LPM OnlineOctober 17, 2006 |
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You will only find this announcement in LPM online, and not the Michigan Libertarian. In my haste to see that the most recent Michigan Libertarian reach members early, I failed to give the Washtenaw Co. Group time to include an article in our publication. However you should receive a flyer for the event by direct snail mail, and the pdf file may be down-loaded from: http://mi.lp.org/Libfest/LibertyFestFlier.pdf This important event was rescued by the Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County. Please attend! Saturday, November 18 2006 Annual Featured Speaker: Business Turnaround and Crisis Manager John Boyle “Saving Government from Bankruptcy—What the Libertarian Party Must Do” Special Report from Former LPM Chair Emily Salvette, Libertarian National Committee Region 3 Representative Held at the Original Cottage Inn Restaurant, 512 E. William St., on campus in Ann Arbor, 734-663-3379 Social Hour 7:00 PM Dinner 7:30 PM Parking around the corner in the Maynard St. Parking Structure For Information, call Liz Bagwell, 734-678-5040 Name(s):__________________________________ _____________________________________________ Address: __________________________________ _____________________________________________ Phone, cell, email: ________________________ _____________________________________________ Menu Choices (please indicate): ___Meat Lasagna, ___Chicken Parmesan, ___Fettuccini Alfredo Cash bar Please send your check for $40.00 per person to your hosts: Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County 1000 N. Huron River Drive Apt 115 Ypsilanti, MI 48197. Advance sale deadline Nov.11. Tickets at door $50.00. Honoring this year’s Spokesperson for Liberty, Promoter of Liberty, and Producer of Liberty It’s time for the Libertarian Party of Michigan’s Dinner and Awards Presentation Send your reservation now! Election Day is approaching and the Governor's race is a dead heat. Please help the LPM make the most impact this season and support our Govenor and Lt. Governor candidates. Libertarian Greg Creswell could very well hold the balance of power for the entire state. Campaign material has been distributed to affiliates across the state. Support you Libertarian Candidate for Governor Greg Creswell and Scotty Boman for Lt. Governor by proudly displaying a yardsign or bumpersticker. Literature is availabe for distribution as well as signs and stickers. Please contact your local affilate representative for campaign supplies. Wayne Co Greg Stempfle stempfle@hotmail.com 313-929-1789 Oakland Co Nathan Allen knathan_knows@yahoo.com 248-891-3003 Macomb Co Jim Allison marthos1776@comcast.net 586-751-5619 Washtenaw Co James Hudler aguli@provide.net 734-475-9792 Lansing William White whitewi5@msu.edu 517-349-3895 Kalamazoo Carl Brown carl@glasstree.com 269-373-5418 Tri-Cities Richard Jozwiak 989-922-5226 Kent Co William Gelineau freedomlover59@hotmail.com 616-987-0488 St. Clair Co Mark Byrne iwantska@hotmail.com 810-987-9856 Others: Scotty Boman has plenty of generic "Vote Libertarian" signs. Come and get them! Scotty Boman 313-247-2052 4877 Balfour, Detroit, MI 48224 scottyeducation@yahoo.com Greg Stempfle stempfle@hotmail.com 313-929-1789 Gregory Creswell, Libertarian Candidate for Governor, waited outside the WXYZ studio on West Ten Mile Rd. in Southfield in case Governor Granholm and Republican Dick Devos developed the courage to invite him in. They did not. Creswell said “I was there an hour early. I gave WXYZ a chance to show that they have more Cajones than the other stations to host debates. As a Libertarian, I respect the right of WXYZ to include, or exclude, anyone they want. As a viewer, I demand a more honest broadcast. One that tells people that there are five, not two, people on the ballot for governor.” Creswell went on to say, “The issue put before voters, on the surface, is “jobs.” But the underlying issue has been honesty. The Republicans and Democrats both accuse each other of selling out Michigan jobs. The issue than becomes who does one believe, in a word versus word mud-slinging contest?” Creswell’s Running-mate, Scotty Boman, says, “The fact of the matter is, we can’t even trust the news organizations to honestly report facts concerning the Gubernatorial race. When Greg Creswell’s name was included in a Survey USA poll (in August), he got 6%. Meanwhile Newspapers and TV stations with access to these results, lumped those percentage points in with undecided. This is a lie. People who vote against the two party system have decided. We aren’t asking for an endorsement. We are just asking for honest accurate Journalism.” Honesty has also been an issue with ballot initiatives. Opponents of proposal 2 have impugned the honesty of petitioners. There has been no balanced discussion of this matter in the debates because Granholm and Devos both oppose proposal 2, which would ban some forms of State-sponsored racial and sexual discrimination. Creswell addressed this matter in a radio interview on the WHFR-FM program The New WHFR Journal (Friday 13th) : “In gathering signatures for the petition in January, February, and March, I ran across a whole host of people. They read the words and signed it freely. All this hubbub about fraud is just a ploy by those who want to continue discrimination.” In comparing the major parties Creswell noted, “They (Democrats) have a tendency to want to play Mother to the citizens, and the GOP wants to be our father. We (libertarians) don’t want the power to control your life.” Boman added, “We believe in treating people like adults.” After waiting with some supporters outside the WXYZ studeo (Holding up Libertarian / Creswell signs and banners) Creswell and Boman Spoke at The Shelby VFW forum where they were welcome. Creswell said, "Everywhere I go I ask, voters if they beleive what they own belongs to them, and only them." Most guests agreed. Creswell went on to say that, "Libertarains believe in letting business create jobs by getting out of the way." At the same forum, Boman said, "I would like to know what part of that 10% belongs to Greg Creswell, what percent belongs to Douglas Campbell, and what percent belongs to Baghwan Deshyra. I won't commit the same lies of omission as the major networks do. I admit there are five people on the ballot for governor." Other Libertarians spoke at the Shelby VFW forum including incumbant Councilman Andy LeCureaux (running for the House of Representatives), and State Senate Candidate John C Bonnell. |
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