[LPIL - Board of Directors] Fwd: Needing help. Reached out via Fb

[Ken Mattes]

I verified that Mr. Virgin is a member and that Mr. Florey sent this 
message several times due to a technical glitch. If more members of the 
BoD are interested we can take action on a resolution or other actions 
by email or at the 6/20 BoD meeting.

On 2023-05-22 21:59, Nathan Florey via Lpil-bod wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>     I didn't want to doing anything without input from the state
> party. Attached is an email I received (along with attachments) asking
> for help. He has already reached out to We Are the Power, waiting for
> a reply, and was curious if we could help us well. I was thinking
> Along the lines of making noise in the media and social media.  What
> do you think?
> 
> Nathan Florey
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> 
>  		SUBJECT:
>  		Needing help. Reached out via Fb
> 
>  		DATE:
>  		2023-05-16 22:00
> 
>  		FROM:
>  		jvirgin7713 <jvirgin7713 at gmail.com>
> 
>  		TO:
>  		communicationsdeputy at lpillinois.org
> 
> Good Evening,
> 
> My name is Justin Virgin and I am a current member of the Libertarian
> Party of Illinois.
> 
> Today the 1st Amendment came directly under attack via an Emergency
> Order of Protection against myself for posting memes of public
> officials and their dishonest followers. I am a firm believer in
> Government accountability. And here we have an abuse of the system. A
> system that was designed to help protect people who truly need it.
> 
> These allegations against me are false. They are an indirect
> retaliation for my involvement in the Joliet Municipal Elections that
> saw a corrupt Bob Okekirk get smoked in a 2-1 landslide loss. Mary
> Beth Gannon is one of the former Mayors operatives. I have never seen
> her in person and have never taken her picture in any store. The photo
> was sent to me in 2022. As you will see in her GRANTED order. She
> claims the picture was take on 3/28/2023. Which is refuted by the
> attached ss. Fb took down the post on January 17th 2022.
> 
> April 11th never happened either. I can refute her claim with my own
> bank statements showing I was in Tennessee on April 11th. I also
> visited a dispensary ok April 11th in Southern Illinois. This video
> will be available soon.
> 
> I need all the help I can get here. The press will undoubtedly be
> running it in am and you know they're not calling me for a comment.
> 
> I am in contact with We Are The People. I do plan on having a
> conference call with them on Friday.
> 
> Our constitution was attacked today. We need to defend the 1st as if
> it was the 2nd. It's just as important.
> 
> Send help!
> 
> Thank You,
> 
> Justin Virgin

-- 
Ken Mattes
Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois
secretary at lpillinois.org
815 342 5177