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Touch Screen VotingAt the LPC convention, on

February 17, 2003, inovertime at the businessmeeting, the delegates passeda most timely resolution, by54 - 14 vote, that stated:

�Because computers aresubject to fraud and manipula-tion, we oppose any computer,internet, or direct recordelectronic voting system thatdoes not use a voter verifiedpaper ballot as the ballot ofcount, recount, audit andrecord.�

Currently in the 9th

Circuit Court of Appeals is alawsuit filed by a Libertarianfrom Palm Desert. The case,Susan Marie Weber vs BillJones, Secretary of State andMischelle Townsend, River-side County Registrar ofVoters, asks for an injunctionon the touchscreen votingmachines, unless there is avoter-verified paper ballot.

Information on the lawsuitmay be seen at:www.electionguardians.org.

This is a �right now�issue, facing all voters, as theCalifornia Secretary of Statehas convened a Task Force tolook into the need for voter-verified paper ballots.

In addition, a resolutionis currently being circulatedby Professor David Dill, acomputer scientist fromStanford University, signed byhundreds of scientists andexperts, all demanding avoter-verified paper ballot.As experts, they are verymuch aware of the fraud andmanipulation that is availablewith computer programs.

Libertarians obviouslyunderstand that if theindividual�s vote isn�t countedas it was cast, then it is worsethan worthless.

www.electionguardians.org

by Susan Marie Weber

rap-port (re-por�, -por�) n. Harmony or sympathy of relation; agreement; accord; to be in rapport with someone. �-en rapport (an ra-por�) French In close accord. [ < F < rapporter to bring back]

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I think that this picture bestexemplifies the spirit ofthis year�s State Conven-

tion. It is a picture of Starchildbuilding rapport with AaronStarr in a Hospitality Suite.Two such diverse personali-ties, a guy who wears butter-fly wings and a buttoneddown bean counter, set asidetheir differences and share acommon goal - Liberty.

Harmony, agreement,accord: these aren�t wordsgenerally used to describeLibertarians by the Media orfor that matter even by our-selves. People think thatwe�re like Mikie: �Libertar-ians hate EVERYTHING.�

But in reality we areALL FOR MORE LIBERTY.

So why is it so hard toget someone to listen, letalone, agree?

Larry Robert Pinci, aleader in Human PerformanceTechnology, conducted aFREE one day seminar Satur-day at the Convention on the

Power of Influence. Larrytaught over 100 libertarians asa group and also broughtindividuals up on stage(including AaronStarr, which was funto watch) to provide uswith the tools to enhancecommunication skills, in-crease rapport and raise the

Aaron Starr under intense personal instruction by Larry Pinci

�California�s budgetcrisis is not complicated andit is not intractable and it isnot mysterious. Over the lastfour years, population andinflation have grown at acombined rate of 21 percent.Revenue has grown 28percent. Spending hasgrown 36 percent. Our

distress is not for lack ofrevenue but for lack of disci-pline. And to restore thatdiscipline, three simple actsare all that is needed to putCalifornia�s financial crisisbehind us.

First, the immediatebudget shortfall requirespolicy makers to abide by the

first law of holes: Whenyou�re in one, stop digging.Most of California�s deficit isnot the difference betweenwhat it is currently spendingand what it is currently takingin. It is caused rather by theprojected increases in statespending over the next 18months. Most of the deficit isnot a matter of cutting currentspending - but rather arrestingthe growth in future spending.

That growth is driven bya variety of constitutional andstatutory mandates. Butvirtually all of them can besuspended by the Legislatureat any time by the same votethat it takes to enact thebudget. The principal excep-

The Freedom Party

* * *Budget mess:

Intractable it�s notThree basic steps -

including a 9.5% cut inspending - would end

crisisBy Tom McClintock

Republican State Senatorfrom Thousand Oaks

Senator Tom McClintock gave the Keynote address at the Saturday Night Banquet. Whilewe are still trying to convince the voters that �Politics isn�t just about Left and Right

anymore,� the Senator thinks that it is ONLY about up and down. �The Freedom Party or TheStatist Party.� He wants voters to support The Freedom Party be they Libertarian, Republi-can, Democrats, or whatever. The following is an article by him about the California Budgetmess.

Tom McClintock Elizabeth Brierly

Freedom Continued on page 3

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April 2002

First of all, welcome to thethirty-one people who

joined our party in February,including Judge James P.Gray.

And welcome to the newand returning members of ourstate party�s Executive Com-mittee. We�ve got a solid teamof people working with us thisyear, so don�t be surprised ifwe have great results to show.

Lawrence Samuels ofMonterey County founded theRampart Institute and haswritten extensively andpersuasively on Libertariantopics over the years. He isserving as our Northern ViceChair.

Mark Selzer of LosAngeles, who is serving asecond term as Southern ViceChair, has been activelyproducing and promoting hispublic access show, theLibertarian Alternative.

Lori Adasiewicz ofSacramento, after serving asuccessful stint as Treasurer,returns to the committee asParty Secretary. An estateplanning attorney, Lori alsoserves as the head of ourLegal Committee and is theChair of the Coalition Build-ing Committee.

Monica Kadera ofTujunga joins the board forthe first time as Treasurer.Monica is a CPA with herown tax practice. I�ve knownMonica for over a decade.Welcome aboard Monica.

John Scott Ballard ofPhelan in San Bernardino

County joins the board thisyear. He is serving as Chair ofthe Candidate Training &Support Committee as well asthe Literature Committee.John will be working on waysto get our candidates access toquality support from indepen-dent contractors at reasonableprices.

Ted Brown of SanGabriel, a former state chair-man, returns to the committeefor his umpteenth term. Ted�sexpertise has been in recruit-ing candidates, which is whyhe is a match as Chair of theCandidate Recruitment &Elected Official SupportCommittee. Early in his termhe will be focusing on reach-ing out to our expandingnumber of elected Libertar-ians and reporting back to uswhat�s happening to them.

M Carling of SantaClara County (and Lithuania)joins us this year on theboard. He is Chair of theEvents Planning & OversightCommittee, so he will bemaking certain that our nextconvention goes on without ahitch. He is also creating aspecial website accessible tolocal parties to help withcandidate recruitment. Staytuned.

Bruce Dovner of LongBeach returns this year asChair of the Voter Registra-tion Committee. He�ll beworking on developingeconomical ways of increas-ing our party�s base of regis-tered voters. Bruce also did alot of hard work drafting anLPC Program, which gotpassed at the convention.He�ll be working on gettingthis document in the hands ofcandidates and incorporatedinto party literature.

Daniel Wiener of SimiValley in Ventura County, aformer state chairman, returnsto the committee as the Chairof the General MembershipAcquisition & RetentionCommittee. He is alreadyhitting the ground running,focusing on innovative waysof using telemarketing and theInternet to grow our base of

contributors and members.

W. Rick Nichol ofYucaipa in San BernardinoCounty joins us this year asChair of the Visual Presenta-tion Committee. This commit-tee will make sure that ourwebsites, written materials,signs, etc. all have a common,pleasing appearance. Rick�sbackground in graphic artsshould help immensely.

Eric Fine of Los Ange-les joins us as chair of theOperation BreakthroughSupport Committee. Eric willbe calling local partiesthroughout the state to line upvolunteers to help with candi-date recruitment for localnonpartisan races, using thewebsite that is being devel-oped byM Carling.

Frank Manske ofConcord in the East Bayreturns this year as Chair ofthe Volunteer & Staff Devel-opment Committee. Frankwill be responsible for discov-ering what capabilities ourvolunteers have and develop-ing ways of measuring theiraccomplishments.

Bruce Cohen of DanaChair Continued on page 4

Shamelessly Bragging

Lance Keating from SimiValley came up to me on thesmoking deck and said; �Hey!Aren�t you the guy in the paper withthe cute little dog? Something youwrote touched a chord in me and Istarted going to meetings inDecember. This is my first Conven-tion but it won�t be my last.�

�Wow! Thanks. May I take�Wow! Thanks. May I take�Wow! Thanks. May I take�Wow! Thanks. May I take�Wow! Thanks. May I takeyour picture? You�re theyour picture? You�re theyour picture? You�re theyour picture? You�re theyour picture? You�re thefirst person to say that tofirst person to say that tofirst person to say that tofirst person to say that tofirst person to say that to

me.�me.�me.�me.�me.�Q:-D>Q:-D>Q:-D>Q:-D>Q:-D>

Each of the Candidateswho ran last year received aCertificate of Appreciation at theBanquet.

�Thanks Aaron.�Thanks Aaron.�Thanks Aaron.�Thanks Aaron.�Thanks Aaron.It was fun and eye-It was fun and eye-It was fun and eye-It was fun and eye-It was fun and eye-opening running foropening running foropening running foropening running foropening running for

Congress.�Congress.�Congress.�Congress.�Congress.�

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What a difference a daymakes, well actually a weekend.Convention.

Before convention I waspretty much a one man band. Theday after convention, I wasoverwhelmed with offers of help.This is the best LPC Monthlythat I have put out so far and it isonly going to get better. Werecently made an agreement withTrever R. Barker ofTdoggStudios to help us improvethe graphic design. To see someof Trever�s work, look at hiswebsite atwww.tdoggstudios.com. I�m sureit will be fun working with him.

Aaron Starr has alsoinstituted a biweekly interna-tional conference call with all ofthe ExComm members. (OneExComm member commutes toLithuania. And you thought yourcommute was bad.)

Each ExComm membernow leads their own Sub-Committee in the various aspectsof growing The Party. The ideais that to achieve long range

goals, we must set a series ofshort range goals and ActionItems, then FOLLOW UP. Youdon�t get what you ex-pect, unless you inspect.

I applaud Aaron�s leader-ship in asking for commitmentsand expecting personal responsi-bility in caring the commitmentout. I also hope that theExComm members only committo what they can reasonablyexpect to accomplish. It�s easy tobite off more than you can chew.Just ask me. Q:-D>Q:-D>Q:-D>Q:-D>Q:-D>

Several ExComm memberswill be regular contributors and Iwant to thank them in advancefor their contribution, not only toLPCM but to LIBERTY.

It�s a great time to be aLibertarian. Come to The Party.

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Let�s welcome ByronMartinez as our newestSupporting Member. Byronsigned up at the Sam Adamsluncheon. He said; �I camehere from Guatemala in 1986because I wanted a better life.I found one and I don�t wantto let it go. It�s time for me tostart working for Liberty.�

Bien venida amigo.Para Libertad!!!

As we enter our nextseason of campaigns,

candidates can feel a littlemore connected to the pro-cess, support and resourcesavailable. At our past stateconvention a broad strokeoutline of the candidatetoolkit was proposed. Thanksto an enthusiastic group oflibertarians, experts fromvarious areas of excellencehave already signed up to helpcreate it. Here is a draftoutline for the toolkit: Candi-date Recruitment, Petitions,Filing Requirements, Calen-dar, Planning Your Campaign,Building a Support Team,Image Building, Fundraising,Campaign Ideas, Hot Cam-paign Topics and Solutions,Mentor Section, and Training.

Most categories havebeen assigned to libertarianleaders already but there arestill a few areas missing anexpert leader to move it tocompletion. If you havecampaign experience andwould like to help us createthis candidate toolkit pleasecontact me, Kristi Stone<[email protected]>. Toview an outline of the toolkitand the areas that are stillavailable please go to ourtemporary home ofwww.GrowTheLP.org/tkFeedback and ideas arealways welcome.

It�s time to take ourcampaigns to the next level.This toolkit will be a goodresource to help us do that.

Candidate Toolkit off to a great start!

�Kristi Stone� <[email protected]>

The Libertarian Alternativeis a Libertarian TV show

that is aired on Public Accesstelevision in San Diego, LosAngeles, Orange County andmany other places. It ispleasant and professionallooking. We put a smile and apleasant mainstream look andsound to Libertarian ideas. Itlooks almost like real TV andI have on some of the bestLibertarian communicators Ican find.

RecentlyI had two LatinAmericanLibertarians onthe show to talkabout Libertari-anism from aLatin Americanperspective.They were Jose Agular aLibertarian and candidate forWater Board from East LAand Joshua Castro long timecandidate and activist for themighty LP of San Diego.They were both very persua-sive.

I also had LibertarianParty activist and candidateand former White House aideJoe Cobb on to talk about thedrug war and debate a Repub-lican on the differencesbetween the Libertarians andthem.

These shows are oneach week in an ever widen-ing area of California. Weneed more activists to helpdistribute tapes and help outwith the show. We need makeup artists and editors andassistants to help duringshooting and post production.If you can help during shoot-ing or distribution of tapes inyour area please call me at323-633-6275. Most of all the

show needs money, each showcosts $50 to $100 to produceand another untold amount ofmoney in my time and effortto make every show. Eachshow is a little better than thelast. Then even more time andmoney to distribute the show.Please help with your mostgenerous contribution bysending a check made out to:SUNBURST1830 N. Cherokee Ave #511Hollywood, Cal. 90028.

Mark SelzerSouthern Vice Chair

Why they can�t find bin Laden.Bush is looking in the wrong direction with the lens caps on.

tion is service on the debt.Thus, merely suspend-

ing these mandates andreducing current expendi-tures by 9.5 percent - andthen holding at that level for18 months - would eliminatethe deficit without the taxincreases, raids on localgovernment, and pilfering ofpension and special fundsthat the governor has pro-posed.

Could your family cutits spending by 9.5 percentin hard times? In this reces-sion, many families aredoing exactly that. Theirstate government, which isnow spending a largerportion of their earnings thanat any time in our history,could profit from theirexample.

Secondly, the discom-fort of frugality could beeased dramatically if accom-panied by a comprehensivereview of every state agencyand program now on thebooks. California stategovernment spends roughlytwice per person whatArizona spends, and yetArizona delivers a vastlyhigher level of service inevery category, including

academic performance,electricity generation, waterdelivery, and highway andhousing construction.

