October 2014 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Libertarian Nominee for US Senate dies in plane crash
by Scott L. 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

This is really sad. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/14/iowa-libertarian-senate -candidate-doug-butzier-dies-plane-crash/17256595/ Scott Lieberman

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Travis County, Texas - winnable elections
by Scott L. 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

DEAR LNC: >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > >Libertarians run record 37 candidates in Travis County, Texas > >Contact: Arthur DiBianca | 512-707-2809 | >< <mailto:arthur.dibianca@gmail.com> mailto:arthur.dibianca@gmail.com>arthur.dibianca(a)gmail.com > >"AUSTIN - The Libertarian Party will have 37 nominees on the ballot >in Travis County, Texas for the November 2014 elections. > >That's a record for the Travis County Libertarian Party (TCLP). > >"Not only is it a record for us, but we believe it's the most >Libertarians you'll see on any county's ballot in America this >year," said Arthur DiBianca, TCLP treasurer. >The following Libertarians are running: STATEWIDE RACES >Rebecca Paddock - U.S. Senator >Kathie Glass - Governor >Robert D. Butler - Lt. Governor >Jamie Balagia - Attorney General >Ben Sanders - Comptroller >Justin Knight - Land Commissioner >David (Rocky) Palmquist - Agriculture Commissioner >Mark A. Miller - Railroad Commissioner >Tom Oxford - Supreme Court Chief Justice >Mark Ash - Supreme Court Justice, Place 6 >Don Fulton - Supreme Court Justice, Place 7 >RS Roberto Koelsch - Supreme Court Justice, Place 8 >Mark W. Bennett - Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 3 >Quanah Parker - Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 4 >William Bryan Strange, III - Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 9 IN-TRAVIS-COUNTY RACES >Bill Kelsey - U.S. Rep, District 10 >Shawn Michael Hamilton - U.S. Rep, District 17 >Ryan Shields - U.S. Rep, District 21 >John Betz - U.S. Rep, District 25 >Cory W. Bruner - U.S. Rep, District 35 >James Arthur Strohm - State Senator, District 14 >Brandin P. Lea - State Senator, District 25 >Kevin Ludlow - State Rep, District 46 >Scott G. McKinlay - State Rep, District 47 >Ben Easton - State Rep, District 48 >Daniel Krawisz - State Rep, District 49 >David Dreesen - State Rep, District 50 >Arthur DiBianca - State Rep, District 51 >Richard Perkins - County Judge >Kevin Pick - District Clerk >Michael M. Holt - County Clerk >Mike Burris - County Treasurer >Steven Haskett - County Commissioner, Precinct 2 >Joseph Morse - County Commissioner, Precinct 4 >Daniel Martin Ruble - JP, Precinct 2 >Nathan Kleffman - JP, Precinct 3 >Zach Warren - JP, Precinct 4 >TCLP website: ><http://travislp.org/>http://travislp.org/ GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GG I note that Texas has straight ticket voting. That sucks, but it doesn't affect non-partisan races. I am not intimating that ALL of the elections below are winnable. In many cases, you probably have incumbents running for re-election. That being said, you can see the extremely small number of votes needed to win the elections listed below. I also note that almost all of these districts are outside of Austin. Since Austin has 77% of the population of Travis County, it is likely that there are relatively few LP of Travis County members who live in the districts below. And - you need to find someone who is willing to show up at all of the meetings of these districts for the next 4 years or so, if they win. Even with all of those constraints, given the success of the LP of Travis County in recruiting candidates for the unwinnable races listed above, I bet they could win some of the elections below if they focused on said elections. I also note that there are dozens and dozens of districts in Travis County in the link that I sent out a few days ago that are NOT listed below. Some of those positions might be appointed, but according to the staff member I spoke to, most of them are elected. If they are elected but not listed below, those are GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES for the LP of Travis County to get Libertarians elected to those districts just by filing for those races. I admit that it would require a significant amount of Internet research, telephone calling, and/or in-person visits to find out which districts hold elections, when those elections are, and how to file for those elections. I am very lucky that all elections for public office in my county are listed on my county's Registrar of Voters web site. Again - I am not singling out the LP of Travis County as not wanting to concentrate on winnable elections. There has been a lot of pressure from the leadership of the National LP and State LP's over the past 40 years to run as many candidates as possible in unwinnable, non-ballot-access-retaining elections. I can't blame local Libertarian leaders for following that lead. Scott Lieberman Region 4 Alternate, Libertarian National Committee (I live in Santa Clara County, California) RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR This is NOT a complete list of the results of these elections. These are just the non-partisan elections that, IMO, are winnable with a reasonable amount of work by a Libertarian. By reasonable I mean it would involve less than 40 total hours of campaigning. It depends on how you count them, but I count approximately 32 different "elections" below that are "winnable." Note that most of these elections are not held in November of even-numbered years, so don't blame the Travis County LP for not having candidates for the races listed below in their list of candidates at the beginning of this e-mail. I apologize if the formatting of the stuff below looks bad. I had to copy multiple PDF files and extensively edit them, so it is likely that the reflector software and/or your own e-mail software will mess around with my formatting. May 14, 2011 Joint General and Special Elections Travis County, Texas Official Results MAYOR, CITY OF JONESTOWN Deane Armstrong 69 PLACE 1, ALDERMAN, CITY OF JONESTOWN Bill Nichols 65 PLACE 2, ALDERMAN, CITY OF JONESTOWN Tom Buckle 66 Stanley Bruce Cline 9 MAYOR, CITY OF MANOR Jeff Turner 79 PLACE 1, CITY OF MANOR COUNCIL POSITION Jim Hooker 68 PLACE 3, CITY OF MANOR COUNCIL POSITION Rita G. Jonse 86 PLACE 5, CITY OF MANOR COUNCIL POSITION Rebecca Davies 64 Stormy Stuard 36 COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF SUNSET VALLEY John Moore 94 Rose Ann Cardona 126 Forrest Arnold 107 Rudi Rosengarten 117 PLACE 4, LAGO VISTA ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Tom Rugel 337 PLACE 5, LAGO VISTA ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gene Uecker 158 Mark Abbott 313 MANOR ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Allen Ambuhl 177 Tracy Reyes Medearis 142 Desiree Barnes Cornelius-Fisher 288 Melinda Tumlinson Fiebig 160 Ezequiel (Zeke) Lopez 101 Yvette Meiche 116 MANOR ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL ELECTION Isaac J. Ruiz 90 Ben Arellano 180 David Burgos 178 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBBBBB <http://www.traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/content/images/election_results/201 1.11.08/110811cume1.pdf#page=1> November 8, 2011 Joint General and Special Elections Travis County MAYOR, THE VILLAGE OF POINT VENTURE Cristin Celcal 110 Rich Shinn 105 THE VILLAGE OF POINT VENTURE CITY COUNCIL Donald Conyer 115 Andy Virette Jr. 72 Jeffrey Warneke 159 VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVv <http://www.traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/content/images/election_results/201 2.05.12/20120512cume1.pdf#page=1> May 12, 2012 Joint General and Special Elections Travis County COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF LAKEWAY Anita Cokins 886 Bruce Harris 1135 Dave Taylor 1118 Dee Ann Burns-Farrell 911 Kay Sconci 561 MAYOR, CITY OF ROLLINGWOOD Barry Bone 257 William C. (Bill) Hamilton 245 ALDERMAN, CITY OF ROLLINGWOOD Mark W. Welker 154 Sara Hutson 323 Shelly Bain 282 Pam Opiela 180 MAYOR, CITY OF SUNSET VALLEY Rose A. Cardona 112 Barbara L. Wilson 77 COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF SUNSET VALLEY Zubair Hamir 95 Walter Jenkins 119 Jeff Burdett 94 ALDERMAN, VILLAGE OF BRIARCLIFF Kathy Crawford 163 Steven Autrey 208 Paul Eagan 116 Kelly Patterson 162 Jean Dowdy 131 MAYOR, VILLAGE OF WEBBERVILLE Hector Gonzales 70 Nancy Johns 46 COMMISSIONER, PLACE 1, VILLAGE OF WEBBERVILLE Monte Swearengen 88 COMMISSIONER, PLACE 2, VILLAGE OF WEBBERVILLE Sean McMahon 91 DIRECTOR, LAKEWAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Allan Hitchcock 311 Don Paczkowski 312 Mel Neese 460 Tom Brewer 457 Kay Andrews 419 DEL VALLE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 4 Richard Rendon 50 Jerry Banda 37 DEL VALLE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 6 Edward Johnson 37 Rebecca A. Birch 66 DIRECTORS, TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 17 Jeff Roberts 307 Rob Berry 228 Jerri Lynn Ward 311 VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV VVVV <http://www.traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/content/images/election_results/201 2.11.06/20121106cume1.pdf#page=1> <http://www.traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/content/images/election_results/201 2.11.06/20121106cume1.pdf#page=2> November 6, 2012 Joint General and Special Elections Travis County DIRECTORS, LAKESIDE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 3 Mike Zeniecki 78 John A. Howell 100 Turk McMurry 20 PLACE 1, DIRECTOR, NORTH AUSTIN MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 Keith Collins 188 John Grossenbacher 85 PLACE 3, DIRECTOR, NORTH AUSTIN MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 Jo Jones 265 PLACE 5, DIRECTOR, NORTH AUSTIN MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 Diana Christiano 144 Rob Lallier 46 John T. Lenz 83 DIRECTORS, SOUTHEAST TRAVIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 Robert J. Kleeman 2 George E. Robinson III 2 Steve Ashlock 2 Frank H. Del Castillo, Jr. 2 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX May 11, 2013 Joint General and Special Elections Travis County COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OF BEE CAVE Michelle Bliss 390 Bill Goodwin 333 Jack McCool 229 Paul Kline 473 Kara King 592 Chad Wilbanks 173 BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLACE 3, LAKE TRAVIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Alex Alexander 1368 BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLACE 4, LAKE TRAVIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Jason Buddin 1373 BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLACE 5, LAKE TRAVIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Kendal Fowler 385 Jennifer Spille 264 Kim Flasch 1072 David Lovelace 241 PERMANENT DIRECTORS, TRAVIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 17 Frank Caldwell 1 Ronald F. Beyer 1 Mike Marsh 1 Barry Clark 1 PERMANENT DIRECTORS ELECTION, PILOT KNOB MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 3 Thomas K. Rhodes 2 Shelley Rowton 2 Michael C. Stouse 2 Howard Surratt 2 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB <http://www.traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/content/images/election_results/201 3.11.05/20131105cume1.pdf#page=1> November 5, 2013 Joint General and Special Elections Travis County PLACE 4, CITY COUNCIL, UNEXPIRED TERM, CITY OF LEANDER Dan Miche 16 Ron Abruzzese 39 Bob Hanson 20 Jerry Perez 9 Caldwell 16 MAYOR, VILLAGE OF THE HILLS Ron Dodd 232 Jerry Schmeil 191 BOARD OF ALDERMEN, VILLAGE OF THE HILLS J.R. Smith 302 Rick Zehrer 225 CITY COUNCIL, VILLAGE OF VOLENTE Ken Beck 141 Christopher R. Wilder 125 Mike Nitz 60 Mark Scott 117 VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVv <http://www.traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/content/images/election_results/201 4.05.10/20140510cume1.pdf#page=1> May 10, 2014 Joint General and Special Elections Travis County MAYOR, CITY OF WEST LAKE HILLS Dave Claunch 875 PLACE 2, CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF WEST LAKE HILLS Taylor Holcomb 744 ALDERMEN, VILLAGE OF BRIARCLIFF Kelly Ann Patterson 74 Jo Ann Richmond 67 Kathy Crawford 61 Jeff Elliott 103 The following district is up for election next month: TANGLEWOOD FOREST LIMITED DISTRICT DIRECTORS ELECTION Approximately 400 votes needed to win

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Thank you from Elizabeth Nolan for LPHQ grand opening
by Wes Benedict 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Just forwarding copy of nice card received. Thanks, -- Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314* (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict(a)lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

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And instead...
by Joshua Katz 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

It goes to a French economist for studying the best ways to regulate banks. Figures for an award given out by a central bank... Joshua A. Katz Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate Libertarian National Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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Re: [Lnc-business] Libertarians run record 37 candidates in Travis County, Texas
by Scott L. 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > >Libertarians run record 37 candidates in Travis County, Texas > >Contact: Arthur DiBianca | 512-707-2809 | ><mailto:arthur.dibianca@gmail.com>arthur.dibianca(a)gmail.com > >"AUSTIN - The Libertarian Party will have 37 nominees on the ballot >in Travis County, Texas for the November 2014 elections. > >That's a record for the Travis County Libertarian Party (TCLP). > >"Not only is it a record for us, but we believe it's the most >Libertarians you'll see on any county's ballot in America this >year," said Arthur DiBianca, TCLP treasurer. > >The following Libertarians are running: > >Rebecca Paddock - U.S. Senator >Kathie Glass - Governor >Robert D. Butler - Lt. Governor >Jamie Balagia - Attorney General >Ben Sanders - Comptroller >Justin Knight - Land Commissioner >David (Rocky) Palmquist - Agriculture Commissioner >Mark A. Miller - Railroad Commissioner >Tom Oxford - Supreme Court Chief Justice >Mark Ash - Supreme Court Justice, Place 6 >Don Fulton - Supreme Court Justice, Place 7 >RS Roberto Koelsch - Supreme Court Justice, Place 8 >Mark W. Bennett - Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 3 >Quanah Parker - Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 4 >William Bryan Strange, III - Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 9 >Bill Kelsey - U.S. Rep, District 10 >Shawn Michael Hamilton - U.S. Rep, District 17 >Ryan Shields - U.S. Rep, District 21 >John Betz - U.S. Rep, District 25 >Cory W. Bruner - U.S. Rep, District 35 >James Arthur Strohm - State Senator, District 14 >Brandin P. Lea - State Senator, District 25 >Kevin Ludlow - State Rep, District 46 >Scott G. McKinlay - State Rep, District 47 >Ben Easton - State Rep, District 48 >Daniel Krawisz - State Rep, District 49 >David Dreesen - State Rep, District 50 >Arthur DiBianca - State Rep, District 51 >Richard Perkins - County Judge >Kevin Pick - District Clerk >Michael M. Holt - County Clerk >Mike Burris - County Treasurer >Steven Haskett - County Commissioner, Precinct 2 >Joseph Morse - County Commissioner, Precinct 4 >Daniel Martin Ruble - JP, Precinct 2 >Nathan Kleffman - JP, Precinct 3 >Zach Warren - JP, Precinct 4 > >TCLP website: ><http://travislp.org/>http://travislp.org/ >Mr. DiBianca: > >I note that as of right now there is only one elected Libertarian in Travis County. > >I also note that there are a zillion special districts in Travis County: http://www.traviscountytax.org/goVotersJurisdictionInfo.do >I was not able to find the election dates for the above districts, which **suggests** that at least some of them are >non-competitive. I also understand that some of these slots might not be up for election next month. > >Are there any plans to try to match LP of Travis County members with these special districts so that your former county can add some elected Libertarians to the list at >http://www.lp.org/candidates/elected-officials ? > >I am not singling out Travis County. I am just suggesting that many LP affiliates, including my own, could probably elect one or two additional Libertarians to public office by December 2016 if they choose the correct low-level races to run in. > >I am cc'ing lnc-business because this topic is relevant to our mission. > > Scott Lieberman %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% NEW TEXT Dear LNC: I have to admit this was not easy. It took me 4 phone calls, including a 10 minute phone conversation with the Public Information Coordinator of the Elections Division at the County Clerk's office, to verify this information. As best as the PIC could tell, ALL of the positions on the boards of these special districts are elected: http://www.traviscountytax.org/goVotersJurisdictionInfo.do SO - IF I LIVED IN TRAVIS COUNTY: I would look at all of the election results for the past 8 years, and see which special districts had any election at all during that time period. If they did, those would be the districts that I would NOT concentrate on. Then, I would look at the districts on the traviscountytax.org web page listed above and go the web sites of each of the districts that did not have at least one election in the past 8 years. I would find out when they are **supposed to** have their elections, and find out how to file candidates for said elections. That might require a phone call or a visit to the district's office. If someone in Travis County did this, I feel pretty certain you could elect at least one Libertarian to public office by default by December 2016. This is not to say that I would not "permit" a Libertiarian to run for office in a special district that has had elections. If the district is small enough, it is quite possible that a few thousand dollars, and a lot of precinct walking, might be enough to win the election. As I said before, I am willing to undertake such a project in my own county. It would be neat if LNC members would pass along this "challenge" to their state chairs to see if other LP county affiliates are willing to take this challenge. Scott Lieberman Region 4 Alternate, Libertarian National Committee (CA, NM, NV)

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Patterson, nominee for US Senate, loses lawsuit for debate access
by Scott L. 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

"David Patterson, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, lost his lawsuit to gain entry into a debate sponsored by Kentucky Educational Television, http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/10/kentucky-libertarian-loses-debate-lawsu it/ " 6th circuit Court of Appeals? Scott Lieberman

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Correction
by Joshua Katz 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

It has come to my attention that Ostrom received the prize in 2009, not last year. It is still a smaller time gap than between Hayek and Ostrom. Joshua A. Katz Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate Libertarian National Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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Predictions for the Economics Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel
by Joshua Katz 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

http://www.coordinationproblem.org/2014/09/thomson-reuters-nobel-prediction… It appears that Thomson Reuters is giving 2/3 odds that an Austrian or Austrian combination will win this year. This follows, of course, Ostrom winning last year for an Austrian-influenced rejection of the Tragedy of the Commons. I believe the last Austrian before that was Hayek (although Mises deserved equal or greater credit, in my opinion.) Joshua A. Katz Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate Libertarian National Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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approved minutes from 9/23/14 EC meeting
by Alicia Mattson 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Attached are the now-approved minutes from the 9/23/14 Executive Committee meeting. Staff, please post to the website when you get a chance to do so. Alicia Mattson LNC Secretary

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Re: [Lnc-business] [Statechairs] US Senate candidates debate replay (North Carolina)
by Daniel Wiener 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Brad, thank you for the link. I just finished watching the replay of the debate, and found it most interesting. I thought Sean Haugh did an excellent job. Since I'm not a North Carolina resident, and I'm also naturally biased in Sean's favor, it's really hard for me to evaluate the impact of the debate on the election. But trying to be as objective as possible, here are my guesses/impressions: - Just by participating on an equal basis with Hagan and Tillis, the debate should significantly boost Sean's campaign. It showed that he is a credible, knowledgeable, intelligent, and personable candidate, not some fringe ideologue as our opponents often try to paint Libertarians. As election day nears, the "wasted vote" syndrome regarding third-party candidates typically kicks in, and their poll numbers dwindle as voters reluctantly choose the lesser of two evils between the two major parties. Sean's debate appearance should at the very least mitigate that effect. - Hagan and Tillis were also articulate, and sharply focused on their campaign talking points and appealing to their voter bases. Hagan emphasized all of the government goodies she favored but Tillis opposed, while Tillis concentrated on tying Hagan to Obama's unpopular policies. Tillis several times expressed his agreement with Sean on economic issues. Not having seen him before, I was surprised at how tall Tillis is. That's an advantage in politics, where images matter. My guess is that Tillis expanded his lead among men more than Hagan helped herself with women. - The main area in which Sean differentiated himself from both Hagan and Tillis was in the area of foreign affairs and anti-war sentiment. I can't see him cutting too much into Tillis' hawkish base, but he might attract some dovish Independents and Democrats who are experiencing cognitive dissonance over Hagan's pro-war attitude. Combined with the Elon University online survey data (http://tinyurl.com/kxrtg8m) this looks like another instance in which the LP candidate will hurt the Democrat more than the Republican. That's good, in that I think it's very important to puncture the conventional wisdom that the LP is a "spoiler" for Republicans. For one thing, it helps us separate ourselves from the Republican Party and the view that we are just another flavor of right wingers on the two-dimensional left-right scale. For another thing, it might blunt future Republican dirty tricks and other efforts to keep us off state ballots if they begin to realize that their stereotypes are invalid and that in many cases they could actually benefit from the presence of our candidates. - Overall, the debate solidified Sean's candidacy as a major factor in the election (and by extension the control of the Senate). He'll be getting a lot more earned media between now and the election. Before the debate, the various polls were showing Hagan with a narrowing lead over Tillis. My impression is that her lead has now gotten even narrower or has completely disappeared. It should make for a riveting election night, and a big step forward for Libertarians in North Carolina. Daniel Wiener On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Brad Hessel <bhessel(a)lpnc.org> wrote: > In case you missed the debate—or just want to see a replay of Sean Haugh, > Libertarian for US Senate <https://www.facebook.com/HaughForSenate> > giving serious, thoughtful answers to WECT-TV moderator Jon Evans’ > questions while the other two mostly recited prepared talking points and > traded petty personal accusations—here is the replay: > > http://www.wect.com/story/26748355/3-nc-senate-candidates-debating-in-wilmi… > > > Brad Hessel > > Executive Director > > execdir(a)lpnc.org <kpenkowski(a)lpnc.org> > > 1-919-846-5227 > > www.lpnc.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Statechairs mailing list > Statechairs(a)hq.lp.org > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/statechairs_hq.lp.org > > -- *"In general, we look for a new law by the following process. First, we guess it (audience laughter), no, don’t laugh, that’s the truth. Then we compute the consequences of the guess, to see what, if this is right, if this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.”* -- Richard Feynman (https://tinyurl.com/lozjjps)

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