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Colorado Liberty Newsletter

May 2010 | Vol 39 Issue 5

  From The Chair  

I had the honor of speaking at the Denver Tax Day Tea Party on April 15. The Libertarian Party of Colorado had a strong presence. Our nominee for the Sixth US Congressional District, Rob McNealy, emceed the event and several other registered Libertarians addressed the crowd.


Watch The Videos And Let Freedom Ring.


David K. Williams, Jr.
Libertarian Party of Colorado State Chair
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  Vice Chair Report
 By Steve Gallant, Vice Chair
On April 27, I attended the Jefferson County Libertarian Party affiliate meeting, where we discussed outreach opportunities, including a May 17 voter registration drive at the Jefferson County Courthouse (AKA the Taj Mahal), Taste of the West on May 6, and the Boulder Creek Festival. Chair Dan Sallis said he collected 29 voter registrations at the 4/20 marijuana rally. Bud Martin discussed his campaign for House District 27 and showed us his campaign hat and business cards. He also plans to use magnetic signs for cars to promote his campaign.

We decided to place an advertisement in the Libertarian Party of Colorado newsletter to recruit a new Jefferson County Libertarian Party outreach director. We discussed hosting a Libertarian Open House in Jefferson County. Sallis said he would like to give his "Know Your Rights" presentation on college campuses statewide. Sallis said that he would like to give a presentation at the Colorado School of Mines to help develop and promote a campus Libertarian affiliate there. I provided Sallis with contact information for a potential School of Mines libertarian activist.

On April 28, at a well-attended Libertarian Open House in Fort Collins, I spoke to several activists who are ready to get involved (or more involved) on the state, county and CSU campus levels. I plan to follow-up with them to find the best ways we can work together to spread the word.

The Affiliate Representative Committee Meeting has been rescheduled for May 10 at 5:45PM at LPHQ. Ryan Gaunt will give a presentation about his goals for outreach in relation to affiliate growth.

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  Campaigns Report
 By Norm Olsen, Campaigns Director
This election cycle, the Libertarian Party of Colorado, for the first time in its history, is having a state wide primary.

Approximately 3/4 of all Colorado counties will conduct a mail in ballot for the August 10th primary. If you haven't already done so, change your voter registration to "Libertarian" so that you can participate.

Below are the candidates that will be working to bring the message of individual freedom and limited government to over three million Colorado voters. Please support these candidates in every way, and as much as you can.

2010 Libertarian Party of Colorado Candidates:

OfficeNamePhoneEmailWebsite
US SenateMaclyn Stringer303-921-0971ComposeVisit
US SenateJohn Finger719-499-8056ComposeVisit
US Congress 1Jeffrey Schitter303-477-3972ComposeVisit
US Congress 1Clint Jones303-936-3874ComposeVisit
US Congress 2Curtis Harris303-263-0132ComposeVisit
US Congress 3Gregory Gilman719-778-8198ComposeVisit
US Congress 5Jerell Klaver303-319-6743ComposeVisit
US Congress 6Rob McNealy720-235-8683ComposeVisit
US Congress 7Buck Bailey303-828-8527Compose
GovernorDan Kilo720-939-8467ComposeVisit
GovernorJaimes Brown303-349-9188ComposeVisit
Lt GovernorKen Wyble
CU Regent At LargeJesse B. Wallace303-564-1031Compose
CO Senate 7Gilbert R. Fuller970-434-0707Compose
CO Senate 11Doug RandallCompose
CO House 4Marc GoddardComposeVisit
CO House 12Bo Shaffer303-579-2979Compose
CO House 27G. T. "Bud" Martin800-649-0785Compose
CO House 38Frank Atwood720-260-1493Compose
CO House 57Mike Kien970-736-8340Compose
CO House 60Christine Smith719-966-4788ComposeVisit
Boulder County District 3Eva F. Kosinski303-666-5872ComposeVisit
Delta County District 1Gary Johnson970-874-2964ComposeVisit
Mesa County District 2Stephen Saint970-812-7149Compose

  F.R. Outreach Report
 By Ryan Gault, Outreach Director
~ ~ ~ Please Get Involved - Click Here! ~ ~ ~
Are You In Jeffco? You Are Qualified!!

Become the Outreach Director for the Jefferson County Libertarians and have a real impact on local politics.

You can help decide which outreach events our activists should attend.
You can help develop our plan of attack.

We have lists of the Libertarians and Events in Jeffco. We just need you to put it together.

Contact Mike Spalding at mspalding@aol.com for more information.
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  Fundraising Report
 
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Wanted: Fundraising Director

The LPCO Board of Directors is seeking a highly motivated Libertarian to establish, produce and operate fundraising activities.

This is a volunteer position that requires a two year commitment with an average of 2 hours per week.

