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NEW MEXICO LIBERTY“Let Freedom Ring”
The Official Newsletter of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico
Table of Contents
Page 1
• Notes from theEditor
Page 2 – Eventsat aGlance
Page 3 – Voice of theChair by Ken CavanaughPetition gathering toregain Minor PatyStatus
Page 4 – TheNext Best Thing toCoulter by L. Neil SmithFrom TheLibertari anEnterprise
Page 5 –Federal judge rules policecannot detainpeople for openly carrying guns
Page 6
• Reforms cancut costs, improve public safety by Paul Gessing
Fromthe Rio Grande Foundation
• A LittleGun History
Page 7 – Contacts/Internet Resources
Page 8
• Administrivia
• TheUnani mous Consent Challenge
Page 9 – Enrollment / Renewal Form
Page 10 – Authorization for Automatic Transfers
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Libertarian Media from New Mexiconot necessarily endorsed by LPNM)
SpeakingFreel y hosted by Paul Gessing and Jim ScarantinoSaturdays 9– 10 AM on KJOY1550AMriograndefoundation.org/pg_rp.html tinyurl.com/dcnpwm
Hemp TV –Tuesdays at 7PMmyspace.com/nmhemptv
The OneParty State –Wednesdays 11PMContact Lance Klafeta[ [email protected] ] for details
Reeferhead –Saturdays at 6PMmyspace.com/reeferheadtv
The FringeElem ent thefringeelement.net / postpubco.com
Table of Contents
Page 1 Libertarian Media from New Mexico
Notes from the Editor by Mike Blessing
Page 2 Events at a Glance
The LPNM's Candidates
Page 3 Voice of the Chair by Jay VanderslootUpcoming Conventions / Ballot Access Drive
Page 4 Our Weapon is Our Refusal: The Articles of Freedomby Elisheva Levin
Page 5 Are temporary, regressive tax hikes thebest we can do?by Paul Gessing of the Rio GrandeFoundation
Page 6 Contacts / Internet ResourcesThe
Page 7Administrivi Administrivia
The Unanimous Consent Challenge
Page 8 Enrollment / Renewal Form
Libertarian Media from New Mexico(not necessarily endorsed by LPNM)
Hemp TV – Tuesdays at 7PMmyspace.com/nmhemptv
The One Party State – Wednesdays 11PMContact Lance Klafeta [ [email protected] ] for details
Reeferhead – Saturdays at 6PMmyspace.com/reeferheadtv
The Fringe Element thefringeelement.net / postpubco.com
The Law by Frederic Bastiat
See these pages –
bastiat.org/en/the_law.html
jpfo.org/articles-assd/bastiat-the-law.htm
Also in PDF form –
jpfo.org/pdf02/bastiat-thelaw-2008.pdf
LPNM 2010 Annual State Convention
Theme We Need MORE Unemployment . . . AmIncumbent Politicians
Venue Quarters BBQ3700 Ellison Dr. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114mapquest.com/mq/3-CADSxqDmGNcLjJ_QB_tk
Contact Jay Vandersloot505-362-1733 / [email protected]
Friday, April 16, 2010: Although there is no formal programFriday evening, for anyone wanting to arrive early, the early will gather in the Quarters BBQ bar area at about 6:00 PM foinformal dinner/discussion -- No-host, pay-as-you-go, dicocktails, and networking.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
11:00 AM Registration and pay-as-you-go lunch, order offmenu – $25 per person, to include dinner inevening
1:00 PMx LPNM Business Meeting [no charge for anyattending ONLY the business meeting]
• All who are registered with NM as Libertarcan vote during nominations for public office.
• Only Caucus Members can vote during LPbusiness and internal LPNM elections
• Visitors do not vote in any actions or activities
• Central Committee meeting after close ofLPNM Business Meeting
3:00 PMx Elisheva Levin, Candidate for State RepresentaDistrict 22 ragamuffinstudies.blogspot.com
4:00 PMx Speaker [To Be Announced]
5:00 PMx Break [so Quarters can prepare for the dinner]
5:30 PMx Dinner [included in the registration fee]Family-style – includes BBQ chicken, ribs, sliced brisket, sliced pork brisket, hot links, with varsides, and includes your choice of iced tea, coffesoda [other beverages are pay-as-you-go].
