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Friday, August 8, 2014
Frederick Steiner in this week's Current Newspapers
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Libertarians run full slate in D.C.
Libertarians in D.C. are now running a full slate of candidates, for Mayor, Delegate to Congress, Wards 1, 3, 5 and 6 city council seats, At Large city council, city council chairman, and both Shadow seats.
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The final edition is Preston Cornish, an Eckington resident who was born in Washington, D.C., for Ward 5 (Eckington, Brookland, Edgewood, Woodbridge and other NE neighborhoods). Mr. Cornish supplied the following statement for the Voter Guide that DC mails to every voter in the city:
Ward 5 needs a Councilmember who is steadfastly dedicated to improving the lives of its citizens—not a politician who will spend the next term angling for even higher political office.
To improve government functioning, I will fight for competitive contracting, reduced waste, and elimination of unnecessary function. To better the lives of our citizens, I will press for greater parental control of education. And, I will seek to block policies that impinge on the individual freedom of residents.
I was born in DC, and I will work to earn your vote.
Preston Cornish
Cornish4Council@gmail.com
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Pranav Badhwar, Libertarian for Ward 6 city council, supplied this statement for the November Voter Guide
"My wife and I are devoted to this city where our children were born and attend school. Our politicians today offer failing middle schools despite spending almost $30,000/student, exclude the poor from opportunity through excessive licensing, and viciously but ineffectively and expensively prosecute non-violent drug users. With less spending and based on already successful policies, my plan creates thriving schools, generates opportunities for the neediest, where men and women can thrive as small business owners, reduces the cost of housing and transportation, and creates a safer city by re-focusing police attention on violent, not victimless, crime."
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Kyle Walker, Libertarian for city council chair, provided the following statement:
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Bruce Majors, Libertarian for Mayor, also updated his Voter Guide statement from the one that appeared in the primary Voter Guide in April:
I am running for Mayor to shift the discussion of issues in DC. Or since David Catania and Muriel Bowser have spent the year NOT debating issues and NOT proposing any solutions beyond minor tinkering with our existing failing schools and programs, perhaps I should say to RAISE issues. Libertarians want more choices for DC residents - more school choice and more freedom to take jobs - from driving a cab to braiding hair to running a school or daycare - without being blocked by government. Freedom to work! (We want to shift the Overton window, in political science terms.)
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Ward 5 needs a Councilmember who is steadfastly dedicated to improving the lives of its citizens—not a politician who will spend the next term angling for even higher political office.
To improve government functioning, I will fight for competitive contracting, reduced waste, and elimination of unnecessary function. To better the lives of our citizens, I will press for greater parental control of education. And, I will seek to block policies that impinge on the individual freedom of residents.
I was born in DC, and I will work to earn your vote.
Preston Cornish
Cornish4Council@gmail.com
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Pranav Badhwar, Libertarian for Ward 6 city council, supplied this statement for the November Voter Guide
"My wife and I are devoted to this city where our children were born and attend school. Our politicians today offer failing middle schools despite spending almost $30,000/student, exclude the poor from opportunity through excessive licensing, and viciously but ineffectively and expensively prosecute non-violent drug users. With less spending and based on already successful policies, my plan creates thriving schools, generates opportunities for the neediest, where men and women can thrive as small business owners, reduces the cost of housing and transportation, and creates a safer city by re-focusing police attention on violent, not victimless, crime."
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Kyle Walker, Libertarian for city council chair, provided the following statement:
As City Council Chairman I will work to make it easier for DC parents to choose the best school for their children, DC property owners to provide affordable space for renters to live and work, and DC entrepreneurs to create valuable products, services, and jobs here in our city. I will never vote to restrict your personal freedom to live how you choose, and I will work to erase nonviolent-victimless crimes from the books. Unnecessary laws, regulations, and bureacracy prevent us from living and working how we see fit, and such policies offer insiders and cronies the opportunity to gain personal advantage at the public's expense. By focusing on the well-being of all DC residents rather than special interest groups looking for favors from the public or looking to legislate virtue, I believe we can make DC a freer, safer, and more prosperous place to call home.
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Bruce Majors, Libertarian for Mayor, also updated his Voter Guide statement from the one that appeared in the primary Voter Guide in April:
I am running for Mayor to shift the discussion of issues in DC. Or since David Catania and Muriel Bowser have spent the year NOT debating issues and NOT proposing any solutions beyond minor tinkering with our existing failing schools and programs, perhaps I should say to RAISE issues. Libertarians want more choices for DC residents - more school choice and more freedom to take jobs - from driving a cab to braiding hair to running a school or daycare - without being blocked by government. Freedom to work! (We want to shift the Overton window, in political science terms.)
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Libertarians call on Delegate Norton to oppose Harris amendment
Marijuana becomes decriminalized in DC, somewhat, tonight.
But Maryland Congressman Andy Harris has offered an amendment to the Financial Services Appropriation bill voted on today to overturn that. Harris's amendment to the Financial Services Appropriation Bill comes to the floor for a vote today.
Delegate Norton should offer an amendment to eliminate his amendment interfering with DC's autonomy.
If she can't do that, what good is the DC Democratic Party?
This is why the D.C. Libertarian Party is recruiting and running a full slate of candidates, to offer an alternative the DC's one party state and protect the autonomy of DC residents.
You can contact Delegate Norton at one of her 3 Congressional offices
Capitol Hill Office
2136 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
phone: (202) 225-8050
fax: 202) 225-3002
hours: M-F 9-5:30pm
fax: 202) 225-3002
hours: M-F 9-5:30pm
Main District Office
90 K Street, NE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20001
phone: (202) 408-9041
fax: (202) 408-9048
hours: M-F 9-5:30pm
fax: (202) 408-9048
hours: M-F 9-5:30pm
S.E. District Office
2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., S.E.
