Friends of Liberty,

It’s time for issue #3 of the HCLP Liberty Update! I had intended to send this out yesterday, but I ran out of time to wrap it up, so it’s a day late. My intention is to send these out every Wednesday going forward.

As always, if you know of something of interest to our group, send it my way and I’ll distribute it to the group … or, if you’d like, you can also just email libertarian-381@meetup.com and it will go out to everyone in the group. This is an email discussion list, so feel free to use it to ask questions or discuss issues as well.

1. Tea Party

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Tea Party on the 15th! As those of you who attended know, there were a LOT of people in attendance. I’ve heard credible estimates of attendance that range from 2000 to 3000 people. I know I saw a number of you there, and I’m sure that I missed even more of you due to the size of the crowd.

Mo Kiah had a very nice banner made up for us prior to the event. I’ve posted a picture of Mo and Dana Wilson holding the banner on my Flickr account (http://tr.im/jvhe). The banner is also briefly visible in WRCB’s coverage of the event (http://tr.im/jvhC). Because of this banner, we had a number of people walk up and ask questions about the LP. Dana also distributed approximately 350 flyers with information about the HCLP and the LP to people in attendance. It is my hope that we’re able to connect with many of the people and get them involved with the HCLP!

2. Chattanooga City Council

On Tuesday, the new City Council met for the first time. Due to the election of four new members (Pam Ladd, Andraé McGary, Peter Murphy, and Debra Scott) and the election of a new chair and vice-chair (veteran Jack Benson replaces Linda Bennett, who was defeated by Ms. Scott, as chair, and Manny Rico replaces Jack Benson as vice-chair) the Council is quite a bit different than the one that met just last week. Although there are no libertarians on the Council, friends of mine that were involved with the Ron Paul campaign supported Ms. Scott’s election, and it appears that she is going to be a strong voice for fiscal responsibility.

As always, I encourage any of you who are citizens of Chattanooga to attend the Council meetings, which are held each Tuesday night at 6pm in the City Council building at 1000 Lindsay St. Although I was unable to attend the meeting this past Tuesday (http://tr.im/jvmw) due to a conflict, when I am in attendance I will cover the event live on Twitter on the HCLP’s Twitter account (http://twitter.com/hclptn).

The agenda for next week’s meeting has not been posted online as of this writing, but will be available at some point in the future at this location: http://www.chattanooga.gov/City_Council/110_Agenda.asp.

3. Facebook Page

In an attempt to find more ways to locate and engage liberty-minded folks in our area, I’ve created a Facebook Page for the HCLP. The address is http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Hamilton-County-Libertarian-Party/73982703087?ref=ts.

4. End the Fed Rally in Nashville

There will be an “End the Fed” Rally in Nashville on Saturday (4/25) from 1-3pm at the Nashville Federal Reserve Bank. More information is available at http://endthefed.us.

5. Audit the Fed Phone Call Campaign

On Monday (4/27) there will be a massive phone call campaign encouraging folks in Congress to support HR1207 (Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” bill). Visit this site for more information: http://tr.im/jyL5.

6. Legislation in TN that you should be aware of

a. A resolution urging the United States Senate to reject the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

View details here:
http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0369
and
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HJR0369.pdf

b. A resolution to affirm Tennessee’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and to demand the federal government halt its practice of assuming powers and of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States.

View details here:
http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0108

c. A bill that prohibits the state from being required to participate in the implementation of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, which mandates a national identification card for each citizen of the United States.

View details here:
http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1426

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Information for items #4, 5, and 6 came from Matt Collins of the Tennessee Republican Liberty Caucus.

That’s it! Hope everybody has a great weekend!

Best,
Jeremy