7:30 PMx Keynote Speaker – Adam Kokesh [CandidateCongress from District 3] – kokeshforcongress.comWe Need MORE Unemployment . . . AmIncumbent Politicians
8:30 PMx LPNM Fundraiser Auction [Bring items to donate]
9:00 PMx Convention [and Quarters] closes
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Notes from the Editor by Mike Blessing
[ [email protected] /mikewb1971.xanga.com ]
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The LPNM's Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives, District 0Mike Blessing – myspace.com/mikeblessing_2010
State Legislature
State Representative, District 11Eric Pino – [email protected]
State Representative, District 16Mike Blessing – mikewb1971.xanga.com
State Representative, District 22Elisheva Levin – ragamuffinstudies.blogspot.com
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Other Groups to Network With, and Their Even
Sheriff Richard Mack Speaking in Alamogordo
Saturday, 13 February 2010 at 2:00 PMFlickinger Center, 1110 New York Ave.See here – tinyurl.com/yflct88 – for map and directions.
An informal dinner will follow, sponsored by the New Mexico Pa
Alliance, the Oathkeepers and the 2nd Amendment Task Force
Articles of Freedom Day
Monday, 19 April 2010 (tentative date) – the New Mexico PaAlliance plans to deliver Articles of Freedom to all U.S. SenaCongressmen and State Legislators , followed by a mass raSanta Fe. For more about the Articles of Freedom, seededicated pages at the CC2009 site – cc2009.us/aof download the entire document – tinyurl.com/yayswmc . For edetails, see the NMPA website – nmpatriots.us.
Congressional District 3 Candidate Forumnewmexicoliberty.com/events/nm-congressional-district-3
Time 22 February 2010 from 6PM to 8PM
Location Jemez rooms of the Conference Center at SFe Community College
Organized by Paul Gessing
New Mexico’s free market think tank, the Rio Grande Foundatiohosting a candidate forum for all current candidates – of parties – for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional Seat (currently by Ben Ray Lujan).
The forum will be held on Monday, February 22, 2010 from 6:08:00PM in the Jemez rooms of the Conference Center at SantCommunity College. The College is located at 6401 S. RichAvenue, in Santa Fe. Admission is $5 payable at the door. Thwho want to attend can send us an [email protected]. Unfortunately, due to
associated with this facility, no food or drinks will be availablevending machines are available on-site.
This is not a formal debate format, rather it is an informal queand answer discussion that will allow average citizens, regarof party affiliation, to “kick the tires” and find out more aboucandidates who have declared for New Mexico’s highest offAttendees will have the opportunity to submit questions that attendees determine each candidate’s stances on the issuesobserve how they interact with the crowd.
The discussion will be moderated by Rio Grande Foundpresident Paul Gessing. The event will be filmed by the Rio GraFoundation with footage posted at riograndefoundation.org. Mare encouraged to attend and cover the event.
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Events at a Glance
Bernalillo County – The BCLP stages one no-host dinner meetingper month, on Thursday, 4 February, 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Fiesta'sRestaurant & Lounge (Carlisle & Montogomery NE). Contact MikeBlessing for details [ [email protected] / 505-515-7015 ], or see the BCLP website – lpnm.us/bernalillo.
Paul Gessing of the Rio Grande Foundation hosts the Albuquerquemeeting of Liberty on the Rocks, a no-host supper club featuringspeakers of the limited-government, fiscal-responsiblity, individual-
rights persuasion, at the Independence Grill on Montgomery BlvdNE (just west of Louisiana – see abqburger.com for a map andriograndefoundation.org for details) in Albuquerque. January'sevent will take place on 18 February from 5 PM to7 PM.
Precinct 553 Chair Elisheva Levin, is considering a run for StateRepresentative, District 22.
See kcufmedia.xanga.com for more information concerning TheWeekly Sedition and New Mexico's Consumer Advocate.
Dona Ana County – The Dona Ana County LP Central CommitteeMeeting took place on 13 January 2010 at 6:30 PM to plan for thecounty convention. The committee would be delighted to meetbefore then with any Doña Ana County Libertarian wishing supportin running for office or with any ideas to advance the party or political issues that the party should address. Please contact thechair or check the LPDAC website for more information –
[email protected] / 575-541-9079 / lpnm.us/dona-ana.
Congressional District 3 – Adam Kokesh, while running under theGOP banner, is a Life Member of the LP and is a hard-coreadvocate of libertarian principles.
See kokeshforcongress.com for more.
Congressional District 3 includes, but is not limited to, Sandoval,San Juan, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Roosevelt, Colfax, Rio Arriba andTaos Counties.
If you live in a county with an inactive affiliate and wantto get involved, contact the county chair. See Page 6 for
a list of county chairs, campus contacts and CentralCommittee members.
Special Events
2010 Annual State Convention
The 2010 LPNM State Convention is scheduled for Saturday, 17April 2010 at the Quarters BBQ at 3700 Ellison Dr NW inAlbuquerque from 11 AM to 9 PM. Tentative speakers includeAdam Kokesh, candidate for U.S. Congress in District 3, andDouglas Lincoln, candidate for Bernalillo County Sheriff.
