NEW MEXICO LIBERTY

“Let Freedom Ring”

The Official Newsletter of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico

December 2009 http://lpnm.us v.2.2 N.16

Table of Contents Notes from the Editor

by Mike Blessing
[ mikewb1971@gmail.com /
Page 1 Libertarian Media from New Mexico mikewb1971.xanga.com ]
Notes from the Editor by Mike Blessing
The LPNM's Potential Candidates Announcing My Congressional “Candidacy”
Page 2 Events at a Glance At this time, I'd like to announce my candidacies for the U.S. House
Open Candidacies in 2010 by Mike Blessing of Representatives for District 00 of New Mexico.
Page 3 Voice of the Chair by Jay Vandersloot Wait a minute – what's this “That Districts doesn't exist” guff I'm
Is it Déjà Vu, or Didn’t We Go Through This 4 Years getting? How can they not exist when Obama is sending those
Ago? same districts piles of cash from the 2009 “Stimulus Plan” ?
Page 4 Don't Raise Taxes, Cut Spending Bloat See Jim Scarantino's reports at New Mexico Watchdog for more –
by Paul Gessing of the Rio Grande Foundation Even A Fake Congressional District Needs Real Leadership
Page 5 Contacts / Internet Resources tinyurl.com/yc8lgkk

Page 6 Administrivia $6.4 Billion in Fed Stimulus Goes to 440 Non-Existent

Congressional Districts
Page 8 The Unanimous Consent Challenge tinyurl.com/ycrvltj
Page 7 Enrollment / Renewal Form My site for this “campaign” will be here –
Page 8 Paid Advertisement from Tactical Solutions myspace.com/mikeblessing_2010
Institute
In fact, this is a rather low-cost way for the LPNM to run a “slate” of
“candidates,” considering that we won't have to actually gather
Libertarian Media from New Mexico signatures or send campaign finance reports to the Secretary of
(not necessarily endorsed by LPNM) State or to the Federal Election Commission for these campaigns.
Speaking Freely More on page 3 of this issue, and stay tuned. It should be fun, at
hosted by Paul Gessing and Jim Scarantino the very least.
Saturdays 9 – 10 AM on KJOY 1550 AM Ken Cavanuagh Resigns
riograndefoundation.org/pg_rp.html
Table of Contents

Page 1

• Notes from the Editor

tinyurl.com/dcnpwm On 18 November 2009, Ken Cavanaugh resigned from the position
Page 2 – Events at a Glance

Page 3 – Voice of the Chair by Ken Cavanaugh

of State Chair of the LPNM, due to medical reasons. As per the
Hemp TV – Tuesdays at 7PM LPNM Constitution and Bylaws, LPNM Vice-Chair Jay Vandersloot
Petition gathering to regain Minor Paty Status

Page 4 – The Next Best Thing to Coulter by L. Neil Smith

From The Libertarian Enterprise

Page 5 – Federal judge rules police

cannot detain people for
openly carrying guns myspace.com/nmhemptv has assumed the position.
Page 6

• The One Party State – Wednesdays 11PM

Reforms can cut costs, improve public safety by Paul Gessing
From the Rio Grande Foundation
I wish him the best, and hope that he stays in touch with myself and
• Contact Lance Klafeta [ lklafeta@yahoo.com ] for details
A Little Gun History
the LPNM after any relocations that he undertakes in the future.
Page 7 – Contacts / Internet Resources

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• Administrivia
Reeferhead – Saturdays at 6PM
• The Unanimous Consent Challenge myspace.com/reeferheadtv The LPNM's Potential Candidates
Page 9 – Enrollment / Renewal Form

The Fringe Element U.S. House of Representatives, 00 District

Page 10 – Authorization for Automatic Transfers

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Mike Blessing – myspace.com/mikeblessing_2010

Libertarian Media from New Mexico

thefringeelement.net / postpubco.com
not necessarily endorsed by LPNM)

Speaking Freely
hosted by Paul Gessing and Jim Scarantino
Saturdays 9 – 10 AM on KJOY 1550 AM
riograndefoundation.org/pg_rp.html

