Jane, you are 100% correct. What's worse is the 'warning signs' about Mister Barnes were very clear and apparent. The people that I know who met him got the willies and thought he was a freak. As well, I warned folks about who he was years and years before this 'new' problem came up. The California Chair who originally recruited him and even, if memory serves, made his nominating speech, extolling his virtues was exposed to his nasty and dishonest behavior and knew of my reports on him... Yet he still put him in positions of responsibility. And, when the truth (and court record/file) came out covered things up, and when pressed, a) dragged his feet and b) blamed me personally for the scandal. How the heck I was involved, I have no clue. I didn't molest those innocent little Boy Scouts. I didn't call the newspapers and ask them to run articles like they did. I had no clue until it all came out like sludge from a forgotten and ignored septic tank finally exploding. When finally forced to prosecute, suspend and request expulsion, the LPCA Officers booted that too, with a childish Prosecution that somehow again had me as part of their pleadings. Pleadings that were so poorly done and immature, a student in a Junior High School Civics class presenting such a brief in a mock trial would have gotten an F for their grade. It's a shame that folks are So desperate for 'friends' and Volunteers they will accept anyone, even trash like Mister Barnes. Fortunately, after a few months of me contacting FaceBook, the guy got banned from it and his threats from him there stopped. We have to protect our image and name. Instead of attacking good people who might just differ with us on a few issues. A Member's position on immigration, for example, would be far less important than how they behave in public, their table manners and deportment towards others, especially folks outside the LP. Anyone who worked with Mister Barnes for these last three years and could not see what a whack job, nasty and immature freak he is/was is immediately disqualified from consideration as a person who ought to lead or serve as they have zero people reading skills and accepted him with open arms into the LP fold. Ewwwww, I need to take a shower now. (In lye, as one of our LPCA State Candidates says whenever they get an email from him.)
--- On Fri, 4/9/10, Jane Stilwell <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jane Stilwell <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Libertarian] Headline: The Sex Scandal that SHOCKED the Libertarian Party To: [email protected] Date: Friday, April 9, 2010, 9:10 AM If this guy was innocent, wasn't it up to him to prove that to the satisfaction of the Libertarian' s who validate candidacy? Sure he is innocent until proven guilty, but when you want to run for public office, you have a little more responsibility to look "pure as Nero's wife" to your backers. I'm shocked that he was allowed to serve at all. He makes Libertarians look bad. We are all Libertarians, but not all Catholics. It is not our duty to educate the public on the rights of pedophiles. We run for office on Constitutioal principles. If I am missing something here, I am sure several of you will point it out to me...Tnx "Just Say NO!!!" Nancy Reagan--DEMOCRACY: 2 Wolves (Dms & Reps) and a Lamb (American Public) Voting on Lunch......REPUBLIC : Protecting Individual Rights!!! "Americans can rebuild America." --Jane Stilwell Libertarian RON PAUL for Pres...!!! ____________ _________ _________ __ From: Bruce Cohen <brucedcohen2002@ yahoo.com> To: Libertarian@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thu, April 8, 2010 10:42:40 PM Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Headline: The Sex Scandal that SHOCKED the Libertarian Party Yeah he's guilty. He was a Scoutmaster of some sort and well, the court file pretty much says it all. Anyone want a copy? It's public record and has traveled all over California. He was charge with six counts and ended up plea bargaining to three, serving time in prison. Very very guilty. Isn't what he did initiation of force against those innocent little Boy Scouts? --- On Thu, 4/8/10, James C <jcpatr...@hotmail. com> wrote: From: James C <jcpatr...@hotmail. com> Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Headline: The Sex Scandal that SHOCKED the Libertarian Party To: libertarian@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 3:40 PM Is this guy guilty? I have seen states convict people as sex offenders on just accusations. Maybe he became an activist because he got screwed by the court system. I have seen enough libertarians become activists because they got screwed in some form or another by the system. James To: cal-l...@yahoogroup s.com CC: libertariancandidat e...@yahoogroups. com; sdlibc...@listserv. sdlp.org From: brucedcohen2002@ yahoo.com Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:38:04 -0700 Subject: [Libertarian] Headline: The Sex Scandal that SHOCKED the Libertarian Party Link to Inland Empire Weekly http://www.ieweekly .com/cms/ index/?menu= Home Link to Article: http://www.ieweekly .com/cms/ story/detail/ votes_on_ a_scandal/ 3148/ Votes on a Scandal A decades-old sex crime comes back with a vengeance—and shakes up the Libertarian Party By: Alex Distefano It’s no secret that in the current political climate, more Americans are experiencing a sense of frustration and even distrust towards both Democrats and Republicans. Within this two-party dichotomy, many voters are opening their minds, ears and even pocketbooks to support an alternative third party. This is where the Libertarian Party comes into the picture. In California, many Libertarians have been elected to local and state offices. According to stats from the 2008 early voter registration totals, 384,722 California voters—or 28 percent of the total registered as Libertarians—voted in the last election. Since the party’s inception in 1971, the Libertarian movement has seen a slow but steady increase in support, with a platform focused on individual freedoms and smaller government. What it probably didn’t need was a scandal to wreak havoc with the party. But that’s exactly what it got. See the rest of the article at: http://www.ieweekly .com/cms/ story/detail/ votes_on_ a_scandal/ 3148/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowsl ive.com/campaign /thenewbusy? tile=multiaccoun t&ocid=PID28326: :T:WLMTAGL: ON:WL:en- US:WM_HMP: 042010_4 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------ --------- --------- ------ ForumWebSiteAt http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/Libertaria n Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