2010 Libertarian Party National Convention
The LP's National Convention will take place in St. Louis, Missouri,over Memorial Day weekend in 2010 (29 – 31 May 2010) at theRenaissance Grand Hotel [ tinyurl.com/2zmnnq ]. For those notable to afford high-priced lodging and amenities, long-timeLibertarian and St. Louis resident Tom Knapp has put together St.Louis On The Cheap, an online guide to inexpensive lodging,dining, attractions and transportation – stl.onthecheap.info.
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Ballot Access Petition Drive
Do you remember the article last month on the ballot access petition d
To repeat what I wrote then, to qualify as a minor party and gain access for out candidates, we will have to have 4,148 validated pesignatures. As our experience last time was that the rate of disqualificof petition signatures by the Bureau of Elections Office (BoE) ran at a50%. Based on that, we believe we will need to have almost doubl4,148 requirement. In other words, we need to collect over 8,000 signa(4,148 x 2 = 8,296).
To hire paid petitioners is an expensive undertaking. They charge $2.0signature. We can help ourselves cut costs by collecting as many pesignatures as we can. Some events that are usually prime for collesignatures are knife and gun shows, state and county fairs, famarkets, motorcycle rallies, etc.
But you can also keep a number of blank petition forms with you so yopull them out whenever you have opportunity to discuss the poproblems with your family, friends, and neighbors, or for that m
anyone.You need to have a number of forms, as you need to use a separatefor each county, depending on which county the person is registeredthey sign on the form for the wrong county, you have a wasted signatuthe BoE will invalidate it.
You need to be a stickler on ensuring that the person uses the addresswhich he or she is registered with the State on their voter registration,the address at which they are living. This is especially critical with stuat the college campuses. They often are registered back home, budown their address where they are living while at school, which resuanother wasted signature that will be invalidated by the BoE.
Every signature you can collect is one less we have to hire a paid petito collect for us. Plus, if you are particularly careful in ensuring they sithe form for the correct county where they are REGISTERED NECESSARILLY WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LIVE), and they writ
information legibly, you can help gain a higher percentage of validity fsignatures you have collected.
Our LPNM Constitution allows that 200 petition signatures (that’s 1pages of signatures) may be submitted to extend one’s membershadditional year. But, we will need to receive your submitted forms by M15, 2010, as we will need to have them ready to submit to the BoE bbeginning of April.
Are you up to the challenge? Collect and submit the signatures, and your LPNM dues paid for an additional year.
Send your signed petition forms to:
LPNM Membership Director c/o Ron Bjornstad918 Ivory Road SERio Rancho, NM 87124
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Voice of the Chair by Jay Vandersloot
Upcoming Conventions
Between now and Memorial Day at the end of May, we have three
conventions. They are the LSLA in late February, the LPNM in mid-April,and the LP in late May 2010. I strongly encourage you to try to attend allthree. Last month we discussed the LPLA convention. This month let mediscuss the LPNM Annual State Convention. We’ll get to the LP NationalConvention next month.
Many think the LPNM Annual State Convention as being only for “Caucus”members. That is not, and never has been, the case. It is not restricted to just “Caucus” members, but rather includes any and all who wish to attend,including non-Libertarian visitors.
• All who are registered with NM as Libertarians (i.e., your voter registration) can vote during political nominations at theconvention.
• Only Caucus Members can vote during internal LPNMbusiness and internal LPNM elections
• Of course, visitors do not vote in any actions or activities
Due to the economic situation of some of our members, we will be limitingthis year’s convention to a one-day session on Saturday, April 17th.Although there will be no formal program for Friday evening (the 16th), for anyone wanting to arrive early, the early birds will gather at about 6pm inthe Quarters BBQ bar area for an informal no-host, pay-as-you-go dinner,discussion, cocktails, networking session.
Among other things, the Business Session portion of the convention willinclude voting to fill vacant LPNM positions, selection of delegates to the LPNational Convention, nominations for candidacy for public office, and willprovide for an opportunity for county affiliates to meet in caucus to providefor nominations for single-county offices.
This year our theme for the convention is:
“We need MORE Unemployment . . .Among Incumbent Politicians”
We have three speakers lined up to expound on this theme for us.
• Elisheva Levin, who is running for election as State Representativefrom District 22,
• Keynote speaker Adam Kokesh, Candidate for Congress from DistrictNM-3 -- some have described his positions as being more libertarianthan many Libertarians
• A third speaker who has not yet been confirmed. [See next month for the name.]
And, of course, at the end of the convention we will have our usual LPNMFundraiser Auction – be sure to bring your donations for the auction.