State Legislature
tinyurl.com/dcnpwm

Hemp TV – Tuesdays at 7PM

myspace.com/nmhemptv

The One Party State – Wednesdays 11PM

Contact Lance Klafeta

State Representative, District 11

[ lklafeta@yahoo.com ] for details

Reeferhead – Saturdays at 6PM

myspace.com/reeferheadtv

The Fringe Element

thefringeelement.net / postpubco.com
Eric Pino – epelsewhere@gmail.com
YOUR ADVERTISING IN State Representative, District 16
NEW MEXICO LIBERTY? Mike Blessing – mikewb1971.xanga.com
State Representative District 22
CONTACT THE EDITOR OR Elisheva Levin – ragamuffinstudies.blogspot.com
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EMAIL mikewb1971@gmail.com
New Mexico Liberty – December 2009 – Page 1
 Events at a Glance
Bernalillo County – The BCLP is hosting one meeting per month,
on Thursday, 9 December, 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Fiesta's Restaurant
& Lounge (Carlisle & Montogomery NE). Contact Mike Blessing for
details [ mikewb1971@gmail.com / 505-515-7015 ], or see the
BCLP website – lpnm.us/bernalillo.
Precinct 553 Chair Elisheva Levin, is considering a run for State
Representative, District 22.
Dona Ana County – The next scheduled Dona Ana County Central
Committee Meeting is 13 January 2010 at 6:30 PM to plan for the
county convention. Contact chair for more information. The
committee would be delighted to meet before then with any Doña
Ana County Libertarian wishing support in running for office or with
any ideas to advance the party or political issues that the party
should address. Please contact the chair – lpdacnm@lpnm.us /
575-541-9079, or check the LPDAC website – lpnm.us/dona-ana.
Otero County – The Otero County LP meets on Wednesday, 2
December – contact Dr. Gilberto Heredia for more information [
thrill@zianet.com / 575-439-8234 ], or see the OCLP website for
details – lpnm.us/otero. The OCLP hosted this year's state
convention in April.
Rio Arriba County – Lynette Cannon is the Rio Arriba County LP
Chair, as well as the Taos County Chair.
Santa Fe County – Due to personal circumstances, Ed Nagel has
resigned as the Santa Fe County Chair. The LPNM wishes him the
best, and is seeking volunteers to fill the vacancy.
Taos County – Lynette Cannon is the Taos County LP Chair, as
well as the Rio Arriba County Chair.
If you live in a county with an inactive affiliate and want
to get involved, contact the county chair. See Page 7 for
a list of county chairs, campus contacts and Central
Committee members.
Special Events
LPNM Central Committee Meeting – 13 December 2009
The LPNM's Central Committee will have its regularly scheduled
meeting on Sunday, 13 December 2009. Lunch at 12 PM, meeting
from 1 PM to 3 PM. The (tentative) location is Quarters BBQ at
3700 Ellison Dr NW Albuquerque, NM 87114 [ tinyurl.com/lh89ws ].
For details, contact State Chair Jay Vandersloot [ 505-362-1733 /
jayvandersloot@yahoo.com ]. County and Campus Contacts
encouraged to attend!
2010 Annual State Convention
The 2010 LPNM State Convention is scheduled for the
weekend of 16-18 April 2009 in the greater Albuquerque area.
More details to follow soon.
Open Candidacies in 2010
by Mike Blessing
[ mikewb1971@gmail.com /
mikewb1971.xanga.com ]
What follows here is a listing of elected public offices for which the
LPNM does not have anyone listed as being interested in running
for that office –
U.S.House of Representatives, District 2
The Republicans aren't anywhere close to offering a decent
candidate for this spot, unlike District 3, where Adam Kokesh is
running under the GOP flag.
For the record, Kokesh is as libertarian as good as anyone I've
seen in LP ranks, AND he has a talent for communicating those
principles to the uninitiated. I can't fault him for running as a GOP
candidate, considering the state of the LPNM and the LP across the
nation.
State House of Representatives, Districts 1-15, 17-21, 23-70
In the 2010 election, there are seventy (70) seats that are either
open or the incumbent is up for re-election.
Many of those incumbents, Republicans and Democrats both, are
running unopposed. At present, the LPNM has THREE (3) people
that have gone on record as being interested in running for any of
these seats in the Legislature.
Phantom Congressional Districts and Campaigns
You've probably noticed my announced candidacy for District 00 of
the U.S. House of Representatives.
In fact, this is a rather low-cost way for the LPNM to run a “slate” of
“candidates,” considering that we won't have to actually gather
signatures or send campaign finance reports to the Secretary of
State or to the Federal Election Commission for these campaigns.
Here's a list of the “open” “districts“ that are up for “campaigns” in
the 2010 election –
4th / 9th / 13th / 16th / 22 nd / 25th / 35th / 40th
And that's just the ones that were listed at recovery.gov when the
Obamatons were crowing about the “successes” of the “American
Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009” – “look at the billions we
sent to these Congressional Districts” and such.
Never mind that those billions of FRNs are now lining the pockets
of Imperial Washington's insiders. “Oops – we were going to send
that cash out, but it turms out those districts don't exist. Why don't
we just keep it as walking-around money instead?”
Also notice that there are some gaps in the list of “districts” –
between 4th and 9th, for example. I'll take that to mean that the 5th,
6th, 7th and 8th “Districts” are also “open” for candidates, as well.
New Mexico Liberty – December 2009 – Page 2
 Voice of the Chair
by Jay Vandersloot
[ yprocrastinate-emailme@yahoo.com ]
Is it Déjà Vu, or
Didn’t We Go Through This 4 Years Ago?
After the 2004 presidential elections, because the LP’s
presidential candidate had not received at least ½ of 1% of
the votes, the LPNM lost its status as a qualified Minor
Political Party. As a result, we had to go through an
extensive petition drive to collect thousands of petition
signatures, at great expense, to regain our Minor Party
status, so we could again nominate candidates to be on the
ballot for political office here in New Mexico.
Four years later, in 2008, the same scenario unfolded. The
LP’s presidential candidate did not receive at least ½ of 1%
of the votes. Consequently, the LPNM again lost its status
as a qualified Minor Political Party, which leaves us facing
the same difficulty; we have Libertarians wanting to run for
