NEW MEXICO LIBERTY

“Let Freedom Ring”

September 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page 1
• Calendar
• Pork – The Alternative Fuel
Page 2
• Field Reports
• Central Committee Notes
Page 3 – Voice of the Chair
Page 4
• Liberty is On The Air
• Chaves County Rifle Raffle
• Executive Committee Notes
• Deep Pockets
Editor / Publisher Mike Blessing [ gunssavelives@comcast.net ]
Print Distribution Ron Bjornstad [ rbjornstad@earthlink.net ]
The Official Newsletter of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico www.lpnm.org
groups.yahoo.com/group/nmliberty
CALENDAR
See groups.myspace.com/lpnm for details, updates, etc.
Sunday, 11 September – Central Committee meeting – Roper's in
Albuquerque – Wyoming & Central – Lunch 12PM, Meeting 1 PM
REGULAR EVENTS
Wednesday, 7 September. – Bernalillo County Liberty Forum meets in
Albuquerque, 5:30 to 7:00 PM at Fiesta's Restaurant & Lounge (Carlisle &
Montogomery NE). Contact Mike Blessing, 505-453-4532, for details.
Saturday, 10 September – San Juan County LP meeting. Contact Bob
Ziesmer, 505-327-6681 for details.
Friday, 16 September – Chaves County meets 6:30 PM. Contact D. Glenn,
505-625-0175, for details.

Page 5 Wednesday, 21 September – Bernalillo County Liberty Forum meets in

• San Juan County Fair
Albuquerque, 5:30 to 7:00 PM at Fiesta's Restaurant & Lounge (Carlisle &
Montogomery NE). Contact Mike Blessing, 505-453-4532, for details.
• Strategic Planning Retreat Summary
• Seeing Gnomes Monday, 26 September – August Meetup at J.B's on Eubank just north of I-40.
Contact Jay Vandersloot, 505-362-1733, for details.
Page 6 – Farmington's Darkest Hour
Wednesday, 28 September. – Sandoval County meets at JB’s restaurant on
Page 7 528 near Intel. Contact Ron Bjornstad, 505-891-4541, for details.
• LP-SJC-NM Resolution in Support of
Civil Liberties with Regard to the TV Shows – Channel 27 in ABQ
Juan Mata Case (not necessarily endorsed by LPNM)
• [SouthwestRegionLNC] New Federal
The Weekly Sedition – Wednesdays at 8PM
Case on Petitioning Hemp TV – Tuesdays at 7PM
Page 8 – Contacts / Internet Resources A Need to Know – Alternating Tuesdays at 9 PM
Reeferhead – Saturdays at 6PM
Page 9 Gun Collectors of New Mexico – Third Thursday of each month, at 8PM
Debit / Credit Account Donations
Page 10
• NM Liberty Admin Notes
• LPNM Enrollment / Renewal

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Let the other guy offer compromises.

Think of them as rungs on a ladder.
Keep your own goals fixed firmly in your
mind and make sure you never move
any direction but upward. That's how the
other side got where they are. It works.
– L. Neil Smith, Tactical Reflections
www.lneilsmith.com/tactical.html

Pork – The Alternative Fuel, by Dan Wasserman

www.tinyurl.com/bz7mx
 FIELD REPORTS
From County / Campus Chairs
Bernalillo – The Weekly Sedition has replaced New
Mexico's Consumer Advocate for the third quarter of
2005 (July / August / September) on Albuquerque
Comcast Ch.27. Show times are Wednesdays at 8PM.
New Mexico's Consumer Advocate will return in October.
A Strategic Planning Retreat was hosted by Jamie Deuel
for the CentCom on 09 July 2005. The full report is
available in the Files section of [LPNM-Biz]. A summary
is included in this issue – see page 5.
Jay Vandersloot has been the Libertarian representative
for political forums on A Need to Know, sponsored by
Patty Gladstone on ABQ Ch.27.