The registration fee of $25 covers all speaker sessions and includes theevening dinner [see next paragraph for the menu]. The lunch meal,however, is pay-as-you-go. There is no cost (no fee) for anyone who is onlyattending the business session. We ask that you please pre-register, so we
can give the venue an idea of for how many attendees they will have tohave food prepared. For pre-registration, send your check to
LPNM, c/o Ron Bjornstad918 Ivory Road SERio Rancho NM 87124
If need to contact Ron, you can call him at the LPNM phone number, whichis 505-288-4228.
The Key Note Dinner menu will be served family-style – platters of food –and includes BBQ chicken, ribs, sliced beef brisket, sliced pork brisket, hotlinks, with various sides, and includes your choice of iced tea, coffee, or soda [other beverages are pay-as-you-go].
"Start by doing what's necessary, then wha possible, and suddenly you are doing impossible."
– Francis of Assisi, clergyman
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County Contacts
Bernalillo – lpnm.us/bernalilloMike Blessing – 505-918-6567 / [email protected]
ColfaxRichard Moore – 575-377-6849 / [email protected]
Dona Ana – lpnm.us/dona-anaSiebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / [email protected]
LeaChristina Groth – 575-397-9366
LincolnRichard Obergfell – 575-378-8025 / [email protected]
Los AlamosAllen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / [email protected]
LunaMarilyn Steffen – 575-531-2556 / [email protected]
Otero – lpnm.us/otero Gilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / [email protected]
RooseveltKen Sanders – 505-749-2085
San Juan – sjclp.orgGary Wood – [email protected]
SandovalRon Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / [email protected]
Santa FeEd Nagel – 505-471-6928 / [email protected]
Valencia
Abran Gabaldon – 505-864-6870 / [email protected]
LPNM Vacancies
Central Committee (1)
District 3 Representative, Seat A
County Contacts (20)
Catron / Chaves / Cibola / Curry / De Baca / Eddy / GrantGuadalupe / Harding / Hidalgo / McKinley / Mora / Quay
Rio Arriba / San Miguel / Sierra / Socorro / Taos / Torrance / U
College Contacts (3)
Eastern New Mexico University (Portales)New Mexico State University (Las Cruces)
New Mexico Tech (Socorro)University of New Mexico (Various Campuses)Western New Mexico University (Silver City)
Contact the state chair if you're interested in filling a sloIf you don't, who will?
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Our weapon is our refusal: our refusal to bow to any order but our own – any institution but our own.'' – Michael Collins
“What does a free people do?” What does a free people do whenrepeated petitions for redress of grievance are met with repeatedinjury? In November 2009, delegates from each of 48 states met inContinental Congress to discuss, deliberate, and to return with ananswer to this question.
For most of the past two decades, Bob Schulz of the We thePeople Foundation and We the People Congress, with the help of many dedicated patriots, has engaged in formulating and servingeach of the branches of the federal government with petitions for Redress of Grievances. This capstone First Amendment Right toPetition is well established in the English Common Law, appears inthe Magna Carta, and is discussed in the writings of the Founders,as well as in various state constitutions. The Magna Carta declaresthat any petition by a citizen to his government requires a response.The petitioner does not have the right to a specific answer, but thepetition must be answered. The Magna Carta states that an answer to a Petition for Redress must be made within forty days or thepetitioners may take any action necessary, up to and including war against the king, in order to force a response. The right to Petitionis that important.
Each of the We the People Petitions for Redress addressed aspecific violation to the Constitution of the United States by at leastone branch of the federal government. Among the many petitionsserved on the federal government are those related to the FederalIncome Tax, the Federal Reserve, and the USA Patriot Act. Thefederal government has refused to respond to any of the manyPetitions for Redress served by We the People. Through thisprocess of formal Petitions for Redress, We the People hastherefore established a substantial record of this refusal, and it has
become clear that our petitions will not be heard and that all of our petitions are only met with further injury to the Constitution and toour liberty. Therefore, through the We the People Congress, aContinental Congress was called to consider the next step in therestoration of Constitutional governance to the United States.
The stated purpose of Continental Congress 2009 was to gather abody of delegates, elected by supporters of the Constitution in their respective states, in order to consider the actions of the federalgovernment with respect to several of the formal Petitions for Redress. The Congress had these specific tasks: 1) to documentthe violations of the Constitution related to the Petitions; 2) tocompose remedial instructions for the federal government as wellas to the governments of the respective states; and 3) to developsuggested civic actions that a mass movement of at least 5% of the
people can take in order to return the federal government to itsConstitutionally mandated limits of power. The written results wereto be gathered into a document, now called the Articles of Freedom, which would, together with a plan of action, be used togather that mass movement. All of this was accomplished at St.Charles, Illinois, last November, and most of the delegates signedthe Articles on the evening of November 21, 2009.
