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January 2000 Libertarian Party of California, San Diego Region v.X i.1 San Diego Libertarian Party Convention
The convention will be shortened this year, due to the upcoming California LP convention to be held here in San Diego in February (see below). Included will be: dinner and business meeting, elections, presentation of award for Attorney of the year, and a brief speech by Richard Rider. Dinner and program: $30 plus $4 parking
Election 2000:
Click HEREfor a complete listing. Chairs Report
Well, if you are reading this then the lights must work, the government-run post office must still be delivering and we must have survived Y2K. Congratulations!! If you aren't reading this because the world ended then I must now be wasting my time by writing it. Oh, well. The new millennium starts with an electoral campaign. Good old former Governor Pete Wilson insisted on moving the election to March, forcing our candidates to collect signatures during the holidays. Despite this hardship, we have a full slate of candidates. I want to thank and congratulate all of those who worked so hard to get themselves and others on the ballot. We also have a full slate of propositions to vote on. These votes are crucial since they will affect taxes, spending and freedom. Locally there are three school tax measures that must be defeated: Oceanside, Cardiff and Cajon Valley. Please make sure you turn out to vote. Also on the agenda is the ballpark initiative. Proposition C was passed authorizing $225 million in welfare to rich baseball team owners but that is not enough for the statists. Cost overruns now total at least $74 million (probably more by the time you read this) but politicians are convinced that voter approval of $225 million equals voter approval of $299 million. I guess they figure Proposition C was a blank check. Golding & Company must assume that even $10 billion would be OK. They live in a dream world where there is zero cost to government subsidized "fields of dreams." Luckily we live in the real world, and we will be active in campaigns to bring them back to it. So we are off to a busy start in the year 2000. Please participate as much as you can. Hike
We'll be hiking a few of the trails in Daley Ranch, which is next to Dixon Lake in Escondido. The total distance will be about four to seven miles, depending on how far we want to go. We last visited Daley Ranch in December 1997. For more information about Daley Ranch, point your web browser to www.ci.escondido.ca.us/visitors/uniquely/daley/ . DIRECTIONS: Take I-15 north and exit at El Norte Parkway, on the north side of Escondido. Go east about four miles and turn left onto La Honda Drive. Follow La Honda drive all the way to the entrance to Daley Ranch, where we will meet (Thomas 1110 C3). The nominal starting time is 10:00 AM. I will be at the parking area by 9:45, and at 10:15 we will hit the trail. There will be the usual optional meeting at an ice cream parlor after the hike. Call 619-289-1212 for the latest weather information. Wear sturdy hiking shoes and suitable clothing and take water, lunch and sun protection. Take a camera if you wish. Call or send e-mail if you have questions. CONTACT: Philip Erdelsky at pje@acm.org or 619-282-8611. For more extensive and up-to-date information, including maps, point your web browser to www.efgh.com/hike. Note: We haven't had serious injuries on our hikes, but the insanity of current liability decisions prompts the following: These hikes are not officially sponsored by any group or individual. No one assumes liability for anyone else. So don't tease the rattlesnakes and don't pet the mountain lions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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National Libertarian Party Membership Statistics
Total dues-paying members in areas with affiliate parties: 33427
Change since
Growth %Growth Growth/pop
Highest Ranking States (growth since 31 October 1999) Number Density
#Growth %Growth Growth/pop
Note 1: Arizona once again has a recognized affiliate. Areas with currently recognized affiliates:
33,427
Note 2: This report is based on preliminary counts for the 30 November delegate allocation deadline, including memberships that were postmarked in November but received by the national office in the first few days of December. According to Nick Dunbar, a small additional number of November-postmarked memberships have arrived in the last few days, but not enough to have any effect on which states qualify to name members of convention committees. The following states will be able to appoint a member of the Platform
Committee: CA FL PA TX MI GA WA OH IL NY
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Plus the SDLP gets a cut of the action.
Politics as Usual
Senator's Son gets Lenient Treatment for Drugs: What Are Friends
For?
The New York Times, December 3, 1999
Woman Faces Penalty for Rescuing Animals
When Tropical storm Floyd struck, flooding out thousands of people, Lorraine Zdeb rushed to the aid of friends, neighbors and strangers and took in nearly 100 of their pets. "Animals were dying; people were calling me in tears, hysterical that they didn't want to abandon their pets, begging me to come get them" said Zdeb, a professional pet sitter. For her trouble, Zdeb was issued a summons for violating the borough's zoning ordinance by operating a temporary animal shelter. She could face a fine of $1,000. Associated Press, November 21, 1999
U.S. Used Human Guinea Pigs
A new book The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments by Eileen Welsome documents government abuses. From the early 1940's into the 60's, the armed forces, the Atomic Energy Commission and collaborating universities and hospitals administered nuclear experiments to thousands of unsuspecting or poorly informed Americans - some of them unharmed, others badly damaged and few helped. These experiments included 18 subjects injected with traces of plutonium and several hundred pregnant women given drinks of radioactive iron at a university clinic. The New York Times Book Review, December 12, 1999
Bug Squasher
A Canadian software maker reports a surge in Americans interested in its Internet encryption products after the U.S. Justice Department asked Congress to approve the Cyberspace Electronic Security Act, which would give law enforcement new powers to bug computers. Reason-Express: reason@free-market.net,
August 30, 1999
Father of Plutonium's Diaries Kept by Government
Dr. Glenn Theodor Seaborg, creator of plutonium, died in the spring of 1999 at the age of 86. He had worked on the Manhattan Project to build an atomic bomb, along with Robert Oppenheimer and others. When the bomb was built he was among the Manhattan scientists who put their names to a letter to president Truman asking that the Japanese be given a demonstration - and a chance to surrender - before the device was used on a city. Their plea was rejected. Glenn Seaborg had kept a diary since the age of 14. When he left the Atomic Energy Commission, he showed the security people the diaries he had kept while he worked for the commission. They cleared them, except for small deletions. In 1985, however, a different group of spooks took an interest. His diaries disappeared into the government maw and when returned to Dr Seaborg were massively defaced. The pages removed included such sensitive material as a description of his children's games at Halloween, and an account of a holiday in the English Lake District. It was a shabby way to treat a distinguished scientist. The Economist, March 6, 1999
Update on Rental Tax Lawsuit
Edward Teyssier Summary: California Supreme Court takes up relevant case from Los Angeles. Just before our appellate brief was due, we noticed that the California Supreme Court had decided to review Los Angeles Apartment Owners Association v. City of Los Angeles. The LA case is related to our case as both have to do with property taxes, fees, and charges made illegal by Prop. 218. Earlier, the appellate court found that that the lower trial court had erred when it ruled for the City, and ordered that the lower court reverse with directions to file a new ruling in favor of the plaintiff Apartment Owners and ruled the tax illegal. The City of LA appealed to the Supremes. On the last day possible, they decided they would take the matter up. This doesn't look good. If the Supremes overturn the appellate court they might be setting a precedent in our case here in San Diego. There is also the possibility they will consider it and then rule in our favor...but if they were going to do that, why even bother reviewing it? My attorneys tell me that this will be the very first case before the Court testing Prop. 218. There is also the possibility that the court will not be setting precedent...when the appellate decision for the LA case came down we gleefully declared that case as a precedent for our case here in San Diego. The City of San Diego, on the other hand, poo poo'ed that and said, in their papers against us, that the LA case depended on totally different factors and therefore was NOT precedent. Well, ok...so if the Supremes decide against us, we will say we agree with our opponents; that the LA case is NOT precedent. More later. LNC GOALS 2000 The following are the goals for 2000 adopted by the Libertarian Party National Committee at its meeting of 11-12 December 1999 ("core" goals indicated by "***"): *** To achieve 50 state plus DC ballot access for the presidential ticket, either on a party or independent basis. * To field at least 2000 candidates for all levels of office, running for both partisan and non-partisan offices. *** To field at least 218 candidates for the U.S. House. * To develop and approve a completely revised Program that our Congressional candidates can support no later than the March LNC meeting. * To purchase at least $1 million worth of television and other public media advertising and measure the response. * To break even on the convention, excluding fundraising from the banquet. * To complete initial development of and launch the new Internet site no later than 11 March. * To retain party ballot status in 28-31 states. *** To achieve a minimum of:
while striving to achieve:
* To achieve gross revenues of $5 million. * To provide 3000 person-hours of campaign and activist training at the national convention, state conventions, and other events. * To produce and distribute a half-hour television outreach program
suitable for home viewing, public access television, or cable television,
and measure the following:
*** To end the year with an excess of cash over accounts payable of at least $150,000. * To achieve the following targets for media coverage (not including
presidential candidate appearances not arranged by the office):
Note: The wording above is intended to convey the substance of the goals, but may not correspond exactly to the formal wording as adopted. None of the Above
The "none of the above" (NOTA) proposition on the March, 2000 ballot has been a controversial issue for us Libertarians. The LP platform supports NOTA, and we have that option in all our elections of officers. If NOTA wins, then a new election is held, banning the candidates who lost to NOTA in the previous election.) The problem with the California NOTA initiative is the toothless nature of the measure. Even if NOTA wins, it has no effect on the election -- the next highest vote getter wins the election. The bogus NOTA option will have a negative effect on the Libertarian Party. It is likely we will suffer a significant drop in vote totals as people who would vote Libertarian as a protest vote will now vote NOTA. It will make it VERY hard to get the required 2% minimum vote in a statewide election to maintain ballot status. The state LP has endorsed the initiative (I don't know the vote count). In Region 37 (San Diego County), we unanimously voted (15-0) to OPPOSE the initiative. Most of the people at that vote agreed that they would support a REAL NOTA option on the state ballot, even though the option would hurt the LP. But we saw no sense in supporting a fake NOTA that would only damage our party's effectiveness. Perhaps the issue will come up again at the state convention. RR NOTE: Some good news, for a change! The latest CA likely voter Field Poll (December) shows two dangerous initiatives rapidly losing support. Prop 26, the repeal of the 2/3 requirement on school bonds, now has only 43% of the voters supporting it, down from 59% in October. The "none of the above" toothless prop, which would be devastating to the LP vote totals, had support drop to 36% from the 49% support it received in October Let's keep those trends going.