Please contact board@lpcolorado.org with interest and questions.
LPCO Board
Libertarian Party of Colorado
6989 S. Jordan Road
Second Floor, Suite 5U
Centennial, Colorado 80112
(303) 936-3874
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  Legislative Report
 By Buck Bailey, Legislative Director
With May 12th rapidly approaching, there are only a few days left in this session for the Colorado General Assembly. As of May 1, 2010, 642 Bills (430 House and 212 Senate) have been introduced for changes to the Colorado Revised Statutes. This is about normal for each session. To date 197 have passed and received the Governor's signature and 153 have been killed. You can readily access the wealth of information about the current (as well as past) Bills at: http://www.leg.state.co.us/.

Also, I try to keep track of current status with a spreadsheed that you can access on the Libertarian Party of Colorado website at: http://lpcolorado.org/legislative/2010ColoBillStatus.xls. Each Bill has some impact or effect on our freedoms and/or pocketbooks.

Please forward this information to friends and family who are concerned about defending our freedoms!

Urge others to sign up to receive free liberty alerts at:
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  Media Report
 By Kate Melvin, Media Director
I'm pleased to report that the media coverage of our convention was excellent. Since the last newsletter, a few additional articles have been released covering our convention, our candidates and our August primaries. For our candidates, I would like you to consider advertising your campaign through the Colorado Press Association. This group of writers and editors from Colorado newspapers has composed an informational packet about advertising opportunities in print media accross the state. As journalists, they are experts at understanding the role of print media in political campaigning, and will be able to provide you with valuable insight into print advertising. I encourage you to view these materials (in a 7MB PDF file) by clicking here and consider the rates.

I am also working with candidates on podcasts. Currently, I've arranged time with two of our candidates. Please email me for more information about recording podcasts about yourselves as candidates and your campaign platforms.

  Membership Report
 By Clint Jones, Membership Director
I have been reading the Denver Post letters to the editor on Fri/Sat/Sun for months. If a letter has a Libertarian theme, I check for the voter registration of that writer. If not Libertarian and I can find the address of the person, I mail a short cover letter and an Libertarian Party pamphlet to them. I usually mail out 1 or 2 a week.

I am calling Libertarians in Denver County and focusing on the people with whom I only left a message the first time through. John Finger is also calling in the El Paso County area. If you want to assist LPCO in gaining more Activist and Contribution support in your county, contact me at membershipdirector@lpcolorado.org. I have an easy 4 question script and use a Google Docs spreadsheet to log each voter's reply.

Candidates - Do you know who your contributors and activists are in your district? If not, contact me membershipdirector@lpcolorado.org

I have been focusing more on my Congressional candidacy for the last month and will strive to dovetail both the campaign and the Membership Director duties for the rest of 2010.
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Become A Volunteer Coordinator

OPPORTUNITY to help liberty: Volunteer Coordinator for the Libertarian Party of Colorado. This person will use their people skills to find, motivate, and guide the various volunteers that contact the LPCO, matching the volunteer interests to the needs of the organization. This is a volunteer position for a political party that has a Board of Directors that is committed, interesting, and active in the community. A one year commitment with an average of 4-6 hours per week is needed. Please contact membershipdirector@lpcolorado.org with interest and questions
Clint Jones
Libertarian Party of Colorado
6989 S. Jordan Road
Second Floor, Suite 5U
Centennial, Colorado 80112
(303) 936-3874
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  Publications Report
 By Transitional Staff, Publications Director
The Publications Director position on the board is currently vacant.
Please step up and fill this vital board position by sending your information to: board@lpcolorado.org

Our publications consist of the Colorado Liberty, the state website, the LPCO blog, and event announcements.

If you would like to be informed about the activities of the Libertarian Party of Colorado, subscribe to the Colorado Liberty Newsletter (or unsubscribe if you are subscribed and no longer want to be. Every email will end with an unsubscribe link and we do not share your information with anyone).

Subscribers need to make sure that our newsletter is whitelisted, and check their "Junk" & "Spam" boxes. Members are encouraged to make sure that they have added "Libertarian Party of Colorado" [lpcoliberty@lpcolorado.org] to their "safe senders list" so that Newsletters, like this one, don't end up in their spam folder.

Also, if your email address ever changes, please remember to update your email address for your subscription to The Colorado Liberty Newsletter to avoid any interruption in service.

All Colorado Liberty Newsletters are archived at http://lpcolorado.org/coloradoliberty.aspx

If you have a letter to the editor published, or have posted an op-ed on a blog and would like to see it in Colorado Liberty, please email me.

If you would like to sponsor the Colorado Liberty or the LPCO website with an advertisement, click here.

Thank you for your dedication to liberty.

  Treasurer Report
 By Mike Spalding, Treasurer
Thank you to our 1776 Club members. Thank you to our 1776 Club members.
These are the people that keep the doors open and the lights on at the State party. Please consider joining them!

