1. RON PAUL ENDORSES TUNSTALL, DIXON FOR SATURDAY ELECTION

Congressman Ron Paul has formally endorsed the city council campaigns
of Kevin Tunstall in Missouri City and Pat Dixon in Lago Vista.

Kevin is running for the second time for a city council seat. His
website is http://elect.kdtunstall.com/

Pat is running again after having served for 2 years from 2005-2007.
His website is www.PatDixon.org

In addition, there are other Libertarians candidates running for local
office this Saturday, May 10:

Kevin Anderson is running uncontested for re-election to city council
in Anna, Texas. He was elected to place 2 in 2006.

Steve Kirby is running for city council in Abilene, place 4

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2. LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF TEXAS STATE CONVENTION COMING QUICK!

The Libertarian Party of Texas state convention will be held June 13-15
at the Radisson Fort Worth Fossil Creek
(http://www.radisson.com/ftworthtx_north).

You need to quickly make your reservations. We risk losing our
guaranteed $95 rate unless enough of you reserve rooms by May 14. Visit
http://www.lptexas.org/convention2008.shtml to make your reservations
and get more details. We have an excellent lineup of speakers and
events, and a lot of very important business.

Some of the events that are planned are:
– We will have a contested 3 way race for the nomination of our US
Senate candidate. We are scheduling a debate of the 3 candidates for
Friday evening. The vote of the delegates will determine the outcome!
– We will invite the Libertarian Party’s nominees for president and
vice president to give you an opportunity to meet them only a few weeks
after their nomination.
– Terri Hall from Texas Toll Party (www.texastollparty.com) will
discuss the toll road plans and Trans Texas Corridor
– A debate on Global Warming between Dr H Sterling Burnett
(http://www.ncpa.org/abo/staff/sburnett.html) and Andy Wilson
(www.citizen.org/texas)
– A debate is planned on the FairTax: Fair or Foul?
– Libertarian candidate and former drug enforcement officer Barry
Cooper will debate the merits of his video «Never Get Busted» with Russ
Jones from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc)
– Scott Horton from AntiWar.com radio (http://antiwar.com/radio/) will
be on hand to discuss war and national security
– Past chairs of the Libertarian Party National Committee Jim Lark,
Geoff Neale, and Bill Redpath will be on hand for a discussion of
leadership in the Libertarian Party

Please make both your hotel and convention reservations NOW! Keep
checking www.LPTexas.org for more details.

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3. LP NATIONAL CONVENTION

The Libertarian Party National Convention (www.lpconvention.org) will
be held from May 22-26 in Denver. That comes before the Libertarian
Party of Texas state convention, which by state law has to be held on the
second Saturday in June (June 14, 2008).

The State Libertarian Party Executive Committee of Texas (SLECT) met on
Saturday, February 2 to approve a list of over 40 delegates to the
convention. SLECT met again on May 4 to increase the number of delegates
to 74. Since the total allocation of delegates for Texas is 69, some
of the delegates are listed as alternates. Some of the delegates have
not yet confirmed they will attend and additional delegates could be
added for those that do not attend.

As many items of interesting and important business occur at these
conventions, most in attendance desire to be credentialed as delegates so
that they can participate and cast votes. Texas typically has a large
allotment of seats for delegates and has not filled its delegation at
previous conventions.

Our bylaws require that delegates are affiliated with the Libertarian
Party by one of the following criteria:
1. Affiliating with the Libertarian Party of Texas by signing the Oath
of Affiliation form with your county LP organization. In cases where
there is not a county LP chair, one could be appointed.
2. Those that qualify as a member of the National Party as defined in
Article 5 of the national bylaws. Either a signer of the «non
initiation» oath or a membership level of sustaining or greater would be
consider affiliating with the national party.

The current list of delegates that meet these requirements are:

Al Barrera (BROWN)
Patrick Barton (TRAVIS)
Wes Benedict (TRAVIS)
Richard Brown (HARRIS)
Mike Burris (TRAVIS)
Raymond Carr (BURNET)
Brad Clardy (LUBBOCK)
Bill Collins (EL PASO)
Jay Cookingham (HARRIS)
Alex Cresswell (HARRIS)
Jeff Daiell (HARRIS)
Arthur DiBianca (TRAVIS)
Patrick Dixon (TRAVIS)
Fred Drew (CAMERON)
Erik Ellison (WILLIAMSON)
Peter Elloway (HARRIS)
Matt Finkel (TRAVIS)
Stephanie Gamber (EL PASO)
Roger Gary
June Genis (POLK)
James Gholston (DENTON)
Chris Giles (TARRANT)
Allen Hacker (TRAVIS)
Robert (Rock) Howard (TRAVIS)
David Hutzelman (HARRIS)
Pepe Johnson (DALLAS)
Jim Kilpatrick (TRAVIS)
Brian Kuzma (HARRIS)
John Lynch (GUADALUPE)
Dave Mason (DALLAS)
Guy McLendon (HARRIS)
Alfred Montestruc (HARRIS)
Geoffrey Neale (TRAVIS)
Nancy Neale (TRAVIS)
Ben Neece (CAMERON)
Paul Osborn (DALLAS)
Richard (Chip) Peterson (LUBBOCK)
Richard Phillips (HARRIS)
Arlo Pignotti (TRAVIS)
Robert Pritchett (DALLAS)
Jon Roland (BURNET)
Mary Ruwart (BURNET)
Yvonne Schick (TRAVIS)
Michelle Shinghal (COLLIN)
John Shuey (DENTON)
Bob Smither (BRAZORIA)
William Sparkman (TARRANT)
James Strohm (TRAVIS)
Jim Stutsman (TRAVIS)
Jo Ann Thabet (BEXAR)
Kevin Tunstall (FORT BEND)
Greg Utas (TARRANT)
David Warden (WILLIAMSON)
D’Anne Welch (BLANCO)
Amanda Whitaker (HILL)
John Wieder (BRAZORIA)

