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[[Libertarian Party of Oregon|OREGON LP]] sent out a press release, right after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, telling of a telegram they had sent to President Nixon urging him to designate [[Tonie Nathan]] as the new VP. Needless to say, it didn't happen... but the [[Libertarian Party of Oregon|OREGON LP's]]actions was a good example of using political events to gain publicity libertarianism. | [[Libertarian Party of Oregon|OREGON LP]] sent out a press release, right after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, telling of a telegram they had sent to President Nixon urging him to designate [[Tonie Nathan]] as the new VP. Needless to say, it didn't happen... but the [[Libertarian Party of Oregon|OREGON LP's]]actions was a good example of using political events to gain publicity libertarianism. | ||
[[Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania|PENNSYLVANIA LP]] | [[Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania|PENNSYLVANIA LP]] has initiated a program of having every member write one "letter to the editor" every months. [[Society for Individual Liberty|SIL's]] [[Don Ernsberger]] got up an expedition to work on [[Fran Youngstrein]]'s campaign the weekend before the election. | ||
[[Libertarian Party of Texas|TEXAS LP]] | [[Libertarian Party of Texas|TEXAS LP]] is moving forward with plans to make the [[National Convention 1974|'74 National LP Convention]] even bigger and better than the last two. [[Harris County Libertarian Party|Harris County (Houston) LP]] has been active in a drive to block a "public" (.e., gov't) transit system in the Houston area; [[Mike Holmes]] and [[Jeff Calvert]] appeared on radio station KIKK to debate Houston's City Controller on this subject. [[Harris County Libertarian Party|Harris County LP]] Secretary [[Elaine Sowers]] has already announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 1976. | ||
[[Libertarian Party of Utah|UTAH LP]] vice-chairman [[Karl Bray]], a national leader in the Tax Resistance movement, ran for Salt Lake City Commission, and received 4% of the vote. Karl has announced that he will run for National Chairman next year, "unless the IRS puts me in jail, first." | [[Libertarian Party of Utah|UTAH LP]] vice-chairman [[Karl Bray]], a national leader in the Tax Resistance movement, ran for Salt Lake City Commission, and received 4% of the vote. Karl has announced that he will run for National Chairman next year, "unless the IRS puts me in jail, first." | ||