Mike Blessing has set up interim websites for the
Libertarian Party of Bernalillo County. The site URLs are
groups.myspace.com/lpnmbernco and
groups.yahoo.com/group/lpnm-bernalillo. More to follow.
John Pfersich has announced his intention to run against
Michael Brasher for County Commission in District 5.
Chaves – D.J. Glenn has been hosting monthly
meetings on the third Friday of the month.
The Libertarian Party of Chaves County will have a booth
at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair, 3 thru 9 October
2005. They are raffling a Ruger model 10/22T (target
rifle) carbine. With all tickets sold, the drawing will be
held Sunday afternoon, 9 October. (See page 4 for
details.)
D.J. Glenn has started an organizational effort and
membership drive recently, and will be sending out
letters to the inactive county affiliates, voters registered
as Libertarian in counties where there is no active county
affiliate party, and others.
Lincoln – Tony Seno has recently resigned as county
chair. Richard Obergfell will be the acting county chair
pending an organizational meeting with D.J. Glenn.
Richard has also been assisting D.J. with the
organizational effort and membership drive.
San Juan – The previously-announced rifle raffle is still
going on, and is due to be raffled off on 15 December
2005, for the LPSJC's Bill of Rights Day event. Contact
Bob Ziesmer for details.
The LPSJC has been making quite a bit of hay with the
recent conviction of Juan Mata for “criminal libel,” with
letters-to-the-editor and statements to the Farmington
City Council. (See pages 6-7 for details.)
The LPSJC recently sponsored a table at the San Juan
County Fair, 17-20 August 2005, and was well-received
by the public, despite some flak from two public officials.
(See page 5 for details.)
Sandoval – The LPSC is having its monthly meetings at
the J.B.'s on 528, north of Intel.
Santa Fe – Susan Ruch will be assisting D.J. Glenn with
mailings to be sent out with the organizational effort and
membership drive.
University of New Mexico – John Pfersich will also be
assisting with the start-up of a college libertarian group at
the UNM Main Campus. A print advertisement in support
of the UNM group was placed in UNM Daily Lobo by
Bruce Bush.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE NOTES
By Mike Blessing [ gunssavelives@comcast.net ]
From: Jay Vandersloot [ jayvandersloot@yahoo.com ]
Mike,
As the LPNM Secretary, please record the following for
the record.
Including the State Chair, their are currently 11 members
on the Central Committee of the LPNM.
To the question on the EMAIL VOTE on Re-certification,
I received nine replies. All eight voted yes on the
question. Replies were not received from two CenCom
members.
The following are the Central Committee members who
replied on the email vote to accept Scott Kohlhaas' offer
pertaining to the recertification drive.
YES votes (9):
Mike Blessing
Bruce Bush
Stan Raczynski
Judy Glenn
Dorsey Glenn
Ron Bjornstad
Bob Ziesmer
Richard Obergfell
John Pfersich
There were zero NO votes and zero abstentions.
As Chair I did not vote. For the record, had I voted, I
would also have voted YES.
Vote is carried to accept Scott Kohlhaas' offer.
Jay Vandersloot
State Chair
[ This was after CentCom discussed an offer made to
Jay by Scott Kohlhaas, that Scott would run the LPNM's
re-certification effort, the signatures for which are due in
early April, 2006. The full document, including discussion
between Kohlhaas and Jay, is available in PDF format in
the Files section of [LPNM-Biz]. The next CentCom
meeting is on 11 Sept 2005, at Roper's Restaurant.
Contact Jay or myself for directions, time, agenda, etc. –
MWB ]
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"No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned
population by force of arms forever. There is no greater
power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against
that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot
stand."
– G'Kar to Londo Mollari,
"The Long Twilight Struggle" (Babylon 5)
Voice of the Chair
Jay Vandersloot
jayvandersloot@yahoo.com
Zero-Dues Proposal passed
by the National Committee.
