http://www.hclp.org The Hamilton County Libertarian Party Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:35:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At its August meeting, the Hamilton County Libertarian Party unanimously adopted the following statement in regards to the City of Chattanooga's proposed annexation plan: In recent months, the City of Chattanooga has begun to take steps to forcibly annex communities at the perimeter of the City. Despite widespread and vocal opposition, ... http://www.hclp.org/2009/09/01/hclp-statement-on-chattanooga-annexation/ Friends of Liberty, It's once again time for another edition of the HCLP Liberty Update (ok, actually I'm a few days late; I apologize ... it's been a very, very busy week). As always, if you know of anything that might be of interest to members of the Hamilton County Libertarian Party ... http://www.hclp.org/2009/05/02/hclp-liberty-update-may-2-2009/ “The free market failed.” These are words that will cause any Libertarian worth the powder to put him out of his foolishness to cringe. If one is going to assert this position, then that begs an obvious question: How can we call what we have here a truly free market ... http://www.hclp.org/2009/04/27/heather-bryson-the-free-market-did-not-fail/ 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 ... http://www.hclp.org/2009/04/23/hclp-liberty-update-april-23-2009/ The current grass roots efforts across the country, in approximately 450+ cities, is the result of various circumstances. Foremost, is the current spending frenzy in Washington, D.C.. When government approves any new laws or pork programs (and most, if not all of them are unconstitutional), the Federal Reserve (a cadre of ... http://www.hclp.org/2009/04/11/tea-party-time/ Friends of Liberty, Well, here it is ... the second weekly "Liberty Alert." Now that I've managed to produce two of them, there's hope that I'll keep this trend alive! For those of you who are new to the Meetup group, I'd like to welcome you to the HCLP! We meet monthly ... http://www.hclp.org/2009/04/11/hclp-liberty-update-april-11-2009/ Friends of Liberty, This is the first of what I hope will become a weekly tradition; my intention is to try to send out regular updates to you folks to let you know about things of interest going on in all levels of government, especially our local government. While my goal ... http://www.hclp.org/2009/04/03/hclp-liberty-update-april-3-2009/ Tennessee Democratic and Republican lawmakers are currently debating about whether or not take the Federal Stimulus money and how to spend it. “The solution is simple,” declared Libertarian Party of Tennessee Chair Tony Wall, “Take the money. The Libertarian Party of Tennessee opposes the passage of all federal ‘bail-outs’ but, unfortunately, ... http://www.hclp.org/2009/02/25/libertarian-party-of-tn-press-release-federal-stimulus-money/