The Articles of Freedom represent that Next Step for a FreePeople. They represent the intention of a goodly number of thepeople to be done with petitions and proceed to the step of givingour servant government instructions on how to place itself backunder the rule of the Constitution, the highest Law of the Land.
Although the delegates do not expect compliance from our segovernment, this is a necessary step in documenting the abuspower that these Constitutional violations represent. We petitioned for redress of our grievances, and the violations toConstitution and our rights and have been ignored. Now we withe federal government how we want those violations to ceaseour rights to be restored.
The Articles of Freedom also are intended to inspire a mmovement of the People who respect the Constitution and wisee it restored. To that end, the closing sections include a C
Nationwide Civic Action by the People, stating in part:When a goodly number of millions of American peopleagree, we will withdraw our financial support from thefederal government, in a lawful and constitutional mannerand implement other responsible civic actions, until alviolations of the Constitution for the United States ofAmerica CEASE.(Articles of Freedom, Christmas Eve “miracle version,”p. 61)
This is followed by a pledge that the delegates signed, and thavailable for your signature online at tinyurl.com/aof-declaraYou may also read and download the entire document in pdf asame location.
In signing the pledge, you are agreeing to becoming more th“sunshine patriot and a summer soldier”; you are agreeing toactions that signify your withdrawal of support to a governmenthas overstepped its mandate and has violated your rights. Tactions will begin at such time as “a goodly number of milliopeople” have signed the document, so that no one will stand ain these actions and the consequences thereof. For makmistake, history shows that every act of civil disobedience hasbeen met with further force.
The time for petitions is past. The time to restore the Repubupon us. Your Continental Congress has deliberated and retuto you these remedial instructions to the government and trecommendations for civic action. The recommendations casummed up as a refusal to continue to support tyranny.Constitution is the statement of our lawful order and our institut
We must proceed to protect and defend it. It is our refusal todown to tyranny; our refusal to support a government ocontrol. Our refusal is our weapon.
Are you a patriot? Prove it. Sign the Articles of Freedom and joNationwide Civic Action. In April we will serve representativeour servant government with the Articles of Freedom. Crisis Paand Winter Soldiers will be there to give their refusal to tyranny
[ On Monday, 19 April 2010 (tentative date), the New Mexico PaAlliance plans to deliver Articles of Freedom to all U.S. SenaCongressmen and State Legislators, followed by a mass raSanta Fe. For more about the Articles of Freedom, seededicated pages at the CC2009 site – cc2009.us/aof download the entire document – tinyurl.com/yayswmc. For e
details, see the NMPA website: nmpatriots.us – MWB ]
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Our Weapon is Our Refusal:The Articles of Freedom
by Elisheva Levin[ [email protected] ]
A New Mexico Delegate to CC2009
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Gov. Bill Richardson seems adamant in asserting that whatever
tax hikes he pushes through during the 2010 legislative sessionwill be "temporary." This promise from a lame-duck governor isridiculous on its face and is an impossible promise for him to keep.Since this is his final legislative session in office, he won't even bearound to determine whether the hikes he enacts will betemporary or not.
Of course, this is not where the silliness stops. Richardson willlikely ask legislators to consider “sin” taxes on soda pop,cigarettes, and junk food. This puts the next governor of NewMexico in a tough spot. Even if the economy has improved a bit by2013, the next governor will have to ³cut² taxes on the politically-unpopular tobacco, soda, and junk food industries.
There is no doubt that government bureaucrats will always have a“better” use for our money than cutting taxes on habits like drinking
soda, eating junk food, and smoking. But what supporters of thesetax hikes and the media won't tell you is that all of these tax hikesare highly regressive and disproportionately impact the poor.
For example, tobacco taxes are highly regressive and, if they areincreased, will disproportionately harm working class NewMexicans. According to Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation,more than two-thirds of all federal tobacco taxes come from thoseearning less than $40,000 per year (a pattern that also applies tostate-level tobacco taxes). The poor also spend 2.5 percent of income on tobacco products versus 0.2 percent for the top 20percent.
Soda and so-called ³junk food² taxes are also highly regressive.Worse, they would create an administrative nightmare. After all,potato chips might be a junk food, but so are the slightly healthier Sun Chips? How about the fat-free potato chips that have come onthe market in recent years? Things can get really complicated andunfair.