With the passage of the Zero-Dues proposal by the
National Committee, this means we will no longer
receive our “welfare” payments from National. Instead,
we will have to look to becoming self-sustaining.
This is quite in keeping with our Libertarian principles.
We want government to do away with welfare, and in
effect we are setting the example by doing away with our
internal LP “welfare” system we have become so
dependant on.
We discussed this at the LPNM Executive Committee
meeting, and will pursue it further at the Central
Committee meeting on September 11th. Yes, that’s
right, we’ll be meeting on 9/11, plus 4 years.
Something should be done about that.
Often it seems that at every turn we see a wrong that
needs to be righted, or at least spoken against. You
think to yourself, “Someone should write a letter to the
editor.” And, you wait for someone else, such as the
Chair, or one of the CenCom reps to do it.
Why wait? When you identify the need, sit down, write
that letter yourself, and send it to the media. The
individuals of the LP of San Juan County seem to be
quite adept at taking the lead when they see a need.
And we have a number of other LPNM members around
NM who are also doing the same. But, it takes more
than a few of us to make the LPNM effective. The more
of us taking a part in spreading Libertarian principles, the
more effective we will be.
An Opportunity to Voice Your Opinion on Issues.
There are times when an issue arises that we’d like to
know what the members of the LPNM think, but just
don’t have the time to poll everyone to get your views.
Here’s a way you can speak out on issues. Join the
LPNM-Activists group (don’t let the word activists scare
you). If you sign up to receive either individual or
consolidated emails you will be notified whenever a poll
has been listed. You just click on the link in the email,
sign in, and indicate your view on the subject of the poll.
To join the group, send an email to LPNM-Activists-
subscribe@yahoogroups.com and follow the instructions
you receive for joining.
Now, let’s educate ourselves on a couple of planks from
our National Platform of the Libertarian Party, so we will
be better able to present the principles to others.
I. Individual Rights and Civil Order
No conflict exists between civil order and individual
rights. Both concepts are based on the same
fundamental principle: that no individual, group, or
government may initiate force against any other
individual, group, or government.
“This time, like all times, is a good one, if we but know
what to do with it.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Freedom and Responsibility
The Issue: Personal responsibility is discouraged by
government denying individuals the opportunity to
exercise it. In fact, the denial of freedom fosters
irresponsibility.
The Principle: Individuals should be free to make
choices for themselves and to accept responsibility for
the consequences of the choices they make. We must
accept the right of others to choose for themselves if we
are to have the same right. Our support of an individual's
right to make choices in life does not mean that we
necessarily approve or disapprove of those choices. We
believe people must accept personal responsibility for
the consequences of their actions.
Solutions: Libertarian policies will promote a society
where people are free to make and learn from their own
decisions.
Transitional Actions: Repeal all laws that presume
government knows better than the individual how to run
that person's life. Encourage private sector
dissemination of information to help consumers make
informed decisions on products and services. Enforce
laws against fraud and misrepresentation.
Crime
The Issue: The continuing high level of violent crime –
and the government's demonstrated inability to deal with
it – threatens the lives, happiness and belongings of
Americans. At the same time, governmental violations of
rights undermine people's sense of justice with regard to
crime. Victimless crime laws themselves violate
individual rights and also breed genuine crime.
The Principle: The only justified function of government
is the protection of the lives, rights and property of its
citizens.
Solutions: The appropriate way to suppress crime is
through consistent and impartial enforcement of laws
that protect individual rights. We applaud the trend
toward private protection services and voluntary
community crime control groups.
Transitional Action: We call for an end to "hate crime"
laws that punish people for their thoughts and speech,
distract us from real crimes, and foster resentment by
giving some individuals special status under the law.
Laws pertaining to "victimless crimes" should be
repealed. We support institutional changes, consistent
with full respect for the rights of the accused, which
would permit victims to direct the prosecution in criminal
cases.
