Dear Readers, The Northern Virginia Daily published an opinion article Karen Kwiatkowski wrote regarding an interesting legislative initiative in Tennessee, and suggests the same sort of thing might be good for Virginia:
"Two Tennessee state legislators have proposed a new office of state government. Their idea might be a lot of fun, especially in an era when taxes are rising, drones are flying and disposable income shrinking.... Normally, creating another government office and its attendant bureaucracy is an exceptionally bad idea. But this proposed office has a happy function that might actually serve the people, increase liberty and promote common sense... An Office of the Repealer might really be a great idea... Its function would be to go through state government looking for bad laws and bad regulations. These are laws and regulations that either do not work, have had disastrous consequences or perhaps are simply outdated. The Office of the Repealer would then submit those laws to the state legislature for repeal." Take a few minutes to check it out, and see what you think -- it will be available on their website for a time: http://www.nvdaily.com/lifestyle/2013/02/karen-kwiatkowski-virginia-may-need-an-office-of-the-repealer.php If any of you remember Marshall Fritz, the person who came closest to being a libertarian motivational speaker, one of his quips was: "Of course, if we Libertarians ever gain power, the first thing we would do is to establish the 'Department of Government Dismantlement'." He'd wait a second or two, then add: "which would, of course, then become the largest most expensive department in the government!". Of course we in the audience laughed -- because we know our own human nature means even we will make mistakes once elected! The way to minimize that, of course, is to make sure you stay immersed with Libertarians while you serve in office - they will help remind you of why you wanted to be elected in the first place. Best wishes! -- Marc Montoni P.S. Do you know of other Virginia Libertarians (or small-l libertarians) with recently-published material? Send us the link to each article, and pen a few words to introduce it to your fellow Libertarians! ============================================ RUN FOR OFFICE! The Libertarian Party of Virginia is currently seeking candidates to run for public office in 2013 & 2014. Let us know: http://Campaign.LPVA.com ============================================ -- end -- ############################################################# Have an announcement you'd like to post? SCC members & many committee heads are all authorized to post; or you may send your announcements to the List Master: <webmas...@lpva.com> <mailto:webmas...@lpva.com?subject=Announcement>. ############################################################# Unsubscribe: Send an email to sts...@lpva.com with no subject and "Unsubscribe Announce" as the text. ############################################################# Libertarian Party of Virginia http://www.LPVA.com Phone: 703-715-6230 ############################################################# Want to see past messages? Check the Archive: http://www.Mail-Archive.com/announce@lpva.com/ #############################################################