The difficulty in con-ducting such a review - andacting upon it - is that everyprogram has a highly moti-vated constituency that jeal-ously and expertly guards itsbudget. Faced with the long-overdue need to close obso-lete military bases, the federalgovernment confronted thesame paralysis caused byinterest group pressure.Ultimately, Congress brokethe gridlock when it took thetask of reviewing bases out ofthe political arena and gave itto an independent panel ofmanagement experts thatreturned a comprehensiverecommendation for a singleup-or-down vote.

This mechanism pre-vented the political logrolling,mutual back-scratching andparochial grandstanding thathad long blocked the consoli-dation and closure of obsoletebases. The same thing desper-ately needs to be done withCalifornia�s bureaucracies.

Finally, with the state�sfiscal affairs back in order, aconstitutional spending limit

must be restored. Californiahad such a provision from1979 to 1990, commonlycalled the Gann spendinglimit, restraining the growthof state expenditures to thecombined growth of popula-tion and inflation. Statespending still more thandoubled during this period,but only as fast as theeconomy could sustain it. In1990, the limit was blown intothe stratosphere by Proposi-tion 111.

If the Gann limit hadbeen restored at the outset ofthe Davis administration,California�s current budgetwould still be 21 percentlarger than it was four yearsago. But instead of a $35billion deficit, Californiawould enjoy a $5 billionsurplus this year - and $30billion cumulatively over thelast four.

These three simple actswould solve California�scurrent budget crisis andprevent future recurrences.Will they be enacted?

Probably not. And that�sthe only reason whyCalifornia�s budget problem isintractable. It is not answersbut action that is missing.

Freedom Continued from page 1

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Iris Adam IrvineBrian R. Brewer RiversideConnie L. Brickner OrangeMichael Butler Los AngelesPatrick T. Byrne FresnoJohn V. Colby Port HuenemeKevin Cornelsen FairfieldMignon Deming Garden GroveJim Doig Los AngelesRoger Donnon CarpinteriaEdward Feldkamp Lake ForestThomas Graves YrekaMark Haislip AnaheimRobert T. Heineman San Juan

CapistranoRobin M. Howard North HillsJennifer Mahler Hermosa BeachMelissa Manfre OrangevaleAllan Mansoor Costa MesaCharles J. Mcglinchey Huntington

BeachKevin Melby OrangeJulianna Miller-Boyer MenifeeRaphael Moller San FranciscoSteve Murphy ClovisDaniel N. Murphy Long BeachTimothy Oleary OrangeRichard J. Pitkin RosevilleRobert Raich OaklandRobert Stover ValenciaMaryMelissa Woods Atascadero

These are the 29 newmembers and

subscribers who joinedthe party during theMonth of January

Patrick J. Actor San JosePerry Bacon DowneyKelton Baker FresnoMichael G.C. Baron GlendoraCarey L. Blattner Mount LagunaLucien Desaulniers San LeandroIain Dover Huntington BeachMeagan L. Duckworth SeasideLindsey Gabel EurekaHarriet Goren Laguna NiguelJames P. Gray Newport BeachJim Hagin San DiegoRobert S. Hord Huntington BeachFrancis A. Krieger, IV Huntington

BeachDenise Latini Palm DesertDonald J. MacKenzie San DiegoBerkeley Martinez OxnardJason Rich ValenciaGayle Roth GlendoraJoe Ryan Santa ClaraJohn W. Sheahan Santa ClaraGuy H. Smith AlamedaLouis H. Smith, MD Costa MesaWilliam Swain IrvineRich Taylor Los AngelesJustin D. Tritt Huntington BeachStan Umlauft Bay PointSam Wells DowneyMark Whitney San DiegoBrian J. Wright Costa MesaGaway Young Los Angeles

These are the 31 newmembers and

subscribers who joinedthe party during theMonth of February.

Welcome toThe Party!

Point in Orange County isChair of the Awards & Recog-nition Committee. Bruce willbe helping us provide theacknowledgment and kudosall the hard-working people inour party deserve.

Stephen Cicero ofOceanside in San DiegoCounty is Chair of the Infra-structure Development Com-mittee. Stephen will be work-ing on ways of putting all ofour various databases ofpeople and resources online.

Mark Hinkle of MorganHill in Santa Clara County, aformer state chair, is servingdouble-duty as Chair of theLegislation & LobbyingCommittee and Chair of theFundraising Committee. Markwill be figuring out ways oftracking legislation and assem-bling a grass roots effort tolobby for the passage anddefeat of legislation in Califor-nia.

Edward Bowers of theSan Fernando Valley joins ourcommittee as Chair of theMedia Relations Committee.Edward hopes to get us out infront of the media with animproved image with im-proved frequency.

Terry Floyd of SanLeandro in the East Bay isserving as Chair of the SingleIssue Membership Acquisition& Retention Committee. Thiscommittee will focus onincreasing the number of

members by approachinggroups who share commonissues with us.