 LIBERTY IS ON THE AIR
By Paul Tietjens [ starbane@gmail.com ]
Free Talk Live (www.freetalklive.com), is a national talk
radio show that promotes libertarian solutions to political
problems and provides a popular forum for just about
any subject.
The radio show bills itself like this:
“In an industry where shows are either pro-republican or
pro-democrat, Free Talk Live is unabashedly pro-
FREEDOM.”
If you haven't heard them yet, the show podcasts and
has quality mp3 available for download or live streaming
on their site at www.freetalklive.com/tunein.php.
As an avid listener for the last few months I can attest
that the hosts have a very provocative, but accessible
pro-freedom approach to the callers' topics. From
personal relationships to the evils of eminent domain, the
show is a pedestrian promotion of the principals that
libertarians hold dear.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NOTES
By Mike Blessing [ gunssavelives@comcast.net ]
14 August 2005 Meeting
Attending
Jay Vandersloot, Bruce Bush, Mike Blessing
Stan Raczynski, Ron Bjornstad, Jamie Deuel
Discussed
• The new zero-dues rules from the LNC
• Ideas on LPNM memberships
• Potential fundraising measures
• Re-certification of the LPNM as a political party in
New Mexico
• Increasing college student participation in the LPNM
• The membership drive and organizational effort
spearheaded by Dorsey Glenn
• The future of the LPNM website

If we want to touch the minds of the latent libertarians out Full notes of the ExCom meeting are posted in the Files
there, this is the kind of format that can do it. section of [LPNM-Biz]. The next CentCom meeting will
be on 11 September 2005, at Roper's Restaurant,
To bring this show to our state, all it will take is enough Central Ave SE near Wyoming Blvd. Contact myself or
people calling local radio stations and asking them to Jay for more information, concerns that the CentCom
carry it. should address, etc.
Five or ten minutes of your time will put a bug in their ear
and help spread the message of liberty.
Here are the stations to call and who to ask “Would you
considering picking up Free Talk Live?”. A personal call
would be best, but if you can't bring yourself to call, you
can always send an email!
KAGM 106.3 FM – www.kagm.com
505-878-0980 – Scott Sherwood
KABQ 1350 AM – www.abqtalk.com
505-830-6400 – Bill May
KKOB 770 AM – www.770kob.com
505-767-6700 – Pat Frisch
KTBL 1050 AM
505-767-6700

CHAVES COUNTY RIFLE RAFFLE Deep Pockets, by Drew Sheneman

By Dorsey J. Glenn [ djglenn@plateautel.net ]
The Libertarian Party of Chaves County will have a booth
at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair, 3 thru 9 October
2005. They are raffling a Ruger model 10/22T (target
rifle) carbine. With all tickets sold, the drawing will be
held Sunday afternoon, 9 October.
www.tinyurl.com/cur5g
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"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a
majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority;
the political function of rights is precisely to protect
minorities from oppression by majorities (and the
smallest minority on earth is the individual)."
– Ayn Rand

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"Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax

The Ruger being raffled has a Bushnell 3-9x 40mm
collectors – and miss."
scope, Leupold scope mounts, a keypad trigger lock and
– Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love (1973)
a top-grade cowhide sling. Tickets are Ø2 apiece.
Contact Dorsey Glenn for details.
 SAN JUAN COUNTY FAIR BOOTH
By Derrill Gleim [ dgleim@sisna.com ]
The LPSJC recently sponsored a table at the San Juan
County Fair, 17-20 August 2005, the largest county fair in
New Mexico. We paid for the booth, had a really good
reception this year, and had lots of conversations
concerning the current state of the police state in
America.
We got a number of "thumbs up" for our resolution
concerning Juan Mata that was published in the Daily
Times. We have a small number of new people on our
mailing list. People picked up tons of literature and
complained about the R's & D's.
I wore my .45 ACP on my hip, and was asked by a Fair
Board member and a deputy sherrif to remove it. I
refused unless they could show me the statute or arrest
me, of which they did neither.
