[LPIL - Board of Directors] September/October 2023 Political Division report

[Jake Leonard]

All,

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.

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.

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.

Much appreciated.

(On a separate note, do we know why the email server keeps timing out?)

*Jake Leonard*
*Interim Chairman and Executive Director | ChrisMont Libertarian Central 
Committee* (/Christian County, Montgomery County/)
/*Congress*: 15/ | /*Montgomery County*: Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois 
House 107/108/110/ | /*Christian County*: Illinois Senate 48/54, 
Illinois House 95/96/107/108/

*Political Director | Libertarian Party of Illinois*
800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415
*Mobile*: (217) 565-9709 <tel:2175659709> | (217) 565-9273 
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| (217) 718-5281 <tel:2177185281> || *Fax*: (217) 717-8079 <tel:2177178079>


On 10/23/2023 8:26 PM, Jake Leonard via Lpil-bod wrote:
>
> All,
>
> The attached is my combined Political Division report for the 
> reporting months of September and October.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> -- 
> *Jake Leonard*
> *Interim Chairman and Executive Director | ChrisMont Libertarian 
> Central Committee* (/Christian County, Montgomery County/)
> /*Congress*: 15/ | /*Montgomery County*: Illinois Senate 54/55, 
> Illinois House 107/108/110/ | /*Christian County*: Illinois Senate 
> 48/54, Illinois House 95/96/107/108/
>
> *Political Director | Libertarian Party of Illinois*
> 800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415
> *Mobile*: (217) 565-9709 <tel:2175659709> | (217) 565-9273 
> <tel:2175659273> || *Work*: (217) 569-4230 ext. 700 
> <tel:2175694230,700> | (217) 718-5281 <tel:2177185281> || *Fax*: (217) 
> 717-8079 <tel:2177178079>
>
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