Newsletter from our companion group, The Texas Liberty Campaign. Most of the folks in this group are Ron Paul/Debra Medina supporters…. Let’s see what they’ve been up to lately!!
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This is a publication of The Texas Liberty Campaign, the organization with the most potential to return America to the Constitutional Republic in which we all believe.
This newsletter is designed to allow the reader to delve into subjects further and to share their insight on the topic.
Momentum for the Liberty Movement in Texas
Mike Barre – Republican Justice of the Peace Candidate – Travis County – In a race defined by personal responsibility and the Constitution, Mike won in the Primary thanks to hard work, working with the Republican Party, the Tea Party, and 912 Project, and the issues facing Austin.
Karl Voigtsberger – Republican County Commissioner Candidate – Collin County – Karl accomplished his goals simply by running for County Commissioner, in a race that brought fiscally responsible governance and the likely halt to development of an unneeded bridge and Intermodal Transportation facility in his area.
Debbie McKee – Republican Precinct Chair Candidate – Hunt County – Debbie found herself challenging the long-time incumbent in her new precinct for Hunt County Chair and found the entrenched Republicans to be fierce opponents.
Debra Medina – Republican Governor Candidate – Wharton County – Most of us worked hard on this race and we can be proud that a quarter of a million Texans realized that real change in the form of fiscal responsibility and limited government is needed. We will all continue to work hard to ensure that property ownership and gun ownership, the essential elements of freedom, will be protected.
Chris Howe – Holding a Medina Yard Sign – Watauga – Tarrant County – Chris, a TxLC Board member from the Technology/Civil Disobedience Caucus, was electioneering at a Watauga polling place on primary day when city employees arrived and began removing signs left in the ground. When they tried to remove Chris’ signs, he picked them up and held them in his hands, at which point he was told he could not even carry a sign, even though he was outside the 100 foot marker for that location. When Chris would not give up his sign, he was arrested and charged with violation of a Wautaga City ordinance that prohibits placing political signs on public property. The case is pending, with the next court date set for late May.
John Jay Myers – Libertarian Congressional Seat 32 Candidate– Dallas County – John Jay does “not believe that the Democrats are single handedly destroying this country. [He knows] that they, like the Republicans, are using both hands.”
Jerry Berggren – Rowlett City Council Candidate – Dallas County – Jerry’s Campaign is picking up momentum now that the local voters are paying attention to the race. While all of the candidates are running on a fiscally conservative platform, Jerry offered real, tangible ways to cut the budget and taxes. Rowlett’s tax burden is the SECOND HIGHEST in Texas, so voters in this Republican stronghold are focusing on their checkbooks, rather than the social issues for which they tend to dedicate their vote. With our support, Jerry can win. The primary election was Saturday, May 8th. Mr. Berggren is involved in a runoff election, Saturday, June 12th (early voting is June 1-June 7).
Other Goings On
According to John Jay Meyers, State Libertarian Executive Committee member for Senate District 23 in Dallas County, the Libertarian Party has over 200 people on the ballot on Texas, all of whom can be found at http://www.lptexas.org/. A few even plan on making a race of it. John Jay Myers also claims that the Dallas County Libertarian Party raises more money than almost every other State Libertarian Party and the Texas LP has a budget that amounts to one-third of the National LP budget. They’re organizing and gaining momentum.
The Constitution Party would like help obtaining ballot access in Texas. They need 80,000 signatures in order to forgo the hoops involved in getting individual candidates on the ballot in each county. If you’d like to help, contact John Parks at johnp@copper.net.
The Kokesh Campaign helped with Debra Medina’s Campaign by providing volunteers and a mechanism for those volunteers to call voters in Texas. Many of us reciprocated by calling voters in New Mexico, to let them know about Adam Kokesh’s race in New Mexico for the 3rd House of Representatives’ race. (Unfortunately, Mr. Kokesh did not win the Republican primary race on June 1st.)
Regional Organization Formation Meetings
For those areas that have yet to conduct Regional Organization Formation meetings, the instructions for forming a regional organization are here. The Regional Organization is the foundation of the Texas Liberty Campaign; they set the agenda and they get things done. Contact Robert McDonald, Chair of the Standing Membership Committee, to announce your meeting.
Dallas County had a Regional Organization Formation Meeting in Addison on May 15th at 1 pm. Prior to that meeting, members and guests were invited to contribute to the bylaws at Jarrod Atkinson’s house on May 11th and 13th at 7 pm, with the goal being to hammer out the Bylaws before the meeting begins. Details on those meetings were sent to the members in those counties.
All TxLC members from the Hays, Caldwell, Blanco, Comal, and Guadalupe county areas were invited to attend the forming of a regional group on Saturday May 28th. The purpose of the group is to bring together leaders and activists in the Liberty movement across the area to provide a support framework for training, mobilization, and communication across the region. Members contacted Rob Roark or Griffin Spell for more information and to register. Nonmembers of the TxLC are invited to attend and to sign up at that time. Others from surrounding counties in the region will also be welcome.
Moving Forward
The immediate goal of the members of the Texas Liberty Campaign who have been elected delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention is to change the Rules of the Republican Party. The Medina Campaign laid a significant amount of groundwork by circulating 5 petitions that would have resulted in Propositions on the Republican Primary Ballot.
The RPT State Convention
The communications coordinator for our delegates and alternates would like everyone to join the Medina Meetup in order to facilitate communications for the convention. Each Senate District should be in contact with the organizers for that group to make sure that we all work together.
At some point, the members of the Texas Liberty Campaign may recommend a candidate for RPT Chair. Obviously, everyone is entitled to vote his conscience; however, many of us have been extremely involved in Republican Party internal politics, so the recommendation of certain members of the TxLC should be viewed as educated.
Changes to the Board
Houston Caucus: Bill Tofte, who wanted to devote more time to the Medina Campaign, was replaced by the voting members of the Houston Caucus by Lynda Krueger.
Central Texas Caucus
Greg Havlin resigned for personal reasons. The Central Texas Caucus met but fell short of quorum and, therefore, could not vote on a replacement. The members in attendance unanimously asked that the Board accept his resignation and replace him with Rob Roark. The Board filled the empty Board position with Rob Roark.