Derrill Gleim at LPSJC Booth
Destri Gleim at LPSJC Booth
Two other people were asked to remove theirs and
complied, as the deputy told them they were on private
property and they believed him.
The Fair Board consists of 6-7 members but only one
confronted me about the pistol. He told me he was
concerned because the Fair was "family oriented." I
replied that I also was family oriented, especially for the
safety of my family that was at the Fair with me.
He and the Deputy both said the sight of me wearing my
sidearm might encourage gang bangers to think they
could also wear theirs. WTF? After a short discussion,
the Deputy agreed gang bangers could wear theirs if
they wanted, but would more likely have them concealed
whether I was wearing mine or not.
I continued to wear my sidearm throughout the Fair and
recieved several positive comments from "families," and
one deputy, Connie Lee, said she would encourage more
citizens to open carry.
STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT SUMMARY
By Jamie K. Deuel [ jkdeuel@swcp.com ]
The Libertarian Party of New Mexico is clearly “down” but
just as clearly it is not “out.”
The ideas and new initiatives that were brought forward
during this planning retreat offer fresh, attainable, and,
eminently powerful steps along the road to recovery.
History is replete with examples of an individual, or a
group, hitting a low point and rebounding with such
alacrity and success it became hard to remember the
bad times.
When Steve Jobs, at age 30, got fired by the company
he founded, Apple, how many wrote him off? Yet, today
he has not only personally rebounded with Pixar
animation his vehicle, but also has regained the helm of
floundering Apple and righted it to, not merely, stay afloat
but to challenge Microsoft in product quality,
performance, and customer satisfaction, so much so that
it is enjoying the ultimate of any Libertarian success
story, record profits in a highly competitive market.
But it does take will!
Does the LPNM, with its “new” officers, some truly new,
others returning to lend their proven experience and
dedication, have that will? There is every reason to
believe the job will get done. The biggest questions are
how (1) quickly, and (2) effectively?
Time will certainly tell. Heads they win, tails they
lose.
Seeing Gnomes, by Drew Sheneman
www.tinyurl.com/bxgq5
 FARMINGTON'S DARKEST HOUR
Submitted by Joseph Knight [ nm_libertarian@yahoo.com ]
Editorial – Farmington Daily Times, 08 August 2005, 11:37 PM
Only thing 'criminal' about 'criminal libel'
is filing such a charge
We’ve all know about libel.
Somebody sues somebody else for negative words or images
that were printed about that individual.
Movie stars and tabloids often are at odds in such cases, but
libel laws apply to all forms of publications.
The vast majority of libel cases never make it to court, and the
vast majority of those that do eventually are thrown out by a
judge or judges.
Why? Because our Constitution guarantees the right to free
speech. It’s one of the very foundations of what makes
America great.
The rule basically is no harm, no foul – especially when
dealing with celebrities, public figures and public officials.
That doesn’t mean libel cases don’t get filed. But since libel
cases are a civil matter, at risk is a hefty financial judgment
against those deemed to have used poor judgment in
publication. Poor taste is not libel.
Still, libel is a money issue. It’s not like anybody risks going to
jail, right?
Well, in New Mexico, there is such a thing called “criminal
libel.” Most of us have never heard of it because it’s almost
never filed. And we mean almost never.
Criminal libel is a misdemeanor charge, and there are four
such cases known to have been filed in our state’s history.
Make that five.
Farmington recently charged a local man with criminal libel for
picketing in front of the police station.
The man has long claimed police harassment, but his
demands for investigation have been repeatedly ignored by
the Farmington Police Department.
So, 32-year-old Juan Mata decided to take matters into his
owns hands, and with a homemade sign that accused a
certain officer of being “a dirty cop,” he demonstrated in front
of police headquarters.
The Oct. 28, 2004 mini-protest took place on a public
sidewalk, Mata claims.
Indeed, Mata was not charged with trespassing. Instead, he
was charged with criminal libel, harassment and stalking.
