[LPIL - Board of Directors] Executive Director Report - April 2022

[executivedirector at lpillinois.org]

Also, on June 11th, I will be participating in a debate called Was Jesus 
a Communist? I will be arguing in the negative. It's June 11th on Zoom. 
Details to follow. My opponent is Rev. Charley Earp aka "The Commie 
Preacher" of the Church of the Revolution.

On 2022-04-19 21:07, executivedirector--- via Lpil-bod wrote:
> Fellow Libertarians - If you are not a recurring monthly donor to the
> LP Illinois, please visit www.lpillinois.org/donate to set. If you
> cannot donate monthly, please consider a one-time donation. Also
> please consider Lifetime Memberships.
> 
> If you are not a Precinct Committeeperson, please consider becoming 
> one.
> 
> The petition drive for our statewide candidates is in full swing and
> I've been on the streets. Please consider pledging signatures for the
> drive if you have not done so already. I've pledged 1000 volunteer
> signatures. See Bill Redpath to make your pledges.
> 
> In Cook County, the slate was not challenged and all 5 countywide
> candidates will face off against Democrats in the general election,
> assuming Republicans do not run for a vacancy. Sheriff candidate Brad
> Sandefur successfully challenged the petitions of a neo-Nazi perennial
> candidate and there will not be any contested primaries.
> 
> I sent an email appeal on March 22th detailing Cook County's court
> victory and Libertarian candidates in the primary elections where the
> party is established. No significant donations from this campaign, but
> lots of good information regarding Libertarian candidates.
> 
> My all-time grand total is $7028.45. I set a personal goal of $10,000
> for the year and hope to break that. 8 of the top 20 months for
> contribution aggregate have been since April 2021. March 2022 saw
> $1912.75, with much thanks to a Lifetime Membership.
> 
> Regarding my donations and possible others not registering, I am
> working with Deb. Will report back when we dig deeper into the issue.
> 
> I connected with former Congressman Joe Walsh, who is flirting with
> the party it appears by writing a piece for the LP News and
> participating at the LPTX convention. He pledged a donation and
> offered his platform to us.
> 
> I encourage those who won auction items to secure those items in our
> archive at UIC to protect them from damage. Reach out to me about
> donations, as I just received instructions from our former archivist.
> 
> Best,
> Justin Tucker
> Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois