Published: Monday, May 5, 2014 at 10:38 p.m.  Last Modified: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 9:41 a.m.  
    Lucas Jewell, a 22-year-old libertarian activist and former    U.S. Navy air traffic controller, has filed to run for the    Alachua County Commission District 4 seat Commissioner Susan    Baird will vacate after this November's election.  
    Jewell is relatively new to Gainesville, having moved here in    January to be closer to his mother after her husband died in a    car accident.  
    I mean, I'm going to live here for a while and you can either    sit back and complain about things or you can say, 'Screw it,    I'm going to throw my hat in the ring and see what happens,'    he said.  
    Jewell grew up in North Florida and told The Sun he enlisted in    the Navy in 2010 at 18 years old, serving as an air traffic    controller before he was eventually honorably discharged in    March 2013 after filing as a conscientious objector.  
    After leaving the military, he got involved as the business    manager for Adam vs. The Man, a talk show helmed by libertarian    activist Adam Kokesh that has existed in various formats    (mostly online).  
    While he worked with Adam vs. The Man, Jewell said he    participated in Smoke Down Prohibition rallies in Philadelphia    during which people would smoke marijuana publicly as an act of    civil disobedience meant to make the legalization issue more    visible.  
    Jewell told The Sun he was arrested at a Smoke Down Prohibition    event in June 2013, while Kokesh had already been arrested at a    prior rally.  
    He said he had a hand-rolled tobacco cigarette and was trying    to get the police to focus on him so others wouldn't be    arrested. I don't know how regular people get arrested, but    libertarians don't really comply, he said.  
    Jewell said he sat down and forced the authorities to carry him    off.  
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Libertarian activist to run for District 4 Alachua County seat