4,237
edits
James Peron: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
expand LP section a bit
(various reformatting) |
(expand LP section a bit) |
||
| Line 64: | Line 64: | ||
===Libertarian Party=== | ===Libertarian Party=== | ||
Chairman of the San Francisco Libertarian Party | Chairman of the San Francisco Libertarian Party. | ||
Editor of the LP newsletters for Illinois and Connecticut. | |||
Candidate for public office: | |||
* 1980 - Illinois, State Representative District 13 (Chicago area) - 5.36% | |||
* 1984 - Connecticut, US Representative District 5 - 0.22% | |||
* 1986 - California, Bay Area Rapid Transit Board District 8 (San Francisco) - 4.06% | |||
In 1989 led successful passing of Proposition O the “Clean Needle Initiative” in San Francisco. The first time – in any community – that a Libertarian sponsored initiative has won. One year later this was followed by another proposition, also Prop O stating that the people of the city and country of San Francisco declare their “community standards” to be total and complete freedom of speech. It gained widespread support and passed easily. | In 1989 led successful passing of Proposition O the “Clean Needle Initiative” in San Francisco. The first time – in any community – that a Libertarian sponsored initiative has won. One year later this was followed by another proposition, also Prop O stating that the people of the city and country of San Francisco declare their “community standards” to be total and complete freedom of speech. It gained widespread support and passed easily. | ||
| Line 70: | Line 77: | ||
He was involved in several presidential campaigns since Ed Clark’s 1980 bid, co-authored the campaign book of 1984 Vice Presidential candidate Jim Lewis, and was one of the early backers of Gary Johnson. | He was involved in several presidential campaigns since Ed Clark’s 1980 bid, co-authored the campaign book of 1984 Vice Presidential candidate Jim Lewis, and was one of the early backers of Gary Johnson. | ||
He withdrew from involvement with the LP because it had become, as he characterized it in a 2022 Facebook post, an | He withdrew from involvement with the LP because in his view it had become, as he characterized it in a 2022 Facebook post, an "Alt-Right" party. (See [[#Responses to Interview Questions|responses to interview questions]] below.) | ||
===Other Organizations=== | ===Other Organizations=== | ||