Being Libertarian | US No Longer Considers Assad a Priority Being Libertarian With an estimated 400,000 deaths in Syria and over 5 million displaced from their homes due to the costly civil war, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, told reporters that removing Assad is no longer a focus. You pick and choose ... |
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The Liberty Conservative | ANTIFA Terrorists Force Libertarian Festival To Move To Undisclosed Location The Liberty Conservative Terror threats from ANTIFA leftists had put the Mid-Atlantic Liberty Festival in jeopardy after the original event hosts canceled, but organizers have confirmed that the event will take place at the same time and date but at an undisclosed location ... |
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On Fridays St. Louis on the Air, Robb Cunningham, the Libertarian candidate for mayor of St. Louis, joined host Don Marsh to discuss his platform ahead of the general municipal election on April 4.
Cunningham makes his living as a saxophonist and considers himself a "rock n' roll Libertarian."
We spoke with Republican candidate Andrew Jones on March 27 and with Democratic candidate Lyda Krewson on March 22. In addition to our conversation with Cunningham on Friday, well also hear from the Green candidate for mayor and two independent candidates for mayor.
Robb Cunningham, the Libertarian candidate for mayor of St. Louis, joined St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh to discuss his platform.
On what "rock n' roll Libertarian" means:
"The rock n' roll part is that I'm willing to work and compromise. I'm not the smartest Libertarian, I'm not the richest Libertarian, I'm not the most politically-educated Libertarian. I consider myself a 'rock n' roll politician' in that I want to get things done and I want to get things done well. The Libertarian message and Libertarian philosophy works. That's the bottom line."
On his platform:
"My lead issue is racial trust. The fact white people are afraid of black people and black people are afraid of white people is just a generalization but unfortunately it is mostly true. The word racism means something different to black people than white people. ... We're going to have a conversation, we're going to get people together, we're going to make it big. We're going to have everyone in St. Louis invited to come in, black people and white people, talking about serious issues: racism, reparations issues, all these things that get people divided and get people heated up. It won't cost that much. We'll bring them into City Hall."
On poverty and violent crime:
"The whole idea of poverty is that we have to bring in jobs. Jobs don't come to St. Louis because of violent crime. Until we get violent crime together, we're not going to be able to talk about the jobs situation. This is one of my more controversial issues: I want to work with the gangs. The gangs aren't all bad. These aren't the guys making armed robberies in the Central West End to get $10 off somebody, but these guys know who these guys are, though. And these guys have more respect for these gangs than they do for the police or the government. If we can bring in the jobs after we bring down violent crime, bring down the murder rate, bringing the gangs to be involved and then we take the slack off possible drug sales. Get violence centered on and get off the drugs.
"We're not going to be chasing down or asking people to snitch about drug sales. If they can have drug sales from where we can bring down the murder rate, that causes murder. Whenever we start trying to get drug sales and getting people to snitch, that's where murders are coming from."
If you want to find out more about Cunningham's platform for mayor, you can find information here:https://www.facebook.com/RobbLibertarian/
St. Louis on the Airbrings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region. St. Louis on the Air hostDon Marshand producersMary Edwards,Alex HeuerandKelly Moffittgive you the information you need to make informed decisions and stay in touch with our diverse and vibrant St. Louis region.
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Over the weekend, Colorados Libertarian Party, which saw its membership swell in the run-up to the presidential election, rallied for its state convention.
This years theme was Liberty City if you could start from scratch, how would you create your Libertarian utopia? and took place at the Westin in Westminster.
The states third largest political party had a good year in 2016, seeing its membership crack more than 1 percent of registered voters statewide as Coloradans looked for candidates and affiliation outside the two major parties.
Because of that, the Libertarians 2016 U.S. Senate nominee, Lily Tang Williams, was allowed to participate in the first general election debate, held in Grand Junction by the West Slope business group Club 20.
On Election Day, the Libertarian presidential nominee, Gary Johnson, snagged 5.18 percent in Colorado with 144,121 votes one of his best showings of the cycle in a swing state.
Since the election, though, membership in the state party here has actually dipped. By November 1, 2016, the party counted 43,511 members in its ranks. As of the beginning of this month it had 43,441, according to the Secretary of States office.
That said, We had probably the best convention we ever had, says Castle Rock real estate broker Wayne Harlos, who was elected chair of the state party this weekend. We had more participation in this off-year convention than we had last year in an election year.
Harlos attributes the turnout to the conventions content and promotion. Seminars included Tactics for Defending Your Business from the Regulations, The Failed War on Drugs, Liberty and the African American, and When Helping is Hurting: Prostitution. Speakers included former Libertarian presidential candidate Steve Kerbel and Libertarian Nebraska Sen. Laura Ebke.
As for leadership changes, the party and Colorado lost two of its most prominent figures. Its former chairman, Jay North, is moving out of state, Harlos said.
And Williams, a Chinese immigrant who crisscrossed the state in 2016 as the partys fiery U.S. Senate candidate, is leaving Colorado for New Hampshire. She has joined the Free State Project, she says, which is a political migration movement urging 20,000 Libertarian-minded people to flock to the Granite State.
I think maybe I could be more effective here, she told The Colorado Independent from New Hampshire, saying it can be hard to compete in a state as populous and politically diverse as Colorado. (Williams earned 3.62 percent of the vote in the 2016 U.S. Senate election, with 99,277 voters casting ballots for her in the race.)
I know the Libertarian Party is doing great in Colorado, she said. They have a new board and are showing strong leadership. I think they will do great things.
Unlike neighboring Nebraska, Colorados state legislature doesnt have any Libertarians. But the party does count Beau Woodcock, the mayor of Milliken, in its ranks.
The national Libertarian Party was founded in Colorado Springs in the early 1970s.
Photoof Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson campaigning for president in Colorado by Corey Hutchins
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Being Libertarian | Shortcuts & Delusions: There Will Be Partisanship Being Libertarian There were so many tropes, signifiers, and foreshadowing that I knew that no Democrats would break ranks, and I knew that there'd be a rift between the more conservative/libertarian wing of the GOP and moderate Republicans regarding repeal and replace; ... |
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