[Libertarian] Re: William Weld nominated by the Libertarian Party for Governor of New York State

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 11:17:43 -0700

So, not only does power corrupt, but impotance does as well?  :( 

-TLP


--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> William Weld nominated by the Libertarian Party for Governor of New
> York State
>
> I just got back from the Annual Convention of the Libertarian Party
> for New York State, held on April 29, 2006 in Albany NY.
>
> I was defeated in my quest to become the candidate for governor.
> William Weld, a former Governor of Massachusetts, was nominated on
the
> third ballot by a vote of 24 to 15 over Don Silberger.
>
> Jeff Russell defeated Steve Greenfield by 27 to 15 as nominee for US
> Senate. This campaign had been especially hard fought. Greenfield
left
> the meeting immediately, as soon as the vote count was announced.
> Greenfield is also seeking the Green Party and the Independence
Party
> nominations.
>
> Richard Cooper was elected party chairman, defeating Joseph Dobrian
by
> 20 to 16. Cooper is a Weld man. Dobrian was neutral. Joseph Dobrian
> and M. Carling were elected Vice-Chairmen. Eric Sandvall, Chris
> Garvey, Audrey Caprizzi, Gary Donoyan and Don Silberger were elected
> members-at-large.
>
> Gary Popkin was elected Treasurer by unanimous vote. This was a
minor
> victory for me because I had nominated Popkin. Blay Tarnoff was
> elected Secretary.
>
> Sandra Sloan was nominated by M. Carling for Member at Large of the
> State Committee. Unfortunately, the chair ruled that Sandra was
> ineligible because she is only four years old and not a paid member.
> Sandra did manage to get her picture on Channel 9 All News Channel
in
> Albany as a result.
> http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?
ArID=177458
>
> Sam Sloan complained that the election had been rigged. William Weld
> was allowed to speak for 30 minutes and then had a long question and
> answer session afterwards. The other candidates, Don Silberger and
Sam
> Sloan, were only allowed three minutes each and no time for
questions
> and answers. No debate of any kind was allowed. Audrey Caprizzi was
> allowed to make a long speech nominating Weld. Of greatest concern
was
> that the order of nominating candidates was reversed to accommodate
> Weld. The normal order is first the governor is nominated, then
> lieutenant governor, then comptroller and then attorney general.
> However, for some unknown reason, the Weld campaign insisted that
> first there be attorney general, then comptroller, then lieutenant
> governor and then governor. A vote was taken on this issue. The
result
> was an exact tie 18 to 18. Blay Tarnoff, who was chairing the
meeting,
> broke the tie by voting for the Weld agenda. Mark Axinn, who would
> have voted the other way, arrived after the vote because his Amtrak
> Train broke down on the way to Albany.
>
> Several nuts were allowed to speak. One nut spoke at length about
how
> New York State needs 20 new nuclear power plants. Another was an
> Israeli who advocated Palestinian Rights. Their remarks might have
> been appropriate for another meeting, but not for a convention of
the
> Libertarian Party that had serious business to conduct.
>
> I must say that I was mildly disappointed that Richard Cooper was
> elected Chairman and Chris Garvey was nominated for Attorney
General.
> Richard Cooper has been Chairman before and Chris Garvey has been a
> candidate for office so many times that everybody has lost count. I
> think the party has to be more open to giving the new guys a chance.
> In fact, I think Garvey and Cooer should step aside unless they are
> prepared to promise that they will do better than they did the last
> time they ran for these positions.
>
> Recommendation for the Future: Bring in Mike Nolan, Parliamentarian
of
> the United States Chess Federation. People who think that a USCF
> meeting is chaotic have never seen a Libertarian meeting. However,
> Libertarians have there own pet variation on Roberts Rules, which
is:
> There are no rules.
>
> Everybody, including the defeated candidates, except for Greenfield
of
> course who left, were upbeat. William Weld is no Libertarian, not at
> all. He is not even in favor of medical marijuana. He never offered
to
> reduce taxes. Nevertheless, he offers the promise to bring us 50,000
> votes. Then, for the next four years, we will be able to get freedom
> loving candidates on the ballot fairly easily instead of having to
get
> huge and impossible to obtain signature totals. For example, the
> Libertarian Party is now required to get 1500 signatures to run a
> candidate for State Assembly. The Working Families Party, which has
> ballot status, can run a candidate for State Assembly with only five
> signatures. So, we all need to forget our principles and get behind
> Weld for Governor.
>
> Sam Sloan
>
> http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?
ArID=177458
>
> http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--governorsrace-
we0429apr29,0,730354.story
>






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