Author Archive | Bob Johnston

This week, the Libertarian National Committee met its Wiener Rule obligation for 2019 to pay down the mortgage on the David Nolan Memorial Office Building. The Wiener Rule, named for former LNC member Dan Wiener, currently requires the LNC to pay at least $20,000 each odd-numbered year towards the mortgage on the headquarters building, so […]

Chad Williams, who was elected chair of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma as its convention in March, was elected to a 1st Ward seat on the Choctaw City Council on April 2, defeating the incumbent by two votes. Williams worked tirelessly before the election using a complete campaign plan that he had designed. He presumed […]

Four Libertarians were elected to local office on April 2, two each from Illinois and Oklahoma. Brandon Wisenburg was elected to be a trustee of Peoria Heights Village in Illinois, Aisha Pickett was elected to be treasurer of Harvey in Illinois, Chad Williams was elected to a Ward 1 seat on the City Council of […]

Two New Hampshire Libertarians, Richard Manzo and Spencer Dias, were elected to the Goffstown Budget Committee on March 12, 2019. Manzo had been appointed to the committee in 2018 to fill a vacancy. Both will serve a three-year term on the committee. The budget committee prepares the town budget. The residents of the town can […]

Nebraska Libertarian candidate James Herrold was one of two candidates endorsed for the upcoming Lincoln City Council primary election by the Lincoln Journal Star on March 28, 2019. The Journal Star is the main daily newspaper for Lincoln, Neb., and is the second most widely-read paper in the state. From the Journal Star article, titled […]

Although Republicans have often been thought of as the party of lower taxes, decreased spending, free trade, and smaller government, even at its best the GOP rarely delivered much more than rhetoric. In recent years, it has even abandoned most of the rhetoric. Mimi Robson, chair of the Libertarian Party of California, explains why the […]

The Libertarian National Committee passed the following resolution regarding immigration and the border wall on Feb. 11, 2019, elaborating on longstanding support for property rights, individual freedom, and unhindered immigration in the Libertarian Party platform: WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party believes that the only proper role of law is in the protection of the natural rights […]

Planning for the 2020 Libertarian National Convention in Austin, Texas, is well under way with a theme contest that has brought in more than $14,000 in donations so far to help cover convention expenses. The field has been narrowed to the top 16 most popular, with support nearly neck and neck for the top two. […]

William Hunt Jr. of the Libertarian Party of Rhode Island finished second in a four-way special election race for a seat in the 68th state House of Representatives on March 5, obtaining 615 votes and 28.4 percent of the vote. In addition, he defeated incumbent Kenneth Marshall, who ran as an independent and wound up […]

A record number of Americans believe that government is the main problem, including significant numbers of both Democrats and Republicans, reports American Institute for Economic Research Editorial Director Jeffrey Tucker in this Feb. 26 article: Think of all the troubles in the world. Climate change. Student debt. Terrorism. Job insecurity. What’s the number one most […]

Libertarians in Lowndes County, Miss., are working to get a referendum on the ballot to nullify a 2 percent restaurant sales tax. From The Dispatch on Feb 21, 2019: As a first- and second-grade teacher, Frieda Hallman doesn’t have much time to cook. She eats out pretty much every day, a habit that she believes […]