Florida Libertarian Party Convention Posted by: "Geoff Scott" ge...@baylp.org avanttard Date: Wed May 26, 2010 5:06 pm ((PDT))
Hi guys, I've been meaning to send this for a few weeks now but have been extremely busy at work. During the last hour of the business meeting at last months Florida LP convention, John Wayne Smith made a motion to formally withdraw the Florida LP from the national Party. As soon as he said it, everyone in the room looked as if it was the craziest thing they had ever heard, and at that moment, I realized that nobody at the convention with the exception of a handful of people I have spoken to personally had any clue about the directions and changes that are being implemented by the national party. I immediately used Mr. Smiths proposal as an opportunity to let everyone there know about my experience on the National Platform Committee this past year and informed them about various things that were talked about and supported by a large amount of committee members such as an anti-abortion plank, planks specifically stating that people under the magical age of 18 do not have any rights, planks supporting pre-emptive strikes against other countries and even a plank supporting a draft for our current war. It left every single person in that room with a face of shock and disgust. Every person in that room demanded that something be done about it but since most people at the convention have been completely unaware of the in-fighting and subversion that has been going on at the national level, we all voted unanimously to table the motion to the next florida convention pending the events at the national convention. Just thought this would be the best place to get the word out, Geoff Scott [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