Mata, of course, is claiming retaliation, in addition to his
constitutional rights being violated. Again. One can understand
how Mata might feel the way he does, given the fact he
protested in late October but wasn’t charged with criminal libel
until until January – two months after he and his family had
filed a civil rights lawsuit alleging police brutality.
Some might call it coincidence or simply bad timing on the
city’s part.
We’ll be interested in what the judge calls it when Mata’s
criminal libel case is heard in court today. We believe the
charges should be thrown out. In America, a man should have
the right to protest City Hall, or in this case, the police station.
The Constitution says so in the most plain of language,
guaranteeing the “freedom of speech ... the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a
redress of grievances.”
The language is plain only to keep it simple and to keep the
law from being misunderstood or twisted to mean something
else.
“It’s pretty amazing. The strong elements of the police
department don’t understand there are First Amendment
Rights,” said Dennis Montoya, an attorney for Mata.
We also find it disturbing.
Maybe Mata is wrong in his claims against the police
department. That is not the point. The point is, Farmington
looks downright silly by pulling an archaic, seldom-used law
out of the books to criminally charge a man with a picket sign
who is peaceably protesting.
The city looks sillier yet filing such a charge three months after
the mini-protest took place – and sillier yet again that the
criminal libel charge came only after the man had filed a
lawsuit against the police department on allegations of
harassment.
We believe the city is going to look more than silly when it
learns the most recent criminal libel case – State v. Powell in
1992 – ended with the New Mexico Court of Appeals ruling the
statute is unconstitutional. “We hold that the statute is
unconstitutional insofar as it applies to a public statement
involving a matter of public concern,” the appellate ruling
stated.
Unconstitutional? Yes, and we’d like to add unconscionable.
With meth problems, DWI, deadly street-racing and other
crimes on the rise here, shouldn’t Farmington be spending its
manpower and resources in a more constructive way than
filing criminal libel charges against a man with a sign? Yes, he
was saying mean things about a police officer. But surely the
city has a thicker skin than that, to pull out all stops just to
punish one man for having his say?
By the way, before the 1992 criminal libel case was thrown out
for being unconstitutional, there were criminal libel charges
filed in 1914, 1915 and 1919. That’s a long time ago. The city
must have dusted off a lot of law books to find some obscure
statute to charge Mr. Mata. Unfortunately, it apparently missed
the 1992 ruling.
Mr. Mata will have his day in court today on the criminal libel
charge. And he will have his day in court later on his civil
lawsuit against the city. We are confident justice will prevail in
both cases. We just hope the city uses better logic if someone
else ever decides to picket City Hall or exercise some other
constitutionally protected act of freedom in public.
We say this, of course, apparently at risk of becoming the sixth
case of criminal libel filed in the state of New Mexico. But we
say so proudly and loudly when it comes to defending our
constitutional freedoms. We hope you do, too.
