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Upcoming appearance in Vermont…

EVENT SPEAKER: John Tommasi

(http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Speakers&bio=240

EVENT TITLE: Presentation to Champlain College SSDP

SPONSORING CLUB: Champlain College SSDP

EVENT TYPE: presentation

EVENT DESCRIPTION/DETAILS: SSDP is new at this school. John will present on his experiences and focus on the economic angles as to why the drug war has failed and needs to be replaced with legalization. 40-45 minutes presentation followed by 15-20 minutes Q&A

EVENT LOCATION/DETAILS: Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, South Willard Street, Burlington, VT – Parking is free on the weekends; closest parking lot is behind Bader Hall. Alumni Auditorium is #27 on this maphttp://www.champlain.edu/Documents/about_champlain/Campus-Map.pdf

EVENT DATE/TIME: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 2:00-3:00pm

EVENT COST to ATTENDEES: none

EVENT CONTACT NAME(S), POSITION, PH#, EMAIL: Eric Geller, eric.geller@mymail.champlain.edu, 603-759-8575 DAY OF EVENT EMERGENCY NUMBER: 603-759-8575

APPROXIMATE ATTENDANCE: unknown EQUIPMENT NEEDED: projector and screen EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE: projector and screen.

MORE ON LEAP:

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) is an organization comprised of cops, judges, prosecutors, prison wardens and others within the criminal justice community who have fought on the front lines of the War on Drugs but have come to believe that the War on Drugs is a colossal public policy failure. LEAP believes that America will never be ‘drug-free’ and that in order to keep our children safe and make our communities safer, we must consider alternatives. LEAP calls for a dramatic and completely different direction: America must end prohibition and replace it with real control over the manufacture and distribution of all drugs. LEAP believes prohibition must be replaced with regulation and some form of legalization.

LEAP is absolutely not pro-drug. LEAP wants drugs to be less available to children and more restrictive to adults, and LEAP wants to reduce crime and violence in our communities. Our cops know that it’s not the drugs themselves that cause these problems, but the illegal drug marketplace.

Lions, Kiwanis, and Rotary Clubs, prestigious universities, political groups from both the left and the right have all hosted LEAP speakers and provided almost entirely positive feedback. In 2009, LEAP has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist and on CNN and MSNBC. In fact just today, three of our speakers were featured on the NYT web site here: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/a-new-course-on-medical-marijuana/

Upcoming event of interest to Vermont Libertarians…

Liberal, Libertarian Economists to Debate Merits of Stimulus Package

Start: 10/05/2009 – 4:00pm

Description:

Was the $787 billion federal stimulus package an enlightened act of government intervention that averted economic catastrophe or a colossal waste of taxpayer money that has done more harm than good?

That provocative question will be the subject of the latest installment in UVM’s Janus Forum, a popular debate series now in its second year that matches prominent thinkers with opposing views on important social issues.

The debate, titled “$787 Billion: Stimulus or Sedative,” will take place Monday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. in the Davis Center’s Grand Maple Ballroom. The approximately 60-minute debate, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by a 30-minute question-and-answer period.

Arguing for the benefits of the stimulus will be Justin Wolfers, associate professor of business and public policy at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Arguing against will be Jeffrey Miron, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

More Information

Dear Vermonter,

It’s time for all parties in Vermont to reform their town committees. The Vermont Libertarian Party will hold its town caucuses on September 16. If you are interested forming a town committee in your town, then contact me asap so I can send you the forms you need and the directions.

We hope to be adding some new towns, but we also will be losing some town committees as people move so you help is vital in making sure we can easily put presidential, statewide, and local candidates on the ballot to give Vermonters a choice of lower taxes, less government, and more freedom.

Caucusing is simple to do, but there are some laws that must be followed. For example, you need to post a notice in two places in your town at least 5 days in advance of your caucus, and if you have more than 1000 people in your town, then the notice must also appear in your local paper.

FACEBOOK RSVP:
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Jeremy Ryan
Chair, Vermont Libertarian Party

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Vermont Libertarian Party
PO Box 5475
Burlington VT 05402-5475
Phone: (802) 865-0111
Web: www.vtlp.org
Email: chair@vtlp.org
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Upcoming event of interest to Vermont Libertarians in Essex…

** What: Essex Libertarian Town Committee Caucus

** When: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 10am

** Where: Room C101 at Essex High School in Essex Junction.

** Contact: Kevin May, kmay@ccsuvt.org

If you reside in Essex or know someone who lives there, please consider attending or getting people you know to attend so that Kevin can successfully organize Essex for the party.

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO AMERICA NOW?

Come to a meeting that WILL change your Life and HELP TO restore liberty

Admission is free, all are welcome

Time/Place:
FRIDAY – MAY 1, 2009 7:30-10:00pm
UVM – Fleming 101 – 61 Colchester Avenue, Burlington 05405
FREE PARKING ? VOTEY LOT NEAR TO FLEMING MUSEUM

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www.WeThePeopleFoundation.org
www.GiveMeLiberty.org

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LEARN about YOUR Constitution and the way our Founding Fathers meant it to be;

- Now, constitutional violations escalating over many years,  OUR Republic is in grave danger;
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Find out VERMONT?s Role in the coming Continental Congress 2009

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