Current alternates that meet the delegate requirements are:

Beverly Howard (TRAVIS)
Stan Norred (GALVESTON)
Les Turrlington (HARRIS)

Additionally there are people that SLECT approved as delegates pending
verification that they qualify by one of the 2 criteria mentioned
previously:

Jess Alan Fields
Paul Gamber (EL PASO)
Brady McAlister
William Garrett Mobley (DALLAS)
Patrick Petty (BURNET)
Jim Prindle (MONTGOMERY)
Jim Jr. Prindle (COLLIN)
Dustin Rhime
Russell Verney (COLLIN)
Craig Weems (WILLIAMSON)

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4. OHIO AND FLORIDA CHALLENGE TEXAS

As the Libertarian Party of Texas has grown significantly and continues
to break records in its achievements, the following notice from the
Libertarian Party of Ohio caught the interest of our state chair (a
former Ohio resident):

«Ohio party fastest growing among Libertarians»
http://mail.lpo.org/lists/Announce/Message/327.html?Language=

Dixon’s reply to the Chair of the Ohio LP (Kevin Knedler) is below:

From: Patrick Dixon, Chair Texas LP
To: Kevin Knedler, Chair Ohio LP
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Ohio LP] Ohio party fastest growing among Libertarians

Kevin,
I am very happy to take on the challenge. I am going to get Texas
ahead of you, and I want you to try to pass us up. Competition is good!

Patrick J Dixon
Chair, Libertarian Party of Texas
www.LPTexas.org

Additionally, Florida wants to take us on. This message was received
from Karl Dickey, the state chair of the Florida Libertarian Party:

OK guys,

I want to challenge you to the first one to 1,000 members (as per
National’s numbers).

What do you say? What’s the wager?

-Karl

The response was:

—— Forwarded Message
From: Patrick Dixon
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:24:05 -0500
To: Wes Benedict, Karl Dickey
Conversation: Gentleman’s Bet
Subject: Re: Gentleman’s Bet

Challenge! Heck yes, I like challenges. Kevin Knedler from Ohio is
claiming to be the fastest growing state in the LP, and I will take him
on.

I like Wes’ idea; let’s settle it in Denver. I believe the numbers we
are talking about are the “ACTIVE MEMBER” stats from national. As of
the end of 2007, TX stood at 758 and FL stood at 817. The other
statistic is TOTAL ACTIVE which includes members that pay the sustaining
membership but do not sign the oath/pledge. The TOTAL ACTIVE end of year
was TX 807 and FL 865. I would be OK with either criteria.

I would insist that the winning side mention to any delegate from the
losing side that they lost, as Wes suggested. And the beers would be
paid by the losing side to the winning side’s delegates up to the number
of credentialed delegates present in Denver. Presently Texas has about
40 people saying they would like to be delegates, so that would be
roughly $100 for non-premium beer. Of course I have expensive taste in
beer.

What do you say? Can we make it public?

Yours in Liberty,

Patrick J Dixon
Chair, Libertarian Party of Texas
www.LPTexas.org

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5. JUNE 15 MONEY BOMB

The Libertarian Party of Texas announced a money bomb for March 15 with
a goal of $50,000. The result was over $28,000 donated. These funds
are needed to meet our annual budget and keep our staff working. With
a record number of candidates, increased media attention, and Ron Paul
supporters looking for a home, we need your support.

We are extending our money bomb to June 15. Please consider helping us
by joining at one our membership levels prior to the state convention.
We would like to give you a membership card indicating your
membership level (silver, gold, platinum, etc) so that you can be recognized for
your support at our convention.

Donations and memberships can be made securely online at
http://lptexas.org/membership.shtml

Thank you to those who support our party. We truly appreciate you!

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6. AMERICAN DREAM CONFERENCE

The Harris County Libertarian Party is one of the sponsors of the
American Dream Conference in Houston May 16-18
(http://www.americandreamcoalition.org/pad08.html). Many Libertarians
will find this conference of interest.

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7. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Fellow Texas Libertarians,

This is a very busy and exciting time for the Libertarian Party. We
have candidates running for election in 2 days endorsed by Ron Paul. We
have a very competitive race for our presidential candidates making the
Denver convention very exciting. We have an excellent state
convention with a May 14 deadline approaching to get your reservations made.

We truly appreciate the support of our candidates, donors, and
activists. We really want you to attend our state convention and celebrate our
growing success with us.

Patrick J Dixon, Chair

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8. SCHEDULE OF IMPORTANT DATES:

May 10: Municipal elections, get out and vote!

May 16-18: American Dream Conference
(http://www.americandreamcoalition.org/pad08.html)

May 23-25: LP national convention, Denver CO, www.lpconvention.org

June 13-15: Texas LP convention, Radisson Fort Worth Fossil Creek
(http://www.radisson.com/ftworthtx_north). Info posted to
www.LPTexas.org

Nov 4: General election date, get out and vote!