The problem we had in florida was executive committee members deciding who they
felt was a libertarian. Who are they to decide who is libertarian, that is a
decision that should be made by the individual. I have seen too many hard
working libertarian activists turned away by the lpf. Florida is a closed
primary state and registered libertarian voters can decide which individual
best represents libertarian values in elected office, not power hungry
gatekeeper lpf executive committee members who seem to be just like the major
parties in their lust to control every aspect of individuals within the party.
The actions of the lpf is not libertarian in the eyes of most activists that
helped build the party over the years. The determination of who is a
libertarian is a matter of an individual's opinion, not a committees.
James
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:34:59
+0000Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Libertarian Society
Apparently you disagree with other members of this group regarding primaries.
Some members of this group favor eliminationg primaries. I support freedom of
association. Because of that support I believe that an organization such as a
political party should be allowed to select their candidates at a party
convention or caucus.$--- In [email protected], "James C" <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]> wrote:>> > The state of florida has changed the election laws
putting the > libertarian party to a point where we can gain major party
status. We can > get on the ballot just as easily as running as a democrat or
republican. The > change the state of florida made is that candidates can now
get on the > ballot without having to ask the state party to put him or her on
a list to > send to the state in order to qualify. The executive committees of
the > libertarian party in florida is now IRRELEVANT. We are forming our own
group > called the libertarian society to recruit and help qualify libertarian
> candidates. Other groups will come to run their own libertarian candidates >
in the near future. This change in the law is the best thing that could have >
happened to change the libertarian party in florida from a shrinking party > to
a fast emerging major party.There will be no more executive committee >
gatekeepers to prevent libertarian candidates from qualifying to get on the >
ballot. Just like the major parties, factional groups will form in the >
libertarian party in florida running their own brand of libertarian >
candidates that could result in primaries. We are recruiting members into > the
libertarian society in florida who support qualifying as many > libertarian
candidates as possible. For those interested in joining the > libertarian
society go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > subscribe.> > James Coakley> >
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