political office, but until we are able to get the LPNM
recognized as a Minor Political Party we will not be able to
nominate them to run for office.
To qualify, we will have to have 4,148 validated petition
signatures. As our experience last time was that the rate of
disqualification of petition signatures by the Bureau of
Elections Office (BoE) ran at almost 50%. Based on that, we
believe we will need to have almost double the 4,148
requirement. In other words, we need to collect over 8,000
signatures (4,148 x 2 = 8,296).
To hire paid petitioners is an expensive undertaking. They
usually want $2.00 per signature, plus transportation,
lodging, and food costs. We do not have funds to make this
happen. We can look to offers to help us raise funds to cover
the costs. We did this four years ago, and it helped
immensely, but this time both the number of signatures
required, and the cost per signature are up, which will
increase the amount of funds we will need. Last time this
worked will, but there is no guarantee they will be able to
raise sufficient funds to cover the petitioning effort.
But, we can help ourselves cut costs by collecting as many
petition signatures as we can. Some events that are usually
prime for collecting signatures are knife and gun shows,
state and county fairs, farmers' markets, motorcycle rallies,
etc.
But you can also keep a number of blank petition forms with
you so you can pull them out whenever you have opportunity
to discuss the political problems with your family, friends,
and neighbors, or for that matter, anyone.
You need to have a number of forms, as you need to use a
separate form for each county, depending on which county
the person is registered in. If they sign on the form for the
wrong county, you have a wasted signature, as the BoE will
invalidate it.
“Good judgment comes from experience, and
a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
– Will Rogers
You need to be a stickler on ensuring that the person uses
the address with which he or she is registered with the State
on their voter registration, NOT the address at which they
are living. This is especially critical with students at the
college campuses. They often are registered back home, but
put down their address where they are living while at school,
which results in another wasted signature that will be
invalidated by the BoE.
Every signature you can collect is one less we have to hire a
paid petitioner to collect for us. Plus, if you are particularly
careful in ensuring they sign on the form for the correct
county where they are REGISTERED, and they write the
information legibly, you can help gain a higher percentage of
validity for the signatures you have collected.
Not too long ago, our then State Chair, Ken Cavanaugh put
forth the idea of a contest. Unfortunately, no one seemed
interested. Four years ago we offered that anyone submitting
a full page of petition signatures (200 signatures) would have
their LPNM dues extended (paid up) for an additional year
for each full page submitted. Four years ago that worked
well, as we had a number of our members submitted quite a
number of signatures. But, we will need to receive your
submitted forms by March 15, 2010, as we will need to have
them ready to submit to the BoE by the beginning of April.
Are you up to the challenge? Collect and submit the
signatures, and have your LPNM dues paid for an additional
year.
Send your signed petition forms to:
LPNM Membership Director
c/o Ron Bjornstad
918 Ivory Road SE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
New Mexico Liberty – December 2009 – Page 3
 Liberty, Opportunity, Prosperity Rather than creating County Contacts
a commission to figure out the right
combination of grocery, capital gains, personal income and gross
receipts
Bernalillotax increases, Richardson should take a cue from
– lpnm.us/bernalillo
Louisiana.
Mike Blessing – 505-918-6567 / mikewb1971@gmail.com
New Mexico policymakers face a simple choice: Remain lost in the
fiscal
Colfaxforest, thus erasing the progress in recent years in reducing
Don't Raise Taxes, Cut Spending Bloat taxes,
RichardorMoore
follow –the lead of Louisiana,
575-377-6849 which is blazing a trail out of
/ myliberty@mail.com
By Paul J. Gessing [ pgessing@riograndefoundation.org ] the budgetary wilderness.
Monday, 23 November 2009 -- tinyurl.com/yhwr9nf Dona Ana – lpnm.us/dona-ana
Paul Gessing is the President of New Mexico's Rio Grande
Having stood firm against tax hikes during the October special Siebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / lpdacnm@lpnm.us
Foundation. The Rio Grande Foundation is an independent, non-
legislative session, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson seems to partisan, tax-exempt research and educational organization
have switched directions and is now pushing to raising New Lea
dedicated to promoting prosperity for New Mexico based on
Mexicans' taxes to fill in the massive budget deficits the state now Christina Groth – 575-397-9366
principles of limited government, economic freedom and individual
faces. responsibility.
Lincoln
His tax hike commission is now holding a series of meetings to Richard Obergfell – 575-378-8025 / lplcnm@valornet.com
decide how to pluck the proverbial goose (taxpayers) with the least
amount of squawking. This, despite double-digit unemployment, the Los Alamos
toughest job market in decades, and the fact that many New Allen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / acogbill@geopotential.com
Mexico families are already struggling to pay their bills.
While tax revenues have been reduced in recent years, the reality Luna
is that our problem is the result of spending massive amounts of Marilyn Steffen – 575-531-2556 / b_lamont5@hotmail.com
taxpayer dollars on projects that simply do not qualify as
"necessities." The $400 million Rail Runner, $225 million Otero – lpnm.us/otero
Spaceport, a $40 million supercomputer, and tens of millions of Gilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / thrill@zianet.com
dollars in annual payouts to the film industry are just a few of the
most high-profile ones. Roosevelt
Unfortunately, most of these projects or programs are already in Ken Sanders – 505-749-2085
place and unlikely to be abandoned either due to the large
investments already made in them or the powerful political forces San Juan – sjclp.org
defending them (or both). Gary Wood – zang5775@msn.com

