Meetups To Be Organized in Wayne County

The Libertarian Party of Wayne County is looking to organize Libertarian Meetups in Wayne County (Richmond, Centerville, Cambridge City, Hagerstown).

The first one is to be held in October.

Meetup is an opportunity for fellow libertarians to meet and discuss the issues of the day in a nice social setting and atmosphere.

Ron Cenkush Campaign Kickoff a Success

Ron Cenkush's campaign kickoff cookout last Saturday was a success with nearly 50 supporters in attendance. Ron is seeking the Libertarian nomination for Indiana State House District 5. Ron lives in Osceola.

Rob Place New 5th District Representative

Former Libertarian Party of Hamilton County Chair Rob Place is the new 5th District Representative to the Central Committee of the Libertarian Party of Indiana. Rob lives in Noblesville.

Libertarian Party of Wayne County at Hagerstown High School Football Game This Friday

This Friday evening the Libertarian Party of Wayne County will be running the concession stand and taking tickets at the Hagerstown High School football game.

Libertarian Party of Indiana Executive Director on Two Popular Indianapolis Morning Radio Shows

Last Friday, Libertarian Party of Indiana Executive Director Chris Spangle was on Abdul in the Morning on WXNT 1430 AM and The Smiley Show on WZPL 99.5 FM. Both stations are based out of Indianapolis.

Warrick, Knox and Vanderburgh County Organizational Meeting Set for Saturday, September 26th in Vincennes

The Libertarian Party of Indiana has tentatively set an organizational meeting on Saturday, September 26th in Vincennes for Warrick, Knox, and Vanderburgh counties.

Libertarian Hour on Abdul in the Morning?

This Friday, September 18th, from 7 to 8 in the morning, Libertarian Party of Indiana Executive Director Chris Spangle, Libertarian Party of Marion County Chairman Tim Maguire and Libertarian Party of Marion County Communications Director Sean Shepard will be on Abdul in the Morning, WXNT 1430 AM in Indianapolis.

Cenkush Seeking Libertarian Nomination for Indiana House District 5

Ron Cenkush kicks off his campaign for the Libertarian Party of Indiana nomination for Indiana House District 5 on Saturday, September 19th with a cookout. Click here for more information on the cookout in Osceola, and click here for his campaign's website.

Libertarian Party of Wayne County Garage Sale a Success

The Libertarian Party of Wayne County's annual Garage Sale was a success. It reportedly raised over $3000 for the county party, a new record for the sale.

Above are pictures from the events (courtesy of the Libertarian Party of Wayne County).

Libertarians and High School Football - A Good Combination

The Libertarian Party of Wayne County will be working the concession stand at the Hagerstown High School football game on September 25th.

Libertarian City-County Councilor Helps Prevent Cable Companies From Passing Costs To All Taxpayers Instead of Users

Tuesday evening, the Indianapolis City-County Council's Administration and Finance Committee met to go over parts of the 2009 City Budget.

There was a proposal to remove the Executive Director of the Indianapolis Telecom and Video Services Agency. Interestingly, the Executive Director of the Telecom and Video Services Agency has been aggressive advocating for right-of-way fees and franchise fees from the local cable companies.

Normally, I'm for downsizing government. However, in this situation, I saw a very transparent attempt to remove a government employee who was trying to keep the cable companies from using their advantages with government to pass the costs to taxpayers rather than users. If the current Executive Director is successful, the financial burden on the taxpayers from the the use of government resources and special rights to use public right-of-ways will be eased and passed to the users of cable services, or the costs will be absorbed by the cable companies and will diminish their profits (they all appear very profitable).

Libertarian City-County Councilor Ed Coleman helped organize the effort to reinsert the executive director's position in the proposed budget. He, along with Democrat councilor Joanne Sanders were well prepared, well informed, and advocated against this change. Amazingly, Republican councilor Barbara Malone did not vote with the majority Republicans on the committee, and the executive director's position was reinserted into the budget.

Blogger Paul Ogden has a really good post on this, titled "Ballard Administration Loses Budget Vote To Eliminate Executive Director of Telecom Agency". Be sure to see Sean Shepard's comment to this blog post in which he explains reality - it will take awhile to dismantle the current government system and replace it with a free market system - but in the meanwhile efforts to reduce the unfairness and tax burden to the taxpayer should be supported - even if it means keeping one more government employee.

Lastly, I'm against corporate welfare in all forms, and this is a victory, in my opinion, in the fight against corporate welfare.

Why I Really Have a Major Problem with our Current Federal Government Right Now

We are all criminals you know. But never fear, for here come more bureaucratic storm troopers to save us from ourselves.