Man claiming police harassment charged with criminal libel
07 August 2005 – www.tinyurl.com/c55gc
Jury finds Mata guilty of criminal libel
09 August 2005 – www.tinyurl.com/br7do
 Libertarian Party of San Juan County, NM
Resolution in Support of Civil Liberties with
Regard to the Juan Mata Case
WHEREAS the Libertarian Party of San Juan County supports
the rights of all citizens and residents to engage in free speech
and to petition government for a redress of grievances; and
WHEREAS these freedoms are supposedly guaranteed by the
Constitutions of the United States of America and the State of
New Mexico; and
WHEREAS Juan Mata is a citizen and resident of this
community who perceived an injustice from Farmington Police
Department Officer Mike Briseno, and whereas Juan Mata has
sought redress and justice by filing a civil rights lawsuit against
the City of Farmington and Officer Mike Briseno, by picketing
and demonstrating on public property, and by petitioning and
requesting an investigation of Officer Mike Briseno; and
WHEREAS the City of Farmington has prosecuted Juan Mata
for criminal libel, a law already determined to be
unconstitutional, as a result of these activities and has
obtained a conviction in the magistrate court; and whereas the
conduct of city officials and police officers with regard to civil
liberties is a matter of public concern; and whereas there are
serious concerns over the objectivity and fitness of Judge
William Vincent, who presided over the case in magistrate
court; and
WHEREAS Officer Mike Briseno had been found in a previous
case to have violated the civil rights of a citizen, namely
Chester Mitchell; and whereas the New Mexico Supreme Court
has found that Judge William Vincent "…exhibited bias,
prejudice or an appearance thereof during arraignment in
State vs. Chester Mitchell:"
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Central Committee of
the Libertarian Party of San Juan County that we believe any
reasonable person would conclude the actions taken against
Juan Mata were retaliatory in nature and constitute a chilling
effect on citizens wishing to exercise their civil rights; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Central Committee of
the Libertarian Party of San Juan County expresses its
outrage concerning the actions of the City Attorney's Office
and calls for the resignation or termination of City Attorney
William Cooke and any other city official or employee found to
have taken a proactive role in this persecution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY the Central Committee of the
Libertarian Party of San Juan County that we call for the
resignation or termination of Officer Mike Briseno; and that we
call for a review of the entire Farmington Police Department for
the purpose of identification and termination of any and all
officers who have been found by any court to have violated the
civil rights of any citizen; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY the Central Committee of the
Libertarian Party of San Juan County that the County
Chairman is directed to send copies of this resolution to each
member of the Farmington City Council, the Farmington City
Attorney's Office, and primary news media outlets in San Juan
County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY the Central Committee of the
Libertarian Party of San Juan County that the County
Chairman is directed to send a copy of this resolution to the
Judicial Standards Commission with a cover letter
recommending that Judge William Vincent be removed from
the bench; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY the Central Committee of the
Libertarian Party of San Juan County that the County
Chairman is directed to send copies of this resolution to the
county chairmen of all other political parties organized in San
Juan County with a cover letter asking them to join us in
standing up for civil liberties and responsible government.
[SouthwestRegionLNC]
New Federal Case on Petitioning
Tue, 09 August 2005 17:32:05
By David Euchner [ gonzolawyer@comcast.net ]
www.tinyurl.com/9rpmn
The case title is Initiative and Referendum Institute, et al. v.
United States Postal Service, No. 04-5045 (D.C. Cir. August 9,
2005).
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decided
that the United States Postal Service's regulations on
prohibiting all petitioning on postal property are
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. This case applies to ALL 34,000
USPS properties across America.
If anyone is doing petitioning, voter registrations, or any other
similar activity, you MUST read this case and make sure any
people you have in your community doing such work knows of
this case.
For those not inclined to read it, this is basically the holding of
the case:
1. exterior USPS property is a public forum
2. the USPS restriction is content-neutral (bans all speech
equally), but it is not narrowly tailored toward serving
the government interest (of avoiding disruption to
customers transacting business) and does not preserve
ample alternative channels of communication.
3. the USPS regulation is unconstitutionally overbroad on
its face because it bans not just petitioning but even
solicitation outright - which would include asking
someone to step off of USPS property to sign the
petition.
The priceless quote of the day is on page 15 of the opinion,
where the Court quotes the government's brief (and
subsequently mocks the government accordingly):
"people who come to post offices to engage in postal business
may well be irritated by even the nicest circulator, however
brief the interruption may be, because they are being
interrupted in what they set out to do, questioned about
something plainly personal..., and asked to think about an
issue that presumably was not on their minds when they set
out to engage in postal business."
The matter has been remanded to the District Court for further
proceedings. Expect the USPS to re-write its regulations.
But in the meantime, the only restriction on post office
petitioning has been struck down, so it's open season.