Joe Dehn of Palo Altoin Santa Clara County ischair of the Member Com-munications Committee. Thecommittee will focus on thecontent of our internalcommunications through thewebsite, newspaper and e-mail.

All of our committeemembers are committed to

Chair Continued from page 2

quality and quantity of ourinfluence on others. Some ofthe topics he covered were:Mastering the Seven Laws ofUnconscious Influence,Identifying People�s DecisionMaking Strategies, GainingInstant Rapport both In Personand on the Phone, IdentifyingPeople�s Driving Values,Heightening Listening Powerand a lot more.

Larry has coached andtrained thousands of peopleinto powerful breakthroughs intheir companies, careers andlives. After having sat next tohim and his lovely wife atdinner Sunday night, I willvouch for this guy. He reallyknows his stuff. If your careerpath is on the fast track inAmerica, hiring Larry as aPersonal Coach would put iton the Autobahn with thepedal to the metal. For moreinformation call 818 842-0628or <[email protected]>.

The theme of Larry�spresentation was how to buildinstant rapport with strangers,no easy trick for most libertar-ians or, for that matter, mostpeople in general. But it is thestock and trade that has beenhoned to a fine edge by sales-men. The best salesmen willconvince you that it was youridea to buy, because you trusthim.

Go into any high schoolor college cafeteria and youwill find it divided up intogroups or cliques. In onecorner are the Geeks. Nearbyare the Brainiacs and theNerds. Down the aisle a bit are

the Motorheads. In otheraisles you will find theGoths, Hispanics, Punks,Druggies, Asians (also oftendominating the Brainiacgroup), Jocks, Rahs, Blacks,etc. Why? Because it ishuman nature to want tohang around someone youcan �identify� with and wholikes you! I like to hang outwith Libertarians! And whileit is fun, it doesn�t help TheParty grow. To do that youhave to talk to THEM.

Pink Floyd was right.Everybody has a �Wall.�When you first meet some-one, theirs is about shoulderhigh. Whether they build the�Wall� higher or start to tearit down depends on if theycan �Identify� with you. Soif you shoot a New Idea atthem, it will only hit theirBrain .

Anyone in Marketingknows that people shop withtheir head but BUY WITHTHEIR HEART.

So before anyone isgoing to buy your ideasabout Liberty, you have tofirst tear down that Wall, atleast far enough to get aclean shot at the Heart.

For example, you�re ata dinner party when someGun-Grabber says; �I thinkall guns should be banned.�

The knee-jerk libertar-ian response would be, �Youare wrong and I have thefacts and figures to prove it.�

His gut reaction; �NoI�m not, you are and I havefacts and figures too!� Andconstruction begins on theWall. (�There are lies, damn

lies, and then there are statis-tics.� Disraeli) And what doyou think the other 20 peopleat the party, most of whomsupport Gun Control, arethinking?

Now to many Libertarians,the following debate andintellectual judo will be fun(should he be foolish enoughyou engage you) and you willprobably kick his butt on facts(which will only ensure thatyou�ll never talk politicsagain), but you will eachleave the party more con-vinced of your original opin-ion. Not to mention, youmight not get invited back.

Same Gun-Grabber. Differentscenario.

You: �It sounds like you arereally concerned about crimeand protecting your family.�(Identify the motivatingvalue!)

Gun-Grabber: �Yes I am.�(He takes a brick down.)

You: �Me too! The world is avery dangerous place thesedays, isn�t it?� (Agree withthe motivating value.)

Gun-Grabber: �That�s forsure.� (He takes two morebricks down.)

You: �I can understand whyyou might believe that passinga law to confiscate all theguns would make you safer,especially if you don�t ownone. It sure seems to make

meeting and updating eachother at least once every twoweeks. If you want to helpout, please feel free to contactme or any one of the finepeople who are serving youthis year. You can find our e-mail addresses at<www.ca.lp.org/lpc-ec.html>.

Aaron Starr, CPAChairmanLibertarian Party of [email protected]

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sense. (Another brick down.)But I heard that the Australiangovernment did confiscate allof the registered guns a fewyears back and violent crimeincreased 300%. It seems thatthe bad guys still had weap-ons (guns or not) because theydon�t follow the law anywayand now they knew that ALLthe law abiding citizens wereunarmed and defenseless. You

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Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis TaxpayersAssociation, gave the Keynote address at the Sam AdamsAwards luncheon.

He said in part: �The Legislature complained thatforcing the voters to vote on every tax increase caused toomany elections and led to government by the masses. Iwould rather have government by the masses than govern-ment by the asses.�

He also cautioned the �Special Use Taxes� that wemight not oppose, are often �an end run around Proposition13.�

So fight them too. Fight them all!

Dennis Umphress, LPCongressional Candidate

District 16

For conspicuous and meritori-ous activism furthering the

goals of the Libertarian Partyof California.

