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<p>All,</p>
<p>I will not be able to attend tonight as I just received a request
for emergency tech support at 5:30 for a truck stop about two
hours away from Nokomis. I will likely still be on the road by the
time the meeting starts.<br>
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<p>If there are any questions about my report, please feel free to
email me and I'll try to get a response back to you within the
next 24-48 hours.</p>
<p>Political Division officers, please get with me with your best
availability for making it to divisional meetings (likely using
the same platform as BoD calls. I will also need your best
availability for interdepartmental meetings with the Executive
Committee. I would like to set up meetings for November and
December. I will approach trying to set up meetings for 2024
sometime in December.<br>
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<p>Much appreciated.</p>
<p>(On a separate note, do we know why the email server keeps timing
out?)<br>
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<b>Jake Leonard</b></font><br>
<font size="2">
<b><font color="black">Interim Chairman and Executive Director</font>
| <font color="#12AD2B">ChrisMont Libertarian Central
Committee</font></b> (<i>Christian County, Montgomery County</i>)<br>
<i><b>Congress</b>: 15</i> | <i><b>Montgomery County</b>:
Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois House 107/108/110</i> | <i><b>Christian
County</b>: Illinois Senate 48/54, Illinois House
95/96/107/108</i><br>
<br>
<b><font color="black">Political Director</font> | <font
color="#12AD2B">Libertarian Party of Illinois</font></b><br>
800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415<br>
<b>Mobile</b>: <a href="tel:2175659709">(217) 565-9709</a> | <a
href="tel:2175659273">(217) 565-9273</a> || <b>Work</b>: <a
href="tel:2175694230,700">(217) 569-4230 ext. 700</a> | <a
href="tel:2177185281">(217) 718-5281</a> || <b>Fax</b>: <a
href="tel:2177178079">(217) 717-8079</a>
</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/23/2023 8:26 PM, Jake Leonard via
Lpil-bod wrote:<br>
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<p>All,</p>
<p>The attached is my combined Political Division report for the
reporting months of September and October.</p>
<p>I do think we need to figure out soon what our priorities will
be for 2024. National's cash on hand continues to decline, the
debts continue to increase, and there's really no guarantee as
to whether we would get ballot access funding for our lone
statewide race next year.</p>
<p>We already have a looming legal battle in McHenry County with
LPIL as the defendant, and other legal battles in which we would
be the plaintiff, things relating to our fiscal condition will
be tight enough as it is. If we still decide to pursue the POTUS
race, then we need as much financial support as possible to help
cover a significant shortfall should National choose not to
support our drive. Anything that would meet our budget line for
ballot access would be gratefully appreciated, as we've fallen
short of those goals in the past few years.</p>
<p>At the same time, our candidates at the local level should not
be ignored or neglected. We've made that mistake over the years
by prioritizing statewide candidates over local candidates. We
need a delicate balance to support both. Unfortunately, with
only one statewide race, helping our local candidates -- primary
and general -- is currently a much higher priority in 2024 that
the POTUS race.</p>
<p>We need to let the Republicans and Democrats playing games with
some of our hard-earned primaries that we're not effing around.
We're the bear that they've been poking for 50+ years, and it's
time for them to discover the outcome of "F around and find
out." They should have learned their lessons from the numerous
lawsuits we've won against the government, but they still
haven't to this day. They still continue to intrude and rule
where we can and cannot hold our primaries.</p>
<p>I'm getting sick and tired of the duopoly's (as in the
socialist Democratic Party and the Democrat-lite party known as
the Illinois GOP) crap and you should too.<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
<font size="3"> <b>Jake Leonard</b></font><br>
<font size="2"> <b><font color="black">Interim Chairman and
Executive Director</font> | <font color="#12AD2B">ChrisMont
Libertarian Central Committee</font></b> (<i>Christian
County, Montgomery County</i>)<br>
<i><b>Congress</b>: 15</i> | <i><b>Montgomery County</b>:
Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois House 107/108/110</i> | <i><b>Christian
County</b>: Illinois Senate 48/54, Illinois House
95/96/107/108</i><br>
<br>
<b><font color="black">Political Director</font> | <font
color="#12AD2B">Libertarian Party of Illinois</font></b><br>
800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415<br>
<b>Mobile</b>: <a href="tel:2175659709"
moz-do-not-send="true">(217) 565-9709</a> | <a
href="tel:2175659273" moz-do-not-send="true">(217) 565-9273</a>
|| <b>Work</b>: <a href="tel:2175694230,700"
moz-do-not-send="true">(217) 569-4230 ext. 700</a> | <a
href="tel:2177185281" moz-do-not-send="true">(217) 718-5281</a>
|| <b>Fax</b>: <a href="tel:2177178079"
moz-do-not-send="true">(217) 717-8079</a> </font><br>
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