Soda taxes also face the same fairness and administrative issues.After all, Gatorade and other sports drinks have a lot of caloriesand lemonade, orange juice, and chocolate milk actually havemore calories for each cup than does regular Coke. Diet sodas onthe other hand have zero calories. Which of these items will betaxed? More importantly, once the lobbying heats up and thevarious interests attempt to exempt their products from taxation,who will answer these questions and how much will it cost to funda bureaucracy to do this?
If they adopt these taxes, our elected officials will not only be
balancing the state budget on the backs of the poor, something allliberals and conservatives should oppose, but they will bepermanently unleashing a brave new world in tax complexity inNew Mexico.
Despite the very real likelihood of these harmful tax hikes, thecurrent fiscal crisis is actually a real opportunity for policymakers todeal with some serious problems in New Mexico. Primary amongthese is our bloated state and local government work force relativeto the private sector.
How bloated? According to federal data uncovered in Rio GrandeFoundation research, New Mexico's government sector is thesecond most bloated in the nation. If New Mexico's state and localgovernments were “right-sized” to simply reflect the average of theother 49 states, New Mexico taxpayers would save an astonishing
$2.3 billion.
While massive layoffs in an economic downturn may not be a policy, the fact is that higher taxes and more government spencost New Mexico's private sector economy jobs. Besides, theof us are being forced to cut back to cope with the bad econshouldn't the government work force face similar pressureefficiency?
Difficult times demand difficult decisions and strong leaderHopefully legislators in both parties will recognize that burdeaverage New Mexicans with higher taxes is not the answer. Bstill, if tough decisions to really reduce the size of New Mex
government bureaucracies are indeed made, The LanEnchantment will come back economically stronger and betterever.
Paul Gessing is the president of New Mexico's Rio GrFoundation. The Rio Grande Foundation is an independent,
partisan, tax-exempt research and educational organizdedicated to promoting prosperity for New Mexico based
principles of limited government, economic freedom and indivresponsibility.
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Are temporary, regressive taxhikes the best we can do?
By Paul J. Gessing[ [email protected] ]20 January 2010 – tinyurl.com/yjy42ht
Liberty, Opportunity, Prosperity
This article originally ran in the Las Cruces Sun-News.
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LPNM Central Committee
Chair Jay Vandersloot – 505-362-1733 / [email protected]
Vice Chair VACANT
SecretarySiebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / [email protected]
Treasurer VACANT
At-Large Representative, Seat AAllen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / [email protected]
At-Large Representative, Seat BAttila Csanyi – 505-286-7861 / [email protected]
District 1 Representative, Seat AMike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / [email protected]
District 1 Representative, Seat BBob Finch – 765-412-2374 / [email protected]
District 2 Representative, Seat AGilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / [email protected]
District 2 Representative, Seat B
VACANT
District 3 Representative, Seat ARon Bjornstad – 505-891-4541 / [email protected]
District 3 Representative, Seat BMike Moss – 505-564-4905 / [email protected]
Membership Coordinator Ron Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / [email protected]
Press SecretaryBill Koehler – 505-264-0835 / [email protected]
Media Director Bob Finch – 765-412-2374 / [email protected]
Campus Contacts
Central New Mexico Community College [CNM]groups.myspace.com/cnmlibertariansMike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / [email protected]
College of Santa FeMorgan Wells – [email protected]
Internet Resources
Official Website – lpnm.us
LPNM Discussion – groups.yahoo.com/lpnm-discussOpen forum (unmoderated for the most part)
Blog – lpofnm.blogspot.comFacebook group – facebook.com/group.php?gid=20233114967
Ning.com social utility – lpofnm.ning.com
Myspace group – groups.myspace.com/lpnm
County Contacts
Bernalillo – lpnm.us/bernalilloMike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / [email protected]
ColfaxRichard Moore – 575-377-6849 / [email protected]
Dona Ana – lpnm.us/dona-anaSiebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / [email protected]
Lea
Christina Groth – 575-397-9366LincolnRichard Obergfell – 575-378-8025 / [email protected]
Los AlamosAllen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / [email protected]
LunaMarilyn Steffen – 575-531-2556 / [email protected]
Otero – lpnm.us/otero Gilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / [email protected]
Rio ArribaLynette Cannon – 575-756-1511 / [email protected]
Roosevelt
Ken Sanders – 575-749-2085
San Juan – sjclp.orgGary Wood – [email protected]
SandovalRon Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / [email protected]
TaosLynette Cannon – 575-756-1511 / [email protected]
LPNM Vacancies
Central Committee (2)
Treasurer District 2 Representative, Seat B
County Contacts (20)
Catron / Chaves / Cibola / Curry / De BacaEddy / Grant / Guadalupe / Harding / Hidalgo
McKinley / Mora / Quay / Santa Fe / San MiguelSierra / Socorro / Torrance / Union / Valencia
College Contacts (4)
Eastern New Mexico University (Portales)
New Mexico Tech (Socorro)
University of New Mexico (Various Campuses)
Western New Mexico University (Silver City)
Contact the state chair if you're interestedin filling a slot.