  • Biff Baker
  • Christopher Grundemann
  • Clint Jones
  • Curtis Harris
  • Daniel Underkofler
  • Debbie Schum
  • Deni Cates
  • Doug Anderson
  • Doug Randall
  • Eva Kosinski
  • Frank Atwood
  • Grace Reed
  • Greg Woods
  • Jaimes Brown
  • James J. Frye
  • Jeff Lucius
  • Jennifer Amerkhanov
  • Jerell Klaver
  • Joe Klauser
  • Kathryn Chappell
  • Leah Kelley
  • Martin Buchanan
  • Mary MacFarlane
  • Michele Poague
  • Mike Spalding
  • Monte Poague
  • Norman Olsen
  • Rand Fanshier
  • Richard Randall
  • Ron Thomas, Jr.
  • Rob McNealy
  • Shannon Murphy
  • Steve Adams
  • Steve Gallant

We have increased our Membership to nearly 12,000 members. Still, there are only Thirty Four 1776 Club Members.

Please join these 34 dedicated individuals who help Coloradans hear the vigilant voice of liberty. With their support, Libertarians have ballot access, basic support for local Libertarian Candidates, rent, utilities, outreach/education for Colorado Voters.

Any amount helps. If we can do this much for free, what could we do with a positive budget? Please donate.
  Western Slope Report
 By Debbie Schum, Western Slope Regional Director
I have been laid up with some surgeries and things related, so things have slowed down a little for me, but not that much!

We are still registering Libertarians in western Colorado, and I am excited to see how many people have contacted me to ask what they can do to volunteer. Here is what I suggest:
  1. Look at the Libertarian Party of Colorado website at the candidates list. Find some of the candidates closest to you and contact them to volunteer with their campaigns. It is a truly learning and rewarding experience to be involved in a real campaign. This experience alone will give you PLENTY of ideas of what needs to be done for the future!
  2. Go to www.cotaxreform.com and volunteer or donate. A $100 donation could bring you back a five fold return in first year savings from proposition 101 alone! If you are tired of asking the government to reform itself, then help us start TELLING them how it's going to be! Stand up for your right to petition the government.
  3. Do you have a Libertarian Party affiliate in your county? If you do, start attending meetings. Guaranteed they need your help and input. If you don't, then contact me about how to get one started.
  4. Attend 3 random city council and/or county commissioner meetings. If this doesn't get you motivated to do something, nothing will. You will be absolutely amazed and appalled at what you learn in these meetings, and how far away things really are from where you think they are, let alone where you think they are supposed to be.
As always, I enjoy hearing from all of you, feel free to contact me or any of the other board members, and help us in our fight for liberty!
  Libertarians In The News:
  3rd party candidates take root...in state's ever-changing political landscape - By Anthony Bowe


Third party candidates in Colorado are galvanized by grassroots efforts permeating the country this election season.

Third Party candidates in 2010

Libertarian Party:
Jaimes Brown (Governor)
Dan "Kilo" Sallis (Governor)
Maclyn Stringer (U.S. Senate)
John Finger (U.S. Senate)
Clint Jones (Congress CD1)
Jeffrey Schitter (Congress CD 1)
Curtis Harris (Congress CD 2)
Gregory Gilman (Congress CD 3)
Jerell Klaver (Congress CD 5)
Rob McNealy (Congress CD 6)
Buck Bailey (Congress CD 7)

Unity Party of America:
Levi Hancock (Governor)
Ray Roman (U.S. Senate)
Bill Hammons (Congress CD 2)
Mike Nelson (Congress CD 4)

Green Party:
Bob Kinsey (U.S. Senate)
Gary Swing (Congress CD 1)

American Constitution Party:
Benjamin Goss (Governor)

Independent candidates:
Peter Carr (Governor)
Jason Clark (Governor)
Rich Hand (Governor)
Michael Forrester (Governor)
Kathleen Cunningham (Governor)
Jake Segrest (Congress CD 3)

A large number of so-called alternative candidates have joined a mix of Republicans trying to unseat Democrats by capitalizing on the pulsing tea party movement and a growing number of unaffiliated voters.

The Libertarian Party, for instance, trumpets eleven candidates in Colorado for U.S. senate, congress and governor. The Unity Party of America follows with four candidates, the Green Party has two, and the American Constitution Party has one in the state. Half a dozen independent candidates are also running in 2010.

The Libertarian Party emerged from its state convention on March 20 with the most candidates it has ever fielded in federal races, according to state party chair David Williams Jr. The party will hold primaries in three races — marking the first time Colorado Libertarians will require multiple primaries.

"That's just indicative of the people's mood and displeasure with the two party system," Williams said. "We'll use the opportunity to educate as many people as possible about the alternative to the two party duopoly that more and more represents big government.

"I think we'll do historically well in this upcoming election," he said.

Libertarian primaries will be held in the U.S. senate race between Maclyn Stringer and John Finger, in the gubernatorial race between Jaimes Brown and Dan "Kilo" Sallis, and in the CD 1 race between Clint Jones and Jeffrey Schitter. Five candidates are running unopposed: Curtis Harris in CD 2, Gregory Gilman in CD 3, Jerell Klaver in CD 5, Rob McNealy in CD 6 and Buck Bailey in CD 7.

State primaries will be held Aug. 10.

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This news story appears at: coloradostatesman.com
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