Maad Abu-Ghazalah LPCongressional Candidate

District 12

For the candidate who wasmost effective in communicat-

ing libertarian principles tothe voters.

Sadly neither Award Winner could attend Convention to re-ceive their Awards in person. At least one spent all their moneycampaigning and couldn�t afford to come. That really is dedi-

cation! Congratulations to you both for action above andbeyond the call of duty.

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wouldn�t want that to happenin America. Isn�t that true?�(Command question. Tonediminishes on last syllable.)

The second scenariotakes more self-control,thought, and effort but whenthe party is over, you willhave made at least one newfriend who thinks, �Maybethis guy is on to something.�If not the Gun-Grabber, then

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Come to The Party, andSchmooze.

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Awards & RecognitionBy Bruce Cohen

April 2002

Judge Gray addressed theDinner crowd Sunday night to

a warm welcome. Here is an excerptfrom his remarks.

�It is not an exaggeration to saythat Drug Prohibition is the mostcritical issue facing our great countryand the world today. The harmsforced upon us by those laws areenormous, and ever growing. Terror-ism is predominantly funded by drugmoney, as is crime and the corruptionof public officials and our people,including our children. Drug Prohibi-tion has resulted in a greater loss ofour civil liberties than anything elsein history; our country is leading theworld in the incarceration of itspeople; and has contributed substan-tially to the continuing growth,bureaucracy and intrusiveness ofgovernment.

The East Bay Libertarians will besponsoring an Operation Politi-

cally Homeless table at the upcomingconference of the National Organiza-tion for the Reform of MarijuanaLaws. We would like to solicit sup-port and volunteers from other BayArea regions to assist in this effort. Ifyou can donate some time to help usstaff the table, or some funds to helppay for it (total cost for the booth is$350), please contact Terry Floyd [email protected].

The 2003 NORML Conferencewill be held at the Hyatt RegencyHotel, 5 Embarcadero Center, SanFrancisco, CA from April 17 throughApril 19. Featured speakers includeEd Rosenthal (recently convicted ofgrowing medical marijuana in his roleas an agent hired by the OaklandCannabis Buyers Club), NadineStrossen, president of the ACLU,Lester Grinspoon, M.D., HarvardMedical School, and San FranciscoDistrict Attorney Terrence Hallinan.

This is an ideal opportunity tonetwork with our allies in the fight forfreedom and perhaps persuade themto join the Libertarian Party. Pleasehelp us spread the word!

Terry Floyd, EBLP Treasurer

OPH @ SFNORML

Ending theWar on Drugs

Superior Court Judge

James Gray

Our drug laws have failed. Thisfailure is not the fault of law enforce-ment or the criminal justice system; itis the fault of our drug laws.

As a result, I respectfully suggestthat the Libertarian Party make theissue of Drug Prohibition the singularissue of the upcoming elections in2004 � federal, state and local.Whether they know it or not, thepeople of our country and of the worldare looking to the Party of Principlefor guidance and leadership in thismost critical area.

If you need anything further fromme, please do not hesitate to ask.�

Judge Jim Gray

GOP Chairman Shawn Steelposes with newly elected NorthernVice-Chair Lawrence Samuels.

The GOP Chair had 5 minutes toask for our support of RecallingGovernor Gray Davis. The assentfrom the Delegates took even lesstime making the LP the FIRST politi-cal party to endorse the Recall.

The Republicans endorsed theRecall a week later after LPC Secre-tary Lori Adasiewicz gave a rousing 5minute speech at their Convention. Ithink they got to hear (and see) thebetter speaker.Get petitions online at:www.graydavisrecall.com

ReCall Davis

Shawn Steel Lawrence Samuels

Judge James Gray

People are motivated not by whatthey should do, but by what they

want to do.In study after study, employees

are more motivated by recognitionthan they are by compensation. Inother words, both thanks and apprecia-tion are more valuable than money inmotivating people.

That�s a good thing for Libertar-

ians. We don�t have a lot of money,and we can�t pay activists or organiz-ers. For us to energize people toachieve the success we�ve beendreaming of for decades we need tofind a way to effectively motivatethem.

Hence the �Awards and Recogni-tion� program.

The Libertarian Party acts morelike a service club and less like apolitical party.

By embracing aspects of theservice club model, we can achieve agreater level of success. Churches dothis kind of thing as a matter ofcourse. Service groups do this as partof their weekly routine. We recruitmembers, we put on events, we raisefunds and we educate people as to ourplatform. As does every serviceorganization.

By having specific standards thatregions have to meet to achieve levels

of recognition, they will be encour-aged and yes, driven to fulfill them.Regions will strive to achieve, main-tain and better their award status.They will compete with themselvesand with other regions to do the verythings we so badly desire them to. Bygiving each region a road map tofollow, we can help them achieve alevel of success at the local level that�snot been reached before.

