Politics

3rd Annual So-Cal Conference

Jan. 21st 2012 at 11am
Geezer’s Green Room
12120 Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Tickets are $25 for all speakers and sandwich buffet lunch

Join your fellow Libertarians for a day of fun speakers, workshops and presentations along with Judge Gray we are proud to announce a host of presenters offering their activism and outreach:

We are proud to announce our Keynote Speaker Judge James P. Gray speaking on the ballot initiative Regulate Marijuana Like Wine.

James P. Gray has been a trial judge in Orange County, California since 1983. Before becoming a judge, he served as a Volunteer in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica, a staff judge advocate and criminal defense attorney in the Navy JAG Corps, a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, and a civil litigation attorney in a private law firm, in addition to being a Republican candidate for US Congress in 1998, and a Libertarian candidate for US Senate in 2004.

Judge Gray has discussed issues of drug policy on more than two hundred television and radio shows and public forums all across the country. Using his experience on the bench and elsewhere, he has also authored a book on the failed War on Drugs, another “Wearing The Robe”, about practical and ethical issues in being a judge, and has composed a musical that encourages young people to expand their horizons and live a fuller life.

Judge Gray’s current project is serving as the Chief Proponent for Regulate Marijuana Like Wine a California initiative that promises to deal a death blow to prohibition by legalizing marijuana for adults, and leveraging state’s 10th Amendment authority. Led by a board made of LP legends, “Like Wine” promises Libertarians the opportunity to take part in making history.

Akinaw Bulcha author of “Wealthology” will talk to us about his experiences emigrating from Ethiopia to the United States, succeeding as an entrepreneur and the epiphany he experienced explaining “wealth” to a young family member back home.

Steve Collett shares his adventures and learning experiences during his run for Congress in the 36th against Janice Hahn, Craig Huey, Marcy Winograd, Debra Bowen, Kit Bobko and others.

In addition, many more local Party leaders, grassroots activists, and groups with whom we have issues of affinity will excite us with their activities, and opportunities for action.

Whether you are a street activist or candidate for high office, this will, again, be the So Cal networking event of the year. Come have lunch with us, hear from some great people working hard on practical politics, and make new friends in a positive party atmosphere.

Tickets priced for an 2012 economy $25.00

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The Journey

The couple started their journey in the sun filled hills of Southern California. All was going well until the familiar “BANG!” that occurs when a nail pