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LP Presidential Petitioning

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Written by: Frank Warren
Category: Candidates and Elections
Created: July 10, 2008

The New Jersey petition for the LP Presidential ticket is now available and is posted online here. I have also posted the Oath and Acceptance that each of the 15 Electors needs to complete and have notarized.

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NJLP Summer Picnic

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Written by: Webmaster
Category: Latest News
Created: July 10, 2008
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The NJLP Summer Picnic and General Membership Meeting has been set for Saturday July 19th starting at 1:00 PM at the Flynn’s home in Morganville (Marlboro Township). The general membership meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM and the picnic will follow.

This will be your first chance to hear about the exciting developments in the Jason Scheurer for Senate campaign plus the Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root national effort from our very busy State Chair Lou Jasikoff. A key activity at the picnic will be collecting and processing petitions for Barr/Root from NJLP petitioners with appropriate recognition and awards for all contributors.

Please bring: Your own meat plus one dish to share. Gas grill and tubs of ice with cold soft drinks will be provided along with snacks and picnic utensils. Extra lawn chairs would help.

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NJLP seeks more openness at the Sparta Board of Education

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Written by: John Paff
Category: Open Government Advocacy Project
Created: July 09, 2008
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New Jersey Herald
July 9, 2008

Advocate wants more transparency

By SETH AUGENSTEIN

SPARTA -- A letter from a renowned New Jersey open government advocate has requested some changes to how local board of education meetings operate.

For the complete story, click here.

Wow, I'm considered "renowned" Laughing.  My letter to the Board is on-line here.

John Paff

Somerset, New Jersey

Breaking News from Atlantic City

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Written by: Kevin Ferrizzi
Category: Latest News
Created: July 04, 2008
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I have just spent the first full day at our new Atlantic City office at South Sovereign and Boardwalk, between the Hilton and Tropicana and must tell you all that I am very excited about the amount of traffic we have. Dozens of people stopped in to talk with us. Some of them were wondering what the Libertarian Party was, others already knew about us and were amazed to see us in public. More than a few of the stop-ins were from Party members from other states as well as college students from Rutgers, Temple, University of Maryland, University of Delaware, John Hopkins, and others. These party faithful were ecstatic to see us out and getting active. Dozens more people stopped to stare in wonder that we really existed as a political party! I can't count how many people walked by, looked at our beautiful sign, and continued on their way while discussing the Libertarian Party and the Bob Barr Presidential campaign.

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WPHL-TV Taping

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Written by: Sean Colon
Category: Latest News
Created: July 04, 2008
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Jason Scheurer , our Senate candidate, and Lou Jasikoff, our party chairman, will be taping for WPHL -TV July 19th for a half hour show. The topic will be the NJ Libertarian Party. More details wil be released as they become available.

Campaign Update

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Written by: Lou Jasikoff
Category: Candidates and Elections
Created: July 02, 2008

As of June 13 Jason Scheurer and Derek DeMarco are officially on the ballot for U.S. Senate and U.S. Congress (District 8) in New Jersey. I want to thank everyone who got involved and gathered signatures on their behalf to make this happen. (See page 2 for the Honor Roll of petitioners and the initial press release for the campaign. – Editor) It was encouraging to see so many get involved.

Going forward we will need everyone's help to run the successful campaign we are planning. You can expect to be contacted shortly by me or one of our expanding staff to ask what you can do and the level of commitment you are willing to make. There will be a role for everyone who chooses to help make this campaign successful. We will need an enormous amount of help to man the events that are planned and are going to be planned for the coming months. The campaign is starting to fall into place. Thanks for all the help so far and I think we are going to make real progress this year.

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Government Intervention At Work

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Written by: Sean Colon
Category: NJ Libertarian Blog
Created: June 26, 2008
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For those of you who don't know me I work in the food industry. This means that I deal with OSHA, FDA, USDA, and other government acronyms. But something rather disturbing has occurred that truly scares me in a way that none of these agencies ever had. The state of Florida is buying U.S. Sugar for $1.7 billion.