Suite 238
Washington, DC 20020
phone: (202) 678-8900
fax: (202) 678-8844
hours: M-F 9-5:30pm
fax: (202) 678-8844
hours: M-F 9-5:30pm
Monday, July 14, 2014
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Why Do Other Parents Care Where I Send My Kid to School?
Why Do Other Parents Care Where I Send My Kid to School? - City Desk
The author has identified a real problem, as have many of the people posting replies who think they disagree with him. And it's a problem NOT being addressed by either Bowser or Catania, as they continue to not debate each other or discuss any issues beyond the most picayune tinkering with the status quo. We need rapid expansion of educational options and opportunities, radically increased school choice. It is not enough to say, as Catania does, that if you are a well off parent who can afford a home in a great school district you should have the right to go to that school. That only helps his voting base - who do deserve a safe and good education for their kids. But so does everyone else. Currently charters receive less than the $29,000 per student we spend in the traditional public schools, vouchers less than that, and tax credits for education don't even exist.
We need equal opportunity and equal funding for all children no matter where they choose to go to school - public, charter, private, alternative, or home school.
Additionally we regulate private, independent, alternative schools in DC with a different agency than those we use to regulate charter and public schools, and we make them have more bathrooms, more staff, more expensive furnishings, etc. etc. than charters and public schools.
We keep new alternative schools from starting, and we keep people from getting the jobs those schools could provide to DC residents with no law degree. We also keep those kindergartens, and pre schools and elementary schools from coming into being so they can provide DC child care and education to Maryland and Virginia commuters who might want their kids to go to school across the street from their job in DC, since it would make logistics easier and make it easier to visit a child at lunch. By regulating our own DC child care and education industry out of existence, we export DC jobs and business opportunities to Maryland and Virginia again, and increase the burden on everyone of rush hour traffic as people have to get back and forth across state lines to pick kids up after school.
The author has identified a real problem, as have many of the people posting replies who think they disagree with him. And it's a problem NOT being addressed by either Bowser or Catania, as they continue to not debate each other or discuss any issues beyond the most picayune tinkering with the status quo. We need rapid expansion of educational options and opportunities, radically increased school choice. It is not enough to say, as Catania does, that if you are a well off parent who can afford a home in a great school district you should have the right to go to that school. That only helps his voting base - who do deserve a safe and good education for their kids. But so does everyone else. Currently charters receive less than the $29,000 per student we spend in the traditional public schools, vouchers less than that, and tax credits for education don't even exist.
We need equal opportunity and equal funding for all children no matter where they choose to go to school - public, charter, private, alternative, or home school.
Additionally we regulate private, independent, alternative schools in DC with a different agency than those we use to regulate charter and public schools, and we make them have more bathrooms, more staff, more expensive furnishings, etc. etc. than charters and public schools.
We keep new alternative schools from starting, and we keep people from getting the jobs those schools could provide to DC residents with no law degree. We also keep those kindergartens, and pre schools and elementary schools from coming into being so they can provide DC child care and education to Maryland and Virginia commuters who might want their kids to go to school across the street from their job in DC, since it would make logistics easier and make it easier to visit a child at lunch. By regulating our own DC child care and education industry out of existence, we export DC jobs and business opportunities to Maryland and Virginia again, and increase the burden on everyone of rush hour traffic as people have to get back and forth across state lines to pick kids up after school.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Majors for Mayor Meet and Greet/Campaign Kick Off
You're invited to a meet and greet with Bruce Majors, Candidate for Mayor, and other Libertarian candidates running for office in D.C.
At the home of K-- W----
(Libertarian candidate for city council chairman)
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Please RSVP:
Majors for Mayor
(202) 704-6401
kyle-----.com
Yard signs, buttons and hats will be available (for a donation)
Friday, May 23, 2014
DC Libertarians remain fastest growing party
Ten to twenty new people had been registering as Libertarians every month since it became legal to do so after November 2012 and new voter registration forms were created in March 2013 several months after we won ballot status.
But in April there was an uptick, with 46 new Libertarian registrants, for a growth rate of over 19% in one month.
Bruce Majors, Libertarian candidate for Mayor, attributes this in part to canvassing and events and publicity for the Libertarian slate of 8 candidates running for most of the open races in DC.
The other parties with ballot status, Democrats, Republicans and Greens, actually lost registered voters in 2013, in part because of the continual departure of voters for no party/independent status, and in part because of a massive voter roll cleaning by the Board of Elections in June 2013, which eliminated 65,000 "voters" who were deceased or had moved to other states, a figure around 10% of the total DC population.
The DC Green Party has 4 candidates, the DC GOP 2 candidates, and the DC Democrats are running a full slate. Libertarians have created a state central committee that can appoint candidates even though primaries are over. Libertarians are still recruiting for Wards 1 and 5 city council seats and for school board and advisory neighborhood commission races.
But in April there was an uptick, with 46 new Libertarian registrants, for a growth rate of over 19% in one month.
Bruce Majors, Libertarian candidate for Mayor, attributes this in part to canvassing and events and publicity for the Libertarian slate of 8 candidates running for most of the open races in DC.
The other parties with ballot status, Democrats, Republicans and Greens, actually lost registered voters in 2013, in part because of the continual departure of voters for no party/independent status, and in part because of a massive voter roll cleaning by the Board of Elections in June 2013, which eliminated 65,000 "voters" who were deceased or had moved to other states, a figure around 10% of the total DC population.
The DC Green Party has 4 candidates, the DC GOP 2 candidates, and the DC Democrats are running a full slate. Libertarians have created a state central committee that can appoint candidates even though primaries are over. Libertarians are still recruiting for Wards 1 and 5 city council seats and for school board and advisory neighborhood commission races.
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