Here�s the concept:By giving awards in three levels;

Gold, Silver and Bronze; in fourcategories:

Membership, Organization,Volunteerism and Fundraising, regionswill get into the habit of regularlydoing what every Rotary and KiwanisClub has been doing for years.

Once this becomes automatic foreach participating region, they willhave created the resources to bring theLibertarian message to a wider audi-

ence than ever before.By recognizing and awarding

those regions that meet these stan-dards, they will repeat these behaviorson an ongoing and consistent basis.Members of each region will strive toimprove and, along the way, create anefficient and organized machine and afoundation for success.

We�re hoping for your enthusias-tic support for this program, as well asyour input. We hope to make this asuccess statewide and present theprogram nationally; thus multiplyingour efforts over all 50 states!

A full copy of the program isavailable from: Bruce Cohen - StateAwards and Recognition Chair

[email protected]

Bruce Cohen

Lori Adasiewicz

Calendar of EventsCome to �The Party!�

LPC Monthly Page 7April 2002

April 2: Town Hall LosAngeles presents Dr. Paul A.Volcker, former Chairman ofthe Federal Reserve Board ofGovernors, at a noon lun-cheon to be held at the LosAngeles Marriott Downtownat 333 South Figueroa Street.Attendees will have an oppor-tunity to hear, question andmeet Dr. Volcker. For moreinformation: (213) 628-8141

April 3: Objectivism onCampus, in conjunction withthe Ayn Rand Institute, pre-sents �The Failure of theHomeland Defense: Lessonsfrom History,� by John Lewis.Dr. Lewis is a historian ofancient Greece. His focus hasbeen to integrate the fields ofpolitical science, ancienthistory and classical philologyas a means to understandingthe histories of politicalconcepts. This event willbegin at 7:00 PM at StanfordUniversity at an as-yet unde-termined location. For moreinformation: Jason Rheins,[email protected]

April 5: Institute forJustice presents a seminarsponsored by Hechinger

Institute on Education and theMedia, Teachers College andColumbia University on�Charter Schools and OtherChoices.� The speaker is ClintBolick, Vice President andNational Director of StateChapters for Institute forJustice, the nation�s premierlibertarian public interest lawfirm, appearing in courtsacross the country preservingfreedom of opportunity andchallenging government�scontrol over individuals� lives.Among the individual free-doms and rights that theInstitute defends are the rightsof parents who seek to choosethe education that best meetstheir children�s needs. Thisevent begins at 10:50 AM andis being held at the HyattRegency Los Angeles, Macy�sPlaza, 711 South Hope Street,Los Angeles, CA 90017. Formore information: CynthiaNewberry (212) 678-3930.

April 10: The South BayJewish Voice for Peace pre-sents Stephen Zunes speakingon �US Policy Towards Israeland Palestine,� third in alecture series on the history ofthe Israel-Palestine conflict.

This series for the generalpublic features some of thenation�s top Middle Easthistory scholars in an unprec-edented collaboration betweenArab, Jewish and other pro-fessors. It is designed to givean overall understanding ofthe region�s recent history andcurrent political situation. Theevent begins at 7:00 PM at theFirst Unitarian Church of SanJose, 160 N 3rd. St., down-town San Jose, between St.John and Julian St. The cost is$5.00 to $15.00 sliding scale,but no one will be turnedaway for lack of funds. Formore information:[email protected].

April 14: The Distin-guished Speakers Series,sponsored by a coalition ofSouthern California busi-nesses, presents George Willat the Pasadena Civic ArtsCenter at 8:00 PM. Mr. Will,the Pulitzer Prize-winningsyndicated columnist andNewsweek essayist, is consid-ered by many to be the fore-most political columnist ofour time. The WashingtonPost has syndicated hisnewspaper column since

1974. For more information:(310) 546-6222 orwww.speakersla.com

April 17-19: Annualnational NORML conferenceat the Hyatt Regency hotel inSan Francisco. The programwill have over 75 speakers,including Nadine Strossen(president of the ACLU),Candi Penn of the HempIndustries Association, Eu-gene Oscapella of the Cana-dian Foundation for DrugPolicy, Terence Hallinan (SanFrancisco District Attorney),Mike and Valerie Corral(beleaguered Californians),and Hollywood actor/directorDaniel Stern.

Also speaking will becultivation expert EdRosenthal. Ed was recentlyconvicted by a federal courtthat refused to allow the juryto know that he was growingmedical marijuana for seri-ously ill patients as an agentfor the city of Oakland; Ednow faces a prison sentenceof 5-40 years. Ed will discusshis experience on Thursdaymorning in a talk called �TheView From the Eye of theStorm.�

Although the conferenceparticipants will be meetingThursday through Saturday, afourth day (4/20) has beenadded for special student/activists training. It willinclude a 4/20 Easter EggHunt. For more information:NORML (888) 67-NORML [email protected] or visittheir website norml.org.