Help Wanted LTE RECRUITERS
One or more additional persons to clip or download these letters from the various periodicals. Phyllis Avery has been doing this for the North County Times, but she has asked for a replacement. We need this done for the Union Tribune, La Prensa and any other papers in San Diego County. Thomas R. Stott has taken charge of creating and adding to a database of the names from the clippings. The data base will produce the mailing labels. The clippings can be mailed to: San Diego Libertarian Party, 9974 Scripps Ranch Boulevard., # 358, San Diego, CA 92131. Thomas R. Stott stomaso@worldnet.att.net
/ 619-266-0017 or Tom Hohman at 858-481-4477
STORAGE SPACE NEEDED
WANTED - A GENEROUS SOUL WITH MORE SPACE THAN JUNK! The San Diego Libertarian Party is paying more than $600 a year for storage. If you have a space about 5' x 10' you'd like to DONATE you'll get your reward in heaven. If you’d prefer your reward on earth, we'll pay up to $25 a month. These records are infrequently accessed and an Environmental Impact Study is NOT required. Richard Rider rrider@san.rr.com
/ 858-530-1776
COFFEE KLATCH HOST/HOSTESS
At this time we don't have a hostess or guest... so there's no Coffee Klatch this month - unless 20 or more people e-mail or call to say they want to meet just to chat... Host/Hostess doesn't need to be an articulate "spokesperson" for the Libertarian Party, but rather somebody who enjoys making an event happen right. The ability to contact people, follow up on details, welcome people to the Coffee Klatch & introduce the master of ceremonies is about all it takes. JR Graham, BorderLibertarians@juno.com
/ 619-280-1776
CATO AUDIO TAPES
Tom Hohman subscribes to CATO Audio Tapes and is willing to loan them out at no charge to any San Diego Libertarian. tom.hohman@worldnet.att.net
/ 858-481-4477
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“Lighting the Torch 2000” State Convention of the California Libertarian Party February 18 - 21, 2000 Doubletree Hotel (Mission Valley) San Diego For more information and registration forms, contact: (202) 234-3880 or fax (202) 234-3884 www.ca.lp.org or convention@ca.lp.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Calender Thursday, January 20 - Meet The Candidate Breakfast presented by the Paul Teyssier for Judge Committee. 7am to 9am, 855 Muirlands Drive, La Jolla. Please RSVP to etlp@bigfoot.com Saturday, January 22 - SDLP Convention (shortened) + Dinner and Business Meeting (no meeting at rider’s home this month). 6 - 10pm. Hanalei Hotel, 2270 Hotel Circle North (just North of I-8) For more info e-mail Lynn at lbrtee@earthlink.net or call 619-390-7530 Saturday, January 29 - Hike at Daley Ranch, Escondido - Arrive 9:45am for 10:15am departure (1996 Thomas Bros. 409 K7). For more info see above, e-mail Philip at pje@acm.org or call 619-282-8611 CONTINUING EVENTS
Leadership Libertarian Party of California, San Diego
Libertarian Links
Since we’re at the beginning of a major election year, it seems like as good a time as any to explore a few online political polls. Even though the vast majority of surveys don’t provide a Libertarian option, I did manage to glean a few on-going sites that DO (incredibly enough!). It would behoove us to pay all of them a visit, and supply a healthy dose of much-needed Libertarian input. Naturally, it goes without saying (but I will anyway! :-)) - please feel free to pass these along to anyone and everyone who’s likely to be interested. http://cc.org/strawpoll/
On that last one, make sure to include the ENTIRE URL (both lines). Also, under the ASSumption that most who read this column have web access, I’ve posted the above list at the following address for one-mouse-click convenience: http://www.egroups.com/group/liberty_outlook/3743.html As always, if you come across any sites worthy of mention, feel free to forward them along to me (xntryk1@xntri-city.com), for possible inclusion in future listings. RKBA! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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