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Friday, July 22, 8:00AM 
You’re invited to enjoy breakfast with Senator Mark Warner and Bert Dodson.

Senator Mark Warner will host a fundraiser for Bert Dodson

at the Main Street Eatery,  907 Main Street in Lynchburg.

Ticket Prices:

Host – 00 per couple
Co-Host – ,000 per couple
Support – 0 per couple
Guest – 0 per person

Mail checks to:
Friends of Bert Dodson
PO Box 464
Lynchburg, VA 24505

Pay online at
Bert Dodson’s Website

Thank You

ACV Democratic News

Meet and Greet Senator MARK WARNER and BERT DODSON Friday

Sen. Mark Warner has endorsed Bert Dodson and in a release was quoted as saying,    “As a business person, Bert has the experience we need to help create jobs and keep Virginia moving forward.”    Warner announced he would campaign across the 22nd district with Dodson as his Senate schedule allows.

Dodson called Warner a   “dedicated public servant whose leadership has been instrumental in moving our state in the right direction. I am proud and grateful to have his endorsement.”

Dodson has an extensive business background and runs a Lynchburg-headquartered company with more than 500 employees, and with 34 offices in five states.

“With my 35 years in helping to manage a family owned business, understanding how to meet the payroll, pay bills and taxes, gives me an understanding how the state should work,”    Dodson said in an interview.     He spoke about helping to create and maintain jobs with good benefits. 

“Moving our state forward,”   Dodson said,   “is more important than partisan politics.”

FIVE days left, and we are asking each of you to commit to some serious work between now and Election Day.    A few hours, a few days, whatever you can do.     It is imperative that we squeeze out every possible vote in Amherst County.

At this point, it’s just not optional anymore.    The election is likely going to be too close for comfort.    

In order to prepare materials for your specific job and time, it is very important to contact one of our
coordinators:

 •FOR PHONE CALLS and GENERAL INFO:

DAVID BURFORD (dave_burford@verizon.net) – 434-384-1731 or 434-841-7420

 •  FOR CANVASSING:

SKIPPER FITTS (fitts@sbc.edu) – 434-946-7792 or 434-316-4220

 •FOR SIGNS, DOOR-KNOCKING, GOTV, and ELECTION DAY:

LAURA CASTELLI (lcastelli5@gmail.com) – 434-851-4885, or,

KODY ROZA (kodyjroza@gmail.com) – 434-851-4885

You’re encouraged to stop by Dodson HQ    (1022 Commerce St, 2nd Floor, Suite F) and see what a great team Bert has put together.

Many thanks,

Your AMHERST County Democratic Committee

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Friday, November 4, 2:00 – 3:00 PM   -   Meet and greet Senator Mark Warner and Virginia 22nd Senatorial District candidate Bert Dodson in Lynchburg College’s Sydnor Hall.    Have a bite to eat and talk with Bert and Mark.

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This correspondence was sent out yesterday regarding the recent developments in the LP Oregon. For background, read here, here, and here. There are actually a few more articles about it on this site, if the reader chooses to search “lp Oregon”.

From: Mark Hinkle
Date: September 5, 2011 1:15:20 AM EDT
To: lnc-discuss@hq.lp.org
Subject: Re: [Lnc-discuss] JC ruling…
Reply-To: lnc-discuss@hq.lp.org
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Dear LNC,
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I just re-read the JC’s decision and have come to another conclusion.
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The LNC EC’s action never dis-affiliated the Oregon LP (and JC states exactly that in their ruling) and that was never part of the motion nor was it part of the EC’s discussion in the first place.
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The JC’s decision, as I interpret it, is that the LPO (Libertarian Party of Oregon) has no leadership. Their Bylaws clearly state the term of office for the past LPO Chair, Wes Wagner, has ended along with the other past officers. The JC does not recognize the LPO leadership (Tim Reeves) that the LNC EC sought to recognize, therefor there is no leadership in the LPO.
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The SOS there may still recognize Wes Wagner as LPO Chair (for life if he chooses), but we don’t.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Party’s may handle their internal affairs as they see fit and are not subject to the laws of the states that may try and override internal decisions of the LP.
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See: March Fong Eu vs. the San Francisco Democratic Central Committee (decision February 22, 1989).
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To quote, in part, from that ruling:
>A State cannot justify regulating a party’s internal affairs without showing that such regulation is necessary to ensure that elections are orderly, fair, and honest, and California has made no such showing.
Until the LPO can elect someone per their Bylaws, my ruling is that there is no leadership in the LPO and thus we are not required, nor would it be prudent, to send any membership data to them, nor link our web site to any faction that claims to be the leadership of the LPO.
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Our Policy manual states:
>Data Sharing with Affiliates
>LPHQ will provide all officially recognized state-level affiliates with a list of Constituents
>residing in the area covered by that affiliate, within the first 5 business days of the month to
>the affiliate chair, or his designee.
Since there is no affiliate chair, or his designee, there is no one to send the data to.
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The JC has prevented the LNC EC from recognizing the Tim Reeves faction and the Oregon SOS has effectively done the same thing.
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So, the only fair and equitable solution for the LNC is to treat the LPO as a dormant affiliate until they can resolve their issues.
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We have been cautioned not to get involved in the internal affairs of the LPO and to recognize the Wagner group would be doing exactly that.
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Therefor, the LNC should take a hand off approach and let them come to some sort of resolution and then bring that back to the LNC.
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That is my ruling. The LNC, as always, can override my decision if they think my decision is in error.
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Yours in liberty………………..Mark Hinkle, LNC Chair
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P.S. I will instruct Wes Benedict and Robert Kraus to suspend any standard affiliate communication to the LPO until such time as they resolve their issues internally.

P.P.S. the LSLA is free to add, or not, Wes Wagner to it’s “state-chair” email list. The LNC has no jurisdiction there.

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“I recently received a forwarded email that purportedly was from a government school teacher from California lamenting the massive waste in the government run school system. I had no issue with the accuracy of the waste report, but the teacher then launch into an attack on illegal immigrants as one of the causes of this problem. He also said that an entitlement mentality had created a Juvenal delinquency problem within the schools. This was again blamed on the immigrant children. And then finally he/she dismissed a guest worker program as a solution to illegal immigration.”

“I know there are billions of dollars wasted in our government schools, especially in the Los Angeles area where the average cost per student per year, when all costs are taken into account, is ,000+. The government run school system must be abolished if we have any long term hope of having a decently educated public. Our founders knew that a well-educated populace was required to sustain our Republic.”

“However, whoever this unidentified teacher is, he or she is dead wrong about the guest worker program.”

“I would point out it is NOT the fault of immigrants, illegal or not, that there is free food, free or subsidized housing, free medical care, etc., etc., etc.”

“That’s being done by Congress and our state legislatures.”

Read the complete Commentary by the Chair of The Libertarian Party @http://www.lp.org/blogs/mark-hinkle/who-to-blame-for-the-illegal-immigration-mess-immigrants-or-congress

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