If you don't, who will?
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LPNM Central Committee
Chair Jay Vandersloot – 505-362-1733 / [email protected]
Vice Chair VACANT
SecretarySiebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / [email protected]
Treasurer VACANT
At-Large Representative, Seat AAllen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / [email protected]
At-Large Representative, Seat BAttila Csanyi – 505-286-7861 / [email protected]
District 1 Representative, Seat AMike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / [email protected]
District 1 Representative, Seat BBob Finch – 765-412-2374 / [email protected]
District 2 Representative, Seat AGilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / [email protected]
District 2 Representative, Seat B
VACANT
District 3 Representative, Seat ARon Bjornstad – 505-891-4541 / [email protected]
District 3 Representative, Seat BMike Moss – 505-564-4905 / [email protected]
Membership Coordinator Ron Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / [email protected]
Press SecretaryBill Koehler – 505-264-0835 / [email protected]
Media Director Bob Finch – 765-412-2374 / [email protected]
Campus Contacts
Central New Mexico Community College [CNM]groups.myspace.com/cnmlibertariansMike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / [email protected]
College of Santa FeMorgan Wells – [email protected]
Internet Resources
Official Website – lpnm.us
LPNM Discussion – groups.yahoo.com/lpnm-discussOpen forum (unmoderated for the most part)
Blog – lpofnm.blogspot.comFacebook group – facebook.com/group.php?gid=20233114967
Ning.com social utility – lpofnm.ning.com
Myspace group – groups.myspace.com/lpnm
LPNM Central Committee
Chair Jay Vandersloot – 505-362-1733 / [email protected]
Vice Chair VACANT
SecretarySiebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / [email protected]
Treasurer VACANT
At-Large Representative, Seat AAllen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / [email protected]
At-Large Representative, Seat BAttila Csanyi – 505-286-7861 / [email protected]
District 1 Representative, Seat AMike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / [email protected]
District 1 Representative, Seat BBob Finch – 765-412-2374 / [email protected]
District 2 Representative, Seat AGilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / [email protected]
District 2 Representative, Seat B
VACANT
District 3 Representative, Seat ARon Bjornstad – 505-891-4541 / [email protected]
District 3 Representative, Seat BMike Moss – 505-564-4905 / [email protected]
Membership Coordinator Ron Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / [email protected]
Press SecretaryBill Koehler – 505-264-0835 / [email protected]
Media Director Bob Finch – 765-412-2374 / [email protected]
Campus Contacts
Central New Mexico Community College [CNM]groups.myspace.com/cnmlibertariansMike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / [email protected]
College of Santa FeMorgan Wells – [email protected]
Internet Resources
Official Website – lpnm.us
LPNM Discussion – groups.yahoo.com/lpnm-discussOpen forum (unmoderated for the most part)
Blog – lpofnm.blogspot.comFacebook group – facebook.com/group.php?gid=20233114967
Ning.com social utility – lpofnm.ning.com
Myspace group – groups.myspace.com/lpnm
County Contacts
Bernalillo – lpnm.us/bernalilloMike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / [email protected]
ColfaxRichard Moore – 575-377-6849 / [email protected]
Dona Ana – lpnm.us/dona-anaSiebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / [email protected]
Lea
Christina Groth – 575-397-9366LincolnRichard Obergfell – 575-378-8025 / [email protected]
Los AlamosAllen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / [email protected]
LunaMarilyn Steffen – 575-531-2556 / [email protected]
Otero – lpnm.us/otero Gilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / [email protected]
Rio ArribaLynette Cannon – 575-756-1511 / [email protected]
Roosevelt
Ken Sanders – 575-749-2085
San Juan – sjclp.orgGary Wood – [email protected]
SandovalRon Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / [email protected]
TaosLynette Cannon – 575-756-1511 / [email protected]
LPNM Vacancies
Central Committee (3)
Vice-Chair Treasurer
District 2 Representative, Seat B
County Contacts (20)
Catron / Chaves / Cibola / Curry / De BacaEddy / Grant / Guadalupe / Harding / Hidalgo
McKinley / Mora / Quay / Santa Fe / San MiguelSierra / Socorro / Torrance / Union / Valencia
College Contacts (4)
Eastern New Mexico University (Portales)
New Mexico Tech (Socorro)
University of New Mexico (Various Campuses)
Western New Mexico University (Silver City)
Contact the state chair if you're interestedin filling a slot.