David Euchner, Attorney at Law
7465 E. Broadway, Suite 201
Tucson, AZ 85710
TEL: 520-326-3550
FAX: 520-326-0419
Cell: 520-400-8324
Email – deuchner@comcast.net
 CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Chair
Jay Vandersloot, 505-362-1733
jayvandersloot@yahoo.com
Vice Chair
Bruce Bush, 505-256-0810
bruce1776@msn.com
Secretary
Mike Blessing, 505-453-4532
gunssavelives@comcast.net
Treasurer
Stan Raczynski, 505-291-9977
cynelf@earthlink.net
At-Large Representative, Seat A
Ron Bjornstad, 505-891-4541
rbjornstad@earthlink.net
At-Large Representative, Seat B
Judy Glenn, 505-625-0175
jtigger@plateautel.net
District 1 Representative, Seat A
Paul Tietjens
505-880-2372 / starbane@gmail.com
District 1 Representative, Seat B
John Pfersich
505-301-2601 / neoconssuck@att.net
District 2 Representative, Seat A
Richard Obergfell, 505-378-8025
lplcnm@zianet.com
District 2 Representative, Seat B
Dorsey J. Glenn, 505-625-0175
djglenn@plateautel.net
District 3 Representative, Seat A
Bob Ziesmer, 505-327-6681
nm_bob@hotmail.com
District 3 Representative, Seat B
W. Keaton Johnson, 505-983-5856
CAMPUS GROUPS
New Mexico Tech
Lucas Uecker
505-301-7980 / luecker@nmt.edu
University of New Mexico
John Pfersich (Acting)
505-301-2601 / neoconssuck@att.net
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It's amazing what one has to
believe to believe in gun control
by Michael Z. Williamson
www.tinyurl.com/j2jf
That guns are the real cause of crime,
but we will blame and jail the owner of
said gun for the crime, even if the owner
wasn't the person involved.
COUNTY CHAIRS
Bernalillo
Mike Blessing, 505-453-4532
gunssavelives@comcast.net
groups.myspace.com/lpnmbernco
Chaves
Dorsey J. Glenn
505-625-0175
djglenn@plateautel.net
Colfax
Richard Moore, 505-377-6849
myliberty@mail.com
Dona Ana
John Ennis, 505-571-6881
johnennis2@juno.com
Grant
Helena Hammer, 505-388-1270
Lea
Christina Groth, 505-397-9366
Lincoln
Richard Obergfell (Acting)
505-378-8025 / lplcnm@zianet.com
Los Alamos
Allen Cogbill, 505-662-7833
acogbill@geopotential.com
Luna
Marilyn Steffen, 505-531-2556
b_lamont5@hotmail.com
Roosevelt
Ken Sanders, 505-749-2085
San Juan
Bob Ziesmer, 505-327-6681
nm_bob@hotmail.com
Sandoval
Don Wilde
don@silver-lynx.com
Santa Fe
Susan Ruch, 505-466-4706
suelib1@hotmail.com
Socorro
Shawn L. Price, 505-838-5259
Valencia
Amy Frederick, 505-866-1127
alf083155@aol.com
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"Change is exhiliarating when done
by us, disturbing when done to us."
– Rosabeth Canter
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[ I'm willing to assist county and
campus affiliates in setting up
groups on Myspace and Yahoo for
their announcements, press release
archives, etc., but I'm not going to
do it unless I can be sure that there
are some people in that county
willing to use them to publicize their
efforts, such as meetings, rallies,
and media efforts. – MWB ]
OPENINGS
County Chairs (18)
Catron, Cibola, Curry
De Baca, Grant, Guadalupe
Harding, Hidalgo, McKinley
Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba
San Miguel, Sierra, Socorro
Taos, Torrance, Union
Campus Chairs (3)
Eastern New Mexico University
New Mexico State University
Western New Mexico University
Call or email the state chair
if you're interested in
filling a slot.
If you don't, who will?
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“What's the difference between the
IRS and the KGB? The KGB doesn't
expect you to provide the evidence
against yourself.”
– Charles Curley
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