HUDLER FOR REGENT
CAMPAIGN PARTY & FUNDRAISER
Saturday, October, 4 2014
5:00 – 9:00 PM
CASA DOMINICK’S
812 Monroe Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Guest Musicians: Will White’s Liberty Ensemble, Inez Thorne – and an open microphone
Hosted by Hudler for Regent Committee, Larry Johnson Treasurer
P.O. Box 447, Chelsea MI 48118
Note, response back from Scotty Boman: several in attendance. The brass roots hearing had testimony but no votes, so we still have to wait for their next meeting which may be in the lame duck. There is a Senate version ready to go if it makes it through the house.
Highlights: Jon Coon and Mike Hoban were among the attendees and did all the testimony.
The plaque was there.
Lansing, MI – On Wednesday September 24th Wayne Schmidt, Chairman of the State House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, informed Brass Roots lobbyists (Kim Moore and Scotty Boman) that he would schedule a hearing for HB 5595 (A Bill to Allow Brass Roots to place their plaque on the capital grounds). A hearing is necessary to move a bill out of committee. This welcome news came on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the original “Brass Roots” gun rally. The hearing will be this Tuesday, September 30th at 10:30 AM in Room 521 of the House Office Building. Testimony on HB 5595 is at the end of the hearing agenda. More information here at Brass in the Plaque here. If you are going to be attending this important event, please contact Scotty Boman here.
Report:
Enthusiastic and educational day for activists in the capital. LPM leaders attend a vital seminar focused on reigniting membership and fundraising, bringing to bear several speakers of statewide and national libertarian experience. Many thanks to Treasurer Kim Moore and all the speakers, including Dan Johnson of the effective 
grassroots organization People Against the NDAA (PANDA). We learn what does and does not work in building effective and well-funded organizations for liberty.
Photos from top to bottom:
Dan Johnson.
Jeff Phillips of the Schoolboard of a Thumb Area school district.
Greg Creswell speaking on his campaign in the 9th Congressional District.
Greg also noted the upcoming Liberty Fest and decried our countrymen’s descent into wanting the government to do everything for everyone. I especially appreciated his statement that, when he dies, he is going to have his headstone engraved:
“Don’t blame me. I tried to warn y’all.’
Or words to that effect.
Everywhere you look someone is promoting Liberty. Much of it is through education or protests. These are a great base, but when it comes down to it, we need to change policy. At this fundraiser we will introduce groups that have had impacts on policy, whether preventing it, changing it, or enacting it. We don’t only want to help your group with ideas, we want to help it have the presence it needs to have an impact. We also want to share with you our ideas, as Libertarians, on our plans of actions by introducing a number of our 2014 candidates. Please join us for this event featuring Daniel Johnson of P.A.N.D.A. (People against the NDAA) as our keynote speaker. Also speaking:
We are soliciting a $20 registration fee. Liberty in Action will be held at the Capitol Area Headquarters, 2722 E. Michigan Ave., Ste. 22, Lansing (East of US-127). Starts at 9:00 a.m., expected to run thru 3:00 p.m.To register, please proceed to payments page here. Agenda posted here. Contact Kimberly Moore for details: kmoore_libertarian@ymail.com
Rodney Lockwood, a nationally renowned–he and his Belle Isle project have been prominently featured on the Colbert Report, Reason Magazine, Fox News, and others–and preeminent Detroit-area real estate entrepreneur, is spearheading a movement to create a free, independent Commonwealth of Belle Isle.
That’s right, by using the Freedom Philosophy and some hardworking dedicated young people (of all ages), Lockwood (according to the New York Daily News) “is vying to develop the 1,000-acre island near Detroit into a tight-knit ‘utopia’ where residents would be prescreened [for violent crime history] and would not pay any corporate or income taxes.”
The exciting and inspiring Mr. Lockwood will keynote our annual event. Be sure to register now, tickets will not be available at the door.
To reserve your seat, simply click on the link below to make your $37.50 donation unless you plan is to sit at the speakers table. If purchasing more than one seat please leave us a notation or drop us an email at waynecolibertarian@lycos.com
The payment link is here:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NN2WS3YTK7L68
Looking to see you there!
Karl Jackson, Liberty Fest Co-coordinator
Greg Creswell, Liberty Fest Chair
Raymond Warner, LPWC Chairman
PS: As customary, we shall also be awarding our esteemed Lady Libby to three deserving recipients:
Repeat: You do not want to miss the most educational, promising, and inspiring libertarian event of the year! Send in your registration TODAY!
Former two term governor of New Mexico (1995-2003) and 2012 Libertarian Presidential candidate Gary Johnson, will be coming to Kalamazoo on October 4th to promote the local Libertarian Party and his Our America Initiative organization. The event is free to the public and will take place at WMU’s Fetzer Center in the Kirsch Auditorium on October 4th beginning at noon and concluding at 2pm. The event will also feature local and statewide Libertarian Candidates.
Gary Johnson, who received the most votes ever for a third party presidential candidate in 2012, is now the honorary chairman of Our American Initiative, whose aim is to restore liberty, personal responsibility and economic freedom as the true American values. To coexist as individuals who respect the rights and sanctity of all persons, to foster an environment that allows each person to pursue his or her individual dreams and happiness without the burdens of unneeded government restrictions.
“It’s exciting to have someone of his stature coming to Kalamazoo to promote the liberty movement, to help energize those in Kalamazoo and southwest Michigan who are tired of the two major parties that continue to grow government, infringe on our civil liberties and erode our freedom,” said Jason Brandenburg chairman of the Southwest Michigan Libertarian Party. “There is a generation who has had enough of Democrats and Republicans spending us into debt, overreaching in foreign affairs and telling us how to run our lives. The Libertarian Party is ready to take hold and make an impact not only in Kalamazoo but the rest of the state and country”
In Liberty,
Jason Brandenburg
PRESS RELEASE – for immediate issue- May 22, 2014
Libertarian Candidates on the November Ballot
At their state convention in Howell May 17 the Libertarian Party of Michigan selected Mary Buzuma of Grand Haven as their candidate for Governor in the November 4 election. Scotty Boman was picked for Lieutenant Governor, James Lewis for Secretary of State and Justin Altman for the Attorney General spot on the ballot.
All told, Libertarians filed paperwork for 30 candidates in state and national races, with additional office-seekers in local and county races.
With candidates in 12 of the 14 Congressional districts, they continue to uphold their status as the largest, most active party behind the Democrats and Republicans.
A candidate for U.S. Senate also emerged from the convention, Jim Fulner of Berkley. Planning an active campaign, Mr. Fulner ran for congress in the 2012 election for the 9th District.
Also of note was the nomination of former Republican state representative and successful national businessman Lorence Wenke, who will be running in state senate district 20.
“We look forward to a pivotal election”, said Ms. Buzuma, who is also the state party chair. “Recent polls have shown people are very disappointed with the way our government is being run on the state and national level. The same old tired rhetoric and lackluster results from both parties in power has driven more people to identify themselves as independents rather than with either of the major parties. We hope they will see that the Libertarian platform offers common sense solutions to problems that fall within the guidelines our founding fathers enumerated in the constitution.”
CONTACT: Mary Buzuma, candidate for Governor 757-748-5606
Scotty Boman, candidate for Lieutenant Governor 313 247-2052
James (Jamie) Lewis, candidate for Secretary of State 616 254-9014
Justin Altman, candidate for Attorney General 734 274-1938
Jim Fulner, candidate for Senate 248 971-0259
Complete slate of Michigan candidates can be found at: http://old.michiganlp.org/?page_id=33
Two significant victories and a strong first-time-candidate showing:
Andy LeCureaux, Hazel Park City CouncilAndy LeCureaux was re-elected in an uncontested race for a third term to the Hazel Park City Council. Lecureux has been on the Council continuously since 2001.
On November 5, 2013, voters in Kentwood elected Erwin Haas Commissioner for the city of Kentwood, Ward 2. Erwin, a long time Libertarian activist and leader in the Libertarian Party of West Michigan, ousted the favored Dick DeVos-backed incumbent Maurice Groce by 68 votes. Erwin won this local race with very little money and media attention. This sends a message: if you’re an incumbent, there is no guarantee that you will be one after the next election even — in a local, non-partisan race.
Alex Fera ran for Novi City Council and received approximately 6% of the total vote in a race featuring five candidates for three commissioner slots. Alex ran a positive campaign and is still a leading Novi booster. His ‘concession and thank you’ speech is located here, and he plans to be running for further office in the Novi area.
Former CNN investigative reporter Pat Clawson was the only Michigan Libertarian running in a partisan election in 2013. The campaign was well publicized, but scaled back due to health reasons. He finished with 4.2 percent of the vote.
The Libertarian Party of Michigan is excited to build on these successes by expanding membership and running ever-more highly qualified candidates in 2014 and beyond.
Mary Buzuma
Chairman
Libertarian Party of Michigan
Republican former state Rep. Lorence Wenke is leaving the Republican Party and dropping his bid for the 20th Senate District in Kalamazoo County as a Republican because he says the party is opposed to gay rights and has been undisciplined in spending taxpayer money. Wenke says he will instead run for the seat as a Libertarian.
Wenke’s decision clears the path to the Republican nomination in the 20th for state Rep. Margaret O’Brien of Portage, who has a little-known challenger for the GOP nomination. Presuming she wins, she will face Democratic state Rep. Sean McCann of Kalamazoo in one of the top Senate races in the state.
Per a comment to the site, Lorence and his wife Nancy will attend the convention in Howell on the 17th of May. He will seek the nomination for Senate District 20 which is all of Kalamazoo County. “I have met with Mary Buzuma and Jason Brandenberg and Mary said she would place my name in nomination to the convention.”
Note: According to the source who submitted this story to the LPM site, Mr. Wenke is multimillionaire who owns Wenke’s Greenhouses in Kalamazoo and in Georgia (where he has a major contract with Walmart). He is a former Republican County Commission Chair and State Representative.
Here’s the news release on Wenke at WKZO TV.
Special Guest Speaker Patrick Heller this Monday!
He will discuss the Libertarian funded and themed movie “Alongside Night”
See his resume and out the recent posts on our Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/125733945162/
Everyone is invited to the monthly meeting of the
CAPITAL AREA LIBERTARIAN PARTY
this MONDAY, April 14, at 7 pm
in the Lansing Libertarian office at
2722 E Michigan Ave., suite 22,
just west of US-127 in the lower level of the building.
Parking lot and entrance are in back.
The informal meeting starts at 7:00 pm. – BYO refreshments
General public and nonmembers are welcome to attend – bring a friend!
Interesting political conversation and topical discussions are always on the agenda!
Agenda:
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For more information, contact:
Chair: Bob Broda bob_broda@att.net
Treasurer: Will Tyler White whitewi5@msu.edu
www.calparty.org
| Item |
Before or on May 10 |
After |
| Full Convention (includes lunch, banquet, concert) |
$75 |
$85 |
| Convention + lunch |
$40 |
$50 |
| Convention only |
$30 |
$40 |
| Banquet and concert |
$55 |
$65 |
| Concert Only |
$25 |
http://www.michiganlp.org/Webpages_Aux/2014/2014_Convention_Registration.pdf