If you don't, who will?
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Administriviaby Mike Blessing, Editor
If you have news, interesting stories, op-ed pieces, a letter to theeditor, or timely information that you think belongs in the newsletter,please send it along. I can be contacted at 505-918-6567, or justsend it to email address [email protected].
When sending your submission as an MS Word (or Open OfficeText) file, send it single-spaced in 9-pt Arial – like this is. Marginsshould be quarter-inch (0.25”) around, with no headers or footers. If you send it in a text-only format, make it clear to me if you wantanything in bold type, underlined, in italics, struck-through,different colors, etc. I’m not telepathic here, so help me out. AndNO Wordperfect files – I can't open those.
Graphics (pictures, cartoons, etc.) – send the highest qualitygraphics you can – email them to me at the address above, and I’lldo what I can to get them in the next issue. In particular, what Iwant are pictures of YOU the LPNM members, either at LPNM-sponsored events or at other peoples' events. Submission deadlinefor each issue – midnight, third Tuesday of the month.
Articles
As for writing your article, It should be concise (no longer than a fullpage) and topical. A bit of humor helps, especially for op-ed pieces.What I'm really looking for in the way of articles is what's going onin the LPNM – what YOU the membership are up to in spreadingthe message. For example, an article about the stupidity, insanityand evil of the UN might get put in, depending on available spaceand the quality of the article. A group of LPNM members counter-protesting the raising of a UN flag by the city council WILL get putin, and probably will get first priority.
Editorial Viewpoint
The basis for libertarian thought is the Zero Aggression Principle[ZAP] –
A libertarian is someone who believes that no human beinghas the right – under any circumstances – to initiate forceagainst another human being, nor to threaten, incite or delegate its initiation.
New Mexico Liberty holds that Libertarian candidates, officeholdersor appointed spokespersons at all levels of government or the Partyshould refrain from advocating new or more restrictive laws, new or more expensive spending programs, or new or higher taxes. Toparaphrase from the medical profession, “First, do no harm.”
Submissions Policy
The editor reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for anyreason. The editor will most often be willing to explain any suchreasons. Appeals of the editor's refusal to post an advertisement,article, letter to editor, or anything else can be made to the LPNM'sState Chair, Central Committee and/or Judicial Council.
Copyright
Copyright © 2003–2009 Libertarian Party of New Mexico. All rightsreserved. Permission is explicitly granted for subscribers to recopyNew Mexico Liberty for non-commercial purposes, specifically asuse as an outreach tool, provided that New Mexico Liberty is copiedin its entirety. Use your imagination here.
Subscriptions and Correspondence
For a print subscription, contact Ron Bjornstad for details.Mexico Liberty will be posted to the web, in PDF format, to the section of the Google group I’ve set up for it –
groups.google.com/group/nmliberty
If you are moving or change your mailing address, please use us in the loop so we can keep your New Mexico Liberty comiyou – contact Ron Bjornstad [ [email protected] ] if youprint version subscriber. Otherwise, contact the editor.
Advertising in New Mexico Liberty
Current rates for year-long spots
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Rates are subject to change at the discretion of the editor.editor will do his best to make any such changes only wabsolutely necessary.
Inserts – For an insert into the PDF version that goes out oveinternet, contact the editor at email address . For an insert intprint edition, contact Ron Bjornstad at email [email protected] or phone number 505-288-4228.
Ø – The symbol for Federal Reserve Note(s), as used by BostoParty in his books. In plain-text message traffic (such as emailacronym “FRN” will be used by the editor. See javelinpress.comore information. Also see the Wikipedia page for “FeReserve Note” – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Note.
THE LPNM OFFICIAL WEBSITE – lpnm.us
LPNM OFFICIAL MAILING ADDRESSAND PHONE NUMBER
918 Ivory Road SERio Rancho, NM 87124
505-288-4228
If the date on your mailing label reads before 03/01/10, it'sto renew your LPNM membership.
THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT CHALLENGECASH Ø10,000 PRIZE
To the first person to write a logical and documented eshowing one of the following to be compatible with the Declarof Independence:
Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
Federal Communications Act of 1934National Firearms Act of 1934
Banking Act of 1935The Internal Revenue Code
Controlled Substances Act of 1970RICO Act of 1970
Federal Elections Act of 1970Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Plumbing Products Efficiency Act of 1992Anti-Money Laundering Act of 1992
USA PATRIOT Act of 2001Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
This challenge is also on the web at tinyurl.com/hn982
To claim your prize, contactMike Blessing at 505-515-7015 or
send an email to [email protected]
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