LPBC Archives

• The spring of 2006 was active. The lunches are now in two places in the county and not competing for attendees. We are meeting 4 to 6 times per month, plus special events. Here's a sample of the May-June calendar in 2006:
  

  Date	Day	Time	Event	Location
  May '06
  10th	Wednesday	7pm to 9pm	Monthly Business Meeting	Cafe Luna 800 Coffman St, Longmont MapQuest Link
  13th	Saturday	8am to 6pm	2006 Annual LPCO Business Meeting and Convention	Radisson Hotel and Convention Center, Denver Stapleton Plaza
  27th; 28th & 29th	Saturday; Sunday; Monday	See schedule	Boulder Creek Festival	13th Street between Arapahoe & Canyon
  June '06
  14th	Wednesday	7pm to 9pm	Monthly Business Meeting	Longmont Public Library On Kimbark between 3rd & 4th MapQuest Link

• Election results: The annual meeting and elections of the LPBC were held 7/14/05. Your LPBC Officers for 2005/2006 are:

  Position	Chairman	Secretary	Treasurer	Publicity	Campaigns	News- letter	Member- ship	Fund Raising	Outreach
  Name	Bo Shaffer	Derik Lane	Greg Woods	Paul Tiger	Dan Ong	(open)	(open)	(open)	(open)

• LP Candidates on Boulder County ballots (11/02/04)

  Region	Office	Dis- trict	Candidate	LPBC member?	Results (preliminary)
  U.S.	House	2	Norm Olsen (L)	LPBC	2%
  CU	Regent	4	Dan Cochran (L)		28%
  CU	Regent	At Large	Daniel Ong (L)	LPBC	4%
  State	Senate	17	Bo Shaffer (L)	LPBC	4%
  State	House	13	Rand Fanshier (L)		16%
  Boulder County	Commis- sioner	1	Jeff Christen-Mitchell (L)	LPBC	22%
  Boulder County	Commis- sioner	2	Paul Tiger (L)	LPBC	6%

  Boulder County Ballot Issues

• LP presidential candidate Michael Badnarik is making a campaign stop in Colorado 9/7-9/9 (Tue-Thu), including four Boulder county appearances on Thurs 9/9:
  1. Breakfast with Badnarik from 7-9 am at Avogadro's Number, 605 S. Mason St, Fort Collins. See flyer. More info: Dan Cochran 970-686-9153.
  2. Brown bag lunch in Lafayette from noon-1:45pm at Rocky Mt Center for Musical Arts. Make reservations by 9/1/04. See press release and flyer (pdf).
  3. Speech at CU from 2-4 pm. UMC south terrace. See flyer (pdf) • Parking
  4. Fund-raising dinner at the Broker Inn. Details.

  For additional events during this campaign stop, see the full schedule.

• Dateline: Boulder County, Colorado, August 10, 2004 – Here's the Libertarian Candidate (Bo Shaffer) casting his vote in the first ever Colorado Libertarian Primary. He's happy because it has only taken 30 years to bring the Party from inception to full representation. The Libertarian Party is the first Third Party in Colorado to achieve Primary status. The winner of this Primary [Bo won] will face a Democrat and a Republican in the November elections.
  

• Election results: The annual meeting and elections of the LPBC were held 7/08/04. Your LPBC Officers for 2004/2005 are:

  Position	Chairman	Secretary	Newsletter	Treasurer	Membership	Outreach	Publicity	Fund Raising	Campaigns
  Name	Bo Shaffer	Dan Underkofler	Eva Kosinski	Greg Woods	Tom Parker	Paul Tiger	Dan Ong	(open)	(open)

• Boulder Creek Festival 2004

• LPBC Chair Bo Shaffer was elected to the Board of Directors of the Left Hand Water District on 5/4/04. Read the press release. Bo is the second LPBC member to be elected so far this year. Only last month former LPBC Chair Joe Johnson won a seat on the Frederick Board of Trustees, in Weld County. See Joe's website. Let's keep the momentum going!   (5/10/04)

  Help with our Saturday outreach event: Walking Quiz-A-Thon! 10/25/03 & 11/22/03. Downtown Boulder, Pearl Street Mall & Broadway. Email Isaac Davenport or call him at 303.443.9895

• Election results: The annual meeting and elections of the LPBC were held 7/10/03. Your LPBC Officers for 2003/2004 are:

  Position	Chairman	Secretary	Newsletter	Treasurer	Membership	Outreach	Publicity	Fund Raising	Campaigns
  Name	Bo Shaffer	Dan Underkofler	Eva Kosinski	Greg Woods	Tom Parker	(open)	(open)	(open)	(open)

  For more info, please see LPBC Officers.   (07/11/03)

• 15 LPBC members were candidates in 2002:

  Ralph Shnelvar	Governor
  Dwight K. Harding	State Attorney General
  Craig Johnson	Colorado House of Reps. – District 10
  Isaac Davenport	Colorado House of Reps. – District 11
  Brian Lewis	Colorado House of Reps. – District 12
  Howard P. Lambert	Colorado House of Reps. – District 13
  W. Earl Allen	Colorado House of Reps. – District 33
  Ken Bray	Boulder County Assessor
  Paul Tiger	Boulder County Clerk/Recorder
  Tony Sileo	Boulder County Commissioner – District 3
  Dr. Scott Replogle	Boulder County Coroner
  Bo Shaffer	Boulder County Sheriff
  Joe Van Landschoot	Boulder County Surveyor
  Audrey Bray	Boulder County Treasurer
  Flux Jason Neo	CU Regent – District 2

• LPCO listed in Denver Spy Files   (09/09/02)

• The new LPBC booth made its debut at the Boulder Creek Hometown Fair on Labor Day weekend.   (Photo by Rand Fanshier, 09/02/02)

• LPBC member Elizabeth Bennett wins the coveted Ptak Award as 2002 Libertarian of the Year at the LPCO Banquet held in Colorado Springs on 8/17/02. Congratulations Elizabeth! And here's a press release from LPCO.   (08/18/02)

• Election results: The annual meeting and elections of the LPBC were held 7/11/02. Your new LPBC Officers for 2002/2003 are:

  Position	Chairman	Secretary	Newsletter	Treasurer	Outreach	Publicity	Fund Raising	Membership	Campaigns
  Name	Bo Shaffer	Betsy Shaffer	Eva Kosinski	Greg Woods	Tony Bubb	Paul Tiger	Chris Yoder	(open)	(open)

  For more info, please see LPBC Officers. And thanks to out-going board members Joe Johnson (Chairman), Chuck Wright (Treasurer), Jon Ford (Secretary), John Larkin (Publicity), and Tom Parker (Membership) for their service over the past year.   (07/12/02)

• July Meeting and Annual Elections 7/11/02

• Photo from the LPBC Tax Day rally held 4/15/02.   (04/25/02)

• The LPBC board passed a motion to help support the Coloradans for Alcohol Choice ballot initiative. This initiative would allow liquor stores to be open on Sundays. I see this primarily as an economic issue and an issue of convenience. The government has decided that they know what is best for Coloradans. Most people have busy lives and when they are told they are not allowed to purchase a legal product on one of their free days they get frustrated.   (03/14/02)

• Glass withdraws from Governor's race   (01/01/02)

• LPCO Affiliates Conference was held 1/19/02 in Denver.   (11/27/01)

• 11/06/01 Election Results:
  • Several LPBC members attend as Leadville Libertarians Sworn Into Office   (01/09/02)
  • Libertarians take over Leadville!   (11/13/01)
  • LP sets new record with over 70 election wins: Over 70 Libertarians were elected to local office nation-wide, setting a new record for LP victories in an election cycle.   (11/29/01)
  • More Colorado election results   (11/12/01)

• Glass/Vance Debate: Was held at the Boulder Public Library 11/04/01 noon to 3 pm. The special guest moderator was Uncle Nasty of KBPI radio.   (11/04/01)

• Freedom Rally: Celebrate our liberties and let the politicians know we will not sacrifice our rights for the illusion of security. The Rally will be on the West Steps of the State Capitol, Saturday 10/20/01 at noon. Scheduled speakers include Bob Glass, Robert Teesdale, and John Ross (author of Unintended Consequences). The Drum & Fife will provide music.   (10/12/01)

• LPCO 4th Annual Awards Banquet Saturday 10/20/01 at 6:30pm in Colorado Springs, featuring John Ross (author of Unintended Consequences).   (09/28/01)

• American Patriotism: An Immigrant's Perspective by Shariar Ghalam with an intro by Bob Glass. 9/26/01, 7pm at CU Boulder, Duane Physics G1B20. Free and open to the public.

• The September 11 terrorist acts:
  • If the U.S. hates terrorists, why do we keep arming them? by Steve Dasbach, in an LP op-ed.   (10/05/01)

  • 9-11 by Ari Armstrong. Also has lots of good links.   (9/17/01)

  • Response from the Libertarian Party   (9/12/01)

  • What can I do? What is the libertarian response to this tragedy? What are prominent libertarians saying about it? To help answer these and similar questions, the Advocates for Self-Government has created a page of statements, resources, and suggested activities.   (9/14/01)

  • When Will We Learn? by Harry Browne.   (9/11/01)

• Photos from our Outreach Booth at Celebrate Lafayette held 9/8/01.   (09/08/01)

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• Photos from our Outreach Booth and parade at the Louisville City Fair.   (09/03/01)
  

• Another protest of the RMN on Wed 8/29/01 in Denver.

• Bowl-A-Thon held 8/25/01 was the best ever!   (08/25/01)

• Rocky Mt. News does it again: We dont' exist. Here's an LPCO press release about it. We had a Protest in Denver on Tuesday 8/14/01.

• Photos from the LPBC Fundraiser 7/27/01.

• Photos from our booth at the Nederland Fair 7/28 & 7/29/01.

• Report from the Lafayette 5K - 7/21/01

• How much is the public debt? (Hint: around $5.7 trillion). But here's how much down to the penny!

• Lady Liberty appeared at the Lafayette 5K on 7/21/01.

• July Meeting and Annual Elections 7/12/01

• Boulder Creek Festival 5/26-28/01 in Boulder. Reports from the Boulder Creek Festival and the Bolder Boulder

• Interesting Reading – Archives ...

• Colorado Libertarian Convention featuring Carla Howell, Reggie Rivers, and Russell Means was held 5/18-5/20/01.

• Very sad news: Long-time Libertarian activist Larry Gibes died 3/9/01. Here is his obituary.

• We set up the LP booth at Starfest Sci-Fi convention 4/20-22/01 in Denver

• We held our annual LPBC Tax Day Protest on Monday, 4/16/01 from 4-8+ pm at the main Boulder P.O.

• City of Lafayette positions open

• Free Media Relations and Candidate Training Class Sunday 3/11/01 1-5pm in Golden.

• Libertarians in Longmont government! Joe Johnson reports that there are positions in the Longmont city government up for grabs! Perhaps we could find some Longmont Libertarians willing to take these offices and help reduce government in Longmont! Deadline is 3/02/01. See: www.ci.longmont.co.us/City_Clerk/Boards/vacancy.htm

• On 1/20/01 an ad-hoc meeting was held to discuss: "Big ideas: Things that will make the Libertarian Party a major party". Here are the notes from that meeting.

• Election 2000 recap

• LPBC members Joe Johnson and Elizabeth Bennett won the Colorado Libertarian of the Year Award at the annual banquet held 10/21/00. Here's the press release and some photos

• Photos from the October Boulder Dialogues held 10/15/00.

• Photos from Constitution Monday held 10/2/00.

• Boulder Dialogues: On Sunday 9/17/00, Ari Armstrong gave us an informative and moving presentation on the SAFE Initiative. Here are some photos of the event.

