regardless of the details, one thing is clear. These men died because our government is out of control. In their zeal to enforce intrusive laws, politicians have created a law enforcement culture where-in their agents can kill decent citizens, and feel confident that they will get away with it.
While you may not hear about us in the media, there are decent people running for office who respect individual rights. Some of them, like myself, are with the Libertarian Party. We believe in the right of all people to their own life. Specifically, our platform calls for an end to drug prohibition and confiscatory taxes. In short, we support the kind of society in which these two gentlemen would still be alive.
Don't give up.
My prayers are with you.
I read a disturbing editorial in Sunday's Free Press.
Here is the link to it:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609030543
They should get lots of letters in response to this. Regardless of how one feels about the MCRI, their suggestions, if put into law, would effectively end citizen inspired ballot initiatives, and ballot access by petition.
The show time for Leonard Schwartz is 9/20/06 at 6 PM and for Greg Creswell is 9/27/06 at 6 PM. Please tune in to WGVU TV for those episodes. These will air on channel 35 for the Grand Rapids metro area.
The Libertarian Party of Michigan’s annual Liberty Fest has traditionally been held in the second week of November. With that date only a couple of months away, no affiliate has yet expressed interest. Since this event has always been hosted by an affiliate (which can keep money earned there-in) it will be cancelled by default.
Perhaps that date is too close to the election. If an affiliate is interested in hosting it at a later date, say early December, they need to make their intentions clear to the LEC. They need to do so at once.