Indiana Libertarians Running for Office in 2010

Darrell Dillard of Clarksville, Indiana is actively seeking the Libertarian Party of Indiana nomination for the Indiana State House 70 seat. He filed the paperwork for his campaign committee on July 8th.

Benjamin Thompson of Elkhart may be seeking the Libertarian Party of Indiana nomination for Indiana's 2nd Congressional District.

Former Libertarian Party of Marion County chairman Barry Campbell is also rumored to be considering a run for either the Indiana House or Indiana Senate.

Sean Shepard Well Represents Libertarian Party of Marion County

Sean Shepard, communications director of the Libertarian Party of Marion County, spoke last night before the Rules of Committee of the Indianapolis City-County Council. Part of his remarks are quoted in the Indianapolis Star article "Council panel OKS 1% hotel tax hike".

UPDATE: Sean is also quoted by NBC television station WTHR 13 in Indianapolis in the story Hotel tax increase moves forward in council.

Liedtky Quoted on WTCA Radio

Libertarian Party of Indiana Central Committee Representative (2nd District) Ryan Liedtky is quoted on the increase of the minimum wage by radio station WTCA AM in Plymouth, Indiana. One of the outcomes he mentions is how the increase of the minimum wage is good for big business, for it helps to drive their smaller competitors out of business. No wonder Republicans now tend to vote for minimum wage for it supports big business, which is what the Republican Party is now all about - a big government for big business.

Chris Spangle Responds to David Nolan's Letter to the LNC

Libertarian Party of Indiana Executive Director responds to David Nolan's letter to the Libertarian National Committee in his blog post "Political Science is as Important as Political Theory".

Libertarian Party of Wayne County Chair Rex Bell Guest Panelist on Palladium-Item Web Site Program

On Thursday, July 16th, Libertarian Party of Wayne County Chair Rex Bell was a guest panelist on the Richmond Palladium-Item web site program, P-I Live!. He was joined by liberal Robert Hertzog and conservative Nate Lamar for a recreation of Point, Counterpoint, and Another Point. It was a live chat format.

Wayne County Libertarians Advertising in Hagerstown High School Sports Program

The Libertarian Party of Wayne County will be placing "The World's Smallest Political Quiz" in the Hagerstown High School sports program again this year.

LP Stuff.com

My friend and fellow Libertarian Webb Garlinghouse runs LP stuff.com. You can get all types of Libertarian items at LP stuff.com, including buttons, banners, signs, clothing, mugs, etc. Check it out.

What's Going On With the Libertarian Party of Indiana

On June 30th, Libertarian National Committee member Rebecca Sink-Burris and Libertarian Party of Indiana Executive Director Chris Spangle went to a rally at the State House presented by Patients United Now

Libertarian Party of Indiana Central Committee member Travis Zellers (5th District) is moving to Florida. He works for Apple (my favorite computer maker). Travis will be missed in Indiana. Florida Libertarians will be blessed!

Last Tuesday, July 7th, the Libertarian Party of Hamilton County and the LIbertarian Party of Indiana had a tent at the Vans Warped Tour '09. It was a very popular tent and scores of concert goers took the World's Smallest Political Quiz. A super majority of the test takers scored in the upper Centrist or Libertarian quadrant. The future of this country is with the youth!

Libertarian Sean Shepard Feature Interview in Today's Indianapolis Star

Libertarian Sean Shepard is featured in an interview in today's Indianapolis Star titled "Trying to help dial back federal power".

Shepard was the Libertarian candidate in last year's special election for Indiana's 7th Congressional District. He is currently Communications Director for the LIbertarian Party of Marion County.

The Libertarian Party - For the Poor and Other Comments as We Celebrate July 4th

The Libertarian Party is about truly free markets and government doing a few things well, such as enforcement of laws against fraud. The federal government has grown so large and has lost so much focus, it was not able to do anything about the massive fraud perpetrated by Bernie Madoff over at least 16 years!

Libertarians are not a part of the Republicans or Democrats, which are advocates of special interest groups, such as corporations or unions.

Libertarians advocate for equality, fairness and the common woman/man. For example, Libertarians abhor the regressive Social Security tax, which only taxes a low level of income, which guarantees the poor have to pay a larger percentage of their limited income for the tax than the wealthy.

Libertarians also abhor all of the business regulations that prevent the poor from starting their own businesses by making it too difficult and expensive to do so. But the R's and D's prefer workers - they don't want them competing against their business owner elites.