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George Carlin Narrates a Ron Paul Video

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Written by: Jay Edgar
Category: Latest News
Created: June 25, 2008
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It seems more like he recorded this on his own and a Ron Paul supporter used it in a Ron Paul video. RIP George.

Note: some foul language. 

Crime is falling - but our obsession with locking people up keeps growing

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Written by: Jay Edgar
Category: Latest News
Created: June 25, 2008
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Wealth, and the desire to preserve it, is what drives citizens of rich nations to demand an increasingly punitive justice system

by George Monbiot

Published on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 by The Guardian/UK

Written from the point of view of the United Kingdom.

As ever, Britain appears to be chasing the United States. In both absolute and relative terms, the US’s prison population is the highest on earth: 1% of its adult population is behind bars. This is five times our preposterous rate and six times Turkey’s. It is over twice the rate of the nearest contender, South Africa. If you count the people under community supervision or on probation, the total rises to more than 7 million, or 3.1% of the adult population (all references are on my website). Black men who failed to complete high school in the US have a 60% chance of ending up in jail. I feel I need to say that again: 60% of unqualified African-American men go to prison. It’s beginning to look as if the state has stopped imprisoning individuals and started locking up a social class. Is this what we aspire to?

Read the entire article here.

NJ Once Again Spends More Money Than It Has

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Written by: Sean Colon
Category: NJ Libertarian Blog
Created: June 25, 2008
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Solar panel installation companies are laying off workers and NJ residents are waiting years for solar panels to be installed on and around their homes. Why? Because NJ has a rebate program to promote clean energy but they don't have the money to back it up. These installation companies have to wait years to get checks for work that they are doing and they can't afford to install solar panels and not get paid for their work. There are over 700 applications for solar power rebates still backlogged and now NJ is going to have to pull the plug on the program. And it gets even worse... they are funding this failed program with a tax on every one's utility bill! So as the price of oil is going up the NJ government is trying to promote clean energy use by making electricity more expensive? This does not compute!

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Bob Barr's New Website

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Written by: Sean Colon
Category: NJ Libertarian Blog
Created: June 24, 2008
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If you haven't seen it yet please go check it out. You can find it at www.bobbarr2008.com.

Affordable Housing For Whom?

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Written by: Sean Colon
Category: NJ Libertarian Blog
Created: June 24, 2008
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Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts (D-Camden) authored the most recent bill that modified NJ's current housing policies. It passed in the senate yesterday by a vote of 21-16. One of these changes was to stop municipalities from paying poor cities to take on the burden of offering affordable housing on their behalf. Half of these Democratic senators must be in the pocket of the developers because that is the only reason I can think of behind these types of bills.

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Sit Up Straight, Elbows Off The Table, Now Give Me $9,300

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Written by: Sean Colon
Category: NJ Libertarian Blog
Created: June 23, 2008
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The City of Newark is spending $9,300 to offer etiquette classes to its citizens. This is the kind of absurdity that is hard to laugh at. Not only is this an insult to the people of Newark but also a wanton waste of taxpayers' money that could go to something much more useful and necessary. Table manners will not help add jobs to the city of Newark.

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Jason Scheurer in NJ Senate Race

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Written by: Lou Jasikoff
Category: Candidates and Elections
Created: June 20, 2008

News Release

For Immediate Release – June 20, 2008

http://www.jasonforsenate2008.com

Contact Lou Jasikoff – (973) 752-9164 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Libertarian officially on ballot

Trenton, NJ –Jason Scheurer, the former certified and clean election candidate from West Windsor will represent the Libertarian Party as its standard bearer for the U.S. Senate in the State of New Jersey according to Lou Jasikoff, Chair of the New Jersey Libertarian Party and campaign manager for the Scheurer campaign.

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