• Boulder Dialogues: the Udall "Roast" was held Sunday, 8/27/00 at 7 pm, at the Odd Fellows Hall. This was a big one, with media coverage. Stories appeared in Monday's Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call. Kudos to Dave Baker and Ralph Shnelvar for some hilarious roasting, and especially to Ron Bain for organizing the event (and supplying the hot chilli!). Here are some photos of the event.

• Kriho Acquitted! [Denver] - On 8/4/00 a judge dismissed the contempt of court case against Laura Kriho, ending a four-year saga that brought the issues of jury rights and jury nullification into the international spotlight. Legal experts say the Kriho case was the first time in over 300 years that a juror was prosecuted based on evidence of how they deliberated and voted in the jury room. For more info see the Jury Rights Project or the Fully Informed Jury Assoc.

• Bestselling author Peter McWilliams is murdered by the War on Drugs

• Four good reasons to see and take guests to Mel Gibson's The Patriot.

• The second annual LPBC "Bowl-A-Thon for Liberty" was held 8/5/00 and was once again a big hit. Here is the report and some photos.

• Boulder Dialogues July 9, '00: The second in a series of LPBC Boulder Dialogues will be held Sunday evening, July 9 at 6:30 pm at the Odd Fellows Hall. The featured speaker will be Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute. Be sure to invite friends and to attend this interesting outreach event.

• Boulder Creek Festival: We had a LPBC booth at the Boulder Creek Festival from Saturday 5/27/00 thru Monday 5/29. Here's a photo.

• Chuck Wright makes the Rocky Mountain News (5/7/00): Libertarians speak against state's drug-war sentencing.

• LPBC'ers were well-represented at the recent LP State Convention (4/14/00). Here are some highlights.

• Boulder Creek Festival! We will have an LPBC booth at the Boulder Creek Festival running from Saturday 5/27/00 thru Monday 5/29. The festival is in the heart of downtown Boulder along Boulder Creek from 9th to 14th between Arapahoe and Canyon (in the public library parking lot). Stop by and say hello, or better yet, help us man the booth! Contact Lori VanBuren.

• Rallies this weekend! From Ari Armstrong of the LPCO:

  Please, please attend the Armed Informed Mothers event this Sunday, 5/14/00. If you're in the mood for a relaxing afternoon among friends, please join the Second Amendment Sisters at City Park in Denver at 17th and University. The event will run from noon till 3:00 and will feature speakers, singing, and family activities. Bring picnic supplies! Show mom you love freedom.

  Alternately, join the Tyranny Response Team to counter-demonstrate at the so-called "Million Moms" event at *Civic* Park near the Capitol at around 1:30 pm. Whichever location you choose to attend, GO SOMEWHERE, DO SOMETHING to defend fundamental civil liberties. Bring signs, such as "Armed Moms Save Lives", "Guns Stop Crime," and "Freedom is NOT a Loophole".

  I'll see you there!

  Free Colorado,
  Ari Armstrong

  Also see this related press release from the LP: Why rapists will love the anti-gun agenda of Sunday's Million Mom March

• Join our annual Tax Day Protest at the main Boulder Post Office (15th and Walnut) on Monday, 4/17/00 from 4:30 - 7 pm. Contact: Chuck Wright at 303-666-0509 (h) or 303-939-3946 (w).

• Effective 2/27/00 at 9pm, our email discussion list name has changed to lpboulder@onelist.com. (It used to be lpbc@onelist.com, but we had to rename it due to changes at onelist). Sorry for the inconvenience.

• How can you hear great music, impress your date and/or spouse, help the LPBC, and rub elbows with Boulder County politicians at the same time? Come to "Leadership Day" at the Boulder Philharmonic!

• Where's my newsletter? The January/February issue of our Liberty News newsletter was mailed out 2/10/00. Due to the delays, we have extended all LPBC memberships by one month.

• A new newsletter editor was voted in by the board at the 2/10/00 meeting. Congratulations to Stephen Funk who has graciously accepted the position. And thanks to Stephen's heroic efforts in rescuing the Jan./Feb. issue.

• Our Bowl-A-Thon for Liberty on 8/21/99 was a big hit. Here are some pictures of the event.