Nonetheless, we at the Rio Grande Foundation have outlined Sandoval

several ideas for cutting the budget. These include slashing the
bloated government work force; Medicaid reform; and cost-saving,
safety-enhancing criminal justice reforms, just to name a few. So
far, the governor has not taken steps to implement these policy
ideas. In fact, the governor vetoed efforts to reduce the large
number of so-called "exempt" employees he has hired.
While Richardson seems hell-bent on erasing his legacy as a tax-
cutter, there is yet another option out there that could result in real
budget cuts that result in the least amount of harm possible.
Ironically, the state leading the way in these reforms is another
state that has a long history of political corruption, Louisiana.
Rather than simply raising taxes on struggling families, Pelican
State policymakers, led by Gov. Bobby Jindal, have embarked on a
wide-ranging set of government reforms designed to reduce the
size and cost of government.
They created a Commission on Streamlining Government this year
to identify over $1.5 billion in cost savings through streamlining,
consolidation and elimination. They passed legislation granting
more flexibility in cutting spending in protected "silos." Gov. Jindal
has eliminated thousands of positions from the state budget and
over 70 unnecessary or inactive state boards and commissions.
The Louisiana Division of Administration is developing a range of
privatization proposals within each of its departments, and it's also
piloting a new budgeting approach designed to fund priorities and
drive performance.
And this is all just a start.
It's already paying off. Ratings agency Fitch upgraded Louisiana's
bond rating last month, specifically citing the state's focus on
spending control and streamlining as influencing factors. This alone
will save taxpayers millions in avoided interest costs over time.
Ron Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / rbjornstad@earthlink.net
Santa Fe
Ed Nagel – 505-471-6928 / ed123nagel@aol.com
Valencia
Abran Gabaldon – 505-864-6870 / abran_d@yahoo.com
LPNM Vacancies
Central Committee (1)
District 3 Representative, Seat A
County Contacts (20)
Catron / Chaves / Cibola / Curry / De Baca / Eddy / Grant
Guadalupe / Harding / Hidalgo / McKinley / Mora / Quay
Rio Arriba / San Miguel / Sierra / Socorro / Taos / Torrance / Union
College Contacts (3)
Eastern New Mexico University (Portales)
New Mexico State University (Las Cruces)
New Mexico Tech (Socorro)
University of New Mexico (Various Campuses)
Western New Mexico University (Silver City)
Contact the state chair if you're interested in filling a slot.
If you don't, who will?

