PRE-CONVENTION ISSUE

Hurry! Early-bird rates go up after Thursday!

Libertarian Party of California 2009 Annual Convention of Delegates

Register and come to the LPC annual convention. Early-bird rates expire at the end of the day Thursday April 9. Register now before the rates go up!

The convention hotel has agreed to hold our block of rooms and extend our special rates an extra week — through this Thursday. But, you have to act now! The entire hotel is almost sold out, and once all the rooms in our block are reserved or returned to the room pool on Friday, whichever comes first, there is no guarantee of being able to get a room. Contact the convention hotel directly to reserve your room, now.

See the links below to the convention page on the LPC website for more convention details:

Purpose
Date & Location
Agenda & Program
Registration
Accomodations
To Be Qualified As a Delegate
Elected Libertarian Officials
Hospitality Suites/Caucus Rooms
Exhibitors
Media
Fly-In
Golfing for Liberty
Sponsorship
Bylaws Committee Report

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Convention Speakers

There is a fantastic line-up of speakers for the convention. These include:

• Hon. Ed Coleman, Indianapolis City Council member, delivers his first-hand report of his political life after switching to the Libertarian Party
  
  
• Hon. John Inks, Mountain View City Council member, shares his insights on governing as a Libertarian
  
  
• Hon. Norm Westwell, President of the Ocean View School District speaks about his two terms in office
  
  
• Art Pedroza, founder of the highly influential Orange Juice Blog, reveals secrets of effective political blogging
  
  
• Kaelan Housewright, co-author of the new Domestic Partnership Initiative, offers a simple, workable solution for equal treatment under law
  
  
• Wayne Allyn Root, our energizing presidential hopeful, the highlighted speaker at our banquet, gives his views on lessons for the Libertarian Party and movement
  
  
• Prof. Fred Foldvary, Lecturer in Economics at Santa Clara University, explains why the current economic crisis is not a market failure
  
  
• Greg Perry of Perry Political Software, demonstrates working with your voter registration database
  
  
• Dana McLorn and Zander Collier, formidable California Libertarian activists, teach using social networking to grow the party (McLorn presents Meet-up.com, Collier presents Facebook.com)
  
  
• Jack Dean, editor of Pension Watch and PensionTsunami.com, warns about the coming public pension crisis
  
  
• Dr. Adrian Moore, Vice President of Research at Reason Foundation, delivers his California issues brief, and an introduction to reason.tv
  

Register now online, and then
Contact the hotel directly to reserve your room.
See this link for the Golf event and dinner on Friday

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Preliminary Convention Schedule

Friday
Platform and Bylaws committee meetings; optional golf fund raiser and dinner

Saturday
Convention opens. Breakfast and lunch buffets (with some registration packages), featured speakers, educational breakout sessions; business sessions incl. Bylaws report and election of Party officers. Recess for Saturday evening banquet.

Sunday
Breakfast and lunch buffets (with some registration packages), featured speakers, educational breakout sessions; business sessions incl. election of Party representatives and Platform Report. Convention closes. Executive Committee meeting.

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A Pure Free Market Would Quickly Revive the Economy

Suppose that instead of their massive spending, bailouts, and subsidies, governments at all levels declared a state of freedom. In a pure free market, the economy would thrive because doing business would have much lower costs and much greater rewards. People want to work and produce, but barriers imposed by government stop them. All that is really needed to get the economy going again is to stop interfering with what folks want to do. (Mon, 9 Mar 2009)

Respond to Medical Pot Raids with Legalization

Activists are outraged over President Obama's raid of Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco, but they should not be surprised. This episode should remind liberal pot activists of the potentially despotic power involved in tax collection. Short of exempting medical marijuana from sales tax altogether, California should legalize marijuana, leave its regulation to the market, and, for now, treat it like any other retail good in terms of tax law. (Mon, 6 Apr 2009)

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Taxpayers and Economic Freedom in California Will Take Another Hit Tomorrow

News release announcing that thanks to the Democrats and Republicans in Sacramento, Californians can look forward to having two tax days this April. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009)



Libertarian Party of California Backs Domestic Partnership Initiative

News release announcing the LPC endorsed the Domestic Partnership Initiative. (Thu, 26 Mar 2009)

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The Honorable John Inks is our featured individual this issue. John was recently sworn in as a city council member in Mountain View, a city of around 80,000 and the home to Google, nestled next to the bay in the Silicon Valley.

John has been working towards this goal for some time, having served on the Parks and Recreation committee, running for the city council and falling short by just a few hundred votes, then serving on the Environmental Planning Commission first as a member then as president. Congratulations to John, and to the citizens of Mountain View.

John will be one of our featured speakers at the annual convention to be held April 24 to 26.

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• Annual Libertarian Party of California Convention
  Friday April 24, through Sunday April 26, 2009
  Visalia, CA (see article, above)

• Special Election
  Tuesday May 19, 2009
  Polls open at 7am and close at 8pm
  Voter Guide

• Fundraiser
  Carmel-by-the-Sea, Saturday August 29, 2009
  Ed Clark, former LP Presidential nominee will be headlining. Stay tuned for more information.
  

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