April 24: Digital Democ-racy presents Annalee Newitzin a discussion hosted byDorothy Kidd of the Univer-sity of San Francisco�s MediaStudies Department. Annaleewrites about the culturalimpact of technology andscience. She will discusshacker culture today, askingwhether government crack-downs on cyberliberties havedestroyed the geek commu-nity; and how the tech busthas changed digital society.The event begins at 4:00 PMand will be on the Universityof San Francisco campus atthe Faculty Lounge in theUniversity Center. For moreinformation: contact SharonLi, [email protected] (415) 422-6147 or Dorothy Kidd,[email protected] (415) 422-5061.

The free-market communityhas lost one of its greatest

teachers�Golden Gate Univer-sity economics professor andIndependent Institute summerseminar instructor Joseph Fuhrig,who passed away on Monday,March 3rd, 2003. The Indepen-dent Institute extends its deepestcondolences to his family andloved ones.

Those who were luckyenough to have known Joe willremember him as exceptionallygregarious, upbeat, and passion-ate � about free-market eco-nomics, peace, politics (he ranon the Libertarian Party ticket in1982 for the U.S Senate garner-ing 105,000 and in 1986 for

IN MEMORIUM:Joseph Fuhriggovernor of California receiving54,000 votes), and golf.

But it was Joe�s work as aneducator that was his greatestachievement. By his estimation,over the course of three decadeshe had taught free-marketeconomics to perhaps as manycollege students as had anyone.(If the estimate of 20,000students is an exaggeration, it isprobably not too far off.)

Joe also made a largeimpact in pro-liberty activistcircles and on the local lecturecircuit. With boundless enthusi-asm, he taught economic reason-ing to civic and business groupswith his one-man �TravelingCapitalism Show� and to highschool and college students atthe Independent Institute�s

Summer Seminars in PoliticalEconomy. His upbeat andapproachable manner andengaging Socratic teaching styleearned him consistently highevaluations from studentsattending the seminars. ProfessorFuhrig, wrote one summer

seminar student, was �a humor-ous, superbly informed teacher.�Wrote another: �Prof. Fuhrig wasan extremely interesting andengaging class leader, and Iappreciated the fact that his stylewas not pedantic, but rather opento comments, and even taughtwith a touch of humility.�Coming from students in themiddle of summer, such compli-ments may seem unusual; forJoe�s students, they were typical.

A San Francisco Bay Areanative, Joe grew up in the EastBay and studied economics atCalifornia State University,Hayward, where he earned aB.A. (1970) and M.A. (1973).He then taught economics atArmstrong College in Berkeley(1974-82), College of San Mateo

(1975-84), San Jose StateUniversity (2001-2003) andGolden Gate University (1981-2003), where he had also servedas chairman of the economicsdepartment (and where he hadearned an M.B.A. in 1989). Healso served as an adjunct profes-sor or visiting lecturer at theUniversity of San Francisco(since 2000); Advocates for Self-Government (1986-1994), CatoInstitute (1979-82); Smith Centerfor Private Enterprise Studies,CSU Hayward (since 1993), TheIndependent School in Wichita.He had also worked as aneconomist for Fair-Issac Corpo-ration (1995-2000) and since1992 had been chief economistat the Michael H. ClementCorporation.

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Nationwide Libertarian Tax Protest April 15th

Lollypops & Literature, �Do you feel like a sucker tonight?� Q;-D>Q;-D>Q;-D>Q;-D>Q;-D>

On TAXDAY EVERYBODY IS A LIBERTARIAN!!!Join the nation in the largest annual Libertarian Tax Protest at your local Post Office.

(The one that�s open until midnight and don�t forget to tape the 11 o�clock News.)Bring your Signs, wear a Costume or Suit,Bring Literature and Dum-Dum Pops�Do you feel like a sucker tonight?�90% Effective if said with a Smile.Protesting Taxes is not onlyyour Constitutional Right,IT IS YOUR CIVIC DUTY!And it�s FUN!!!Come to The Party in YOUR area!

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Curt Cornell ridden by Uncle Sam

Are you working for Liberty?Make sure you punch your virtual �time-card�!

The Volunteer and Staff Development Sub-Committee wantsto track your work for the party. Please send your name, contactinfo, activities and hours worked to the committee [email protected]. Be sure to include all of your time!Mail us once in a while, or every week.

This information will help us develop recognition programsand provide insight into what makes this party work!

Are you willing to volunteer for Liberty?Mail us at [email protected] with your location,

interests, skills, experience, and when you are available. We�lltry to match you with opportunities that fit You!