New Mexico Liberty – December 2009 – Page 7

New Mexico Liberty – December 2009 – Page 4
 LPNM Central Committee County Contacts
Chair Bernalillo – lpnm.us/bernalillo
Jay Vandersloot – 505-362-1733 / jayvandersloot@yahoo.com Mike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / mikewb1971@gmail.com
Vice Chair Colfax
VACANT Richard Moore – 575-377-6849 / myliberty@mail.com
Secretary Dona Ana – lpnm.us/dona-ana
Siebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / lpdacnm@lpnm.us Siebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / lpdacnm@lpnm.us
Treasurer Lea
VACANT Christina Groth – 575-397-9366
At-Large Representative, Seat A Lincoln
Allen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / acogbill@geopotential.com Richard Obergfell – 575-378-8025 / lplcnm@valornet.com
At-Large Representative, Seat B Los Alamos
Attila Csanyi – 505-286-7861 / drcsanyi@yahoo.com Allen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / acogbill@geopotential.com
District 1 Representative, Seat A Luna
Mike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / mikewb1971@gmail.com Marilyn Steffen – 575-531-2556 / b_lamont5@hotmail.com
District 1 Representative, Seat B Otero – lpnm.us/otero
Bob Finch – 765-412-2374 / nmlibertarian@gmail.com Gilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / thrill@zianet.com
District 2 Representative, Seat A Rio Arriba
Gilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / thrill@zianet.com Lynette Cannon – 575-756-1511 / kevincannon55@msn.com
District 2 Representative, Seat B Roosevelt
Kathleen Hodgkinson – Ken Sanders – 575-749-2085
575-437-6042 / hodgkinson@cybermesa.com
San Juan – sjclp.org
District 3 Representative, Seat A Gary Wood – zang5775@msn.com
Ron Bjornstad – 505-891-4541 / rbjornstad@earthlink.net
Sandoval
District 3 Representative, Seat B Ron Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / rbjornstad@earthlink.net
Mike Moss – 505-564-4905 / mmoss@plumbersoft.com
Taos
Membership Coordinator Lynette Cannon – 575-756-1511 / kevincannon55@msn.com
Ron Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / rbjornstad@earthlink.net
Press Secretary LPNM Vacancies
Bill Koehler – 505-264-0835 / bkoehler8@comcast.net Executive Committee (1)
Media Director Treasurer
Bob Finch – 765-412-2374 / nmlibertarian@gmail.com
County Contacts (20)
Campus Contacts Catron / Chaves / Cibola / Curry / De Baca
Central New Mexico Community College [CNM] Eddy / Grant / Guadalupe / Harding / Hidalgo
groups.myspace.com/cnmlibertarians McKinley / Mora / Quay / Santa Fe / San Miguel
Mike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / mikewb1971@gmail.com Sierra / Socorro / Torrance / Union / Valencia
College of Santa Fe College Contacts (4)
Morgan Wells – mwells109@gmail.com Eastern New Mexico University (Portales)
New Mexico State University [NMSU]
New Mexico Tech (Socorro)
Kathleen Hodgkinson –
575-437-6042 / hodgkinson@cybermesa.com University of New Mexico (Various Campuses)
Western New Mexico University (Silver City)
Internet Resources
Contact the state chair if you're interested
Official Website – lpnm.us
in filling a slot.
LPNM Discussion – groups.yahoo.com/lpnm-discuss
Open forum (unmoderated for the most part) If you don't, who will?
Blog – lpofnm.blogspot.com
Facebook group – facebook.com/group.php?gid=20233114967
Ning.com social utility – lpofnm.ning.com
Myspace group – groups.myspace.com/lpnm

New Mexico Liberty – December 2009 – Page 5

 Administrivia Subscriptions and Correspondence
by Mike Blessing, Editor
For a print subscription, contact Ron Bjornstad for details. New
If you have news, interesting stories, op-ed pieces, a letter to the Mexico Liberty will be posted to the web, in PDF format, to the Files
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send it to email address mikewb1971@gmail.com.
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and evil of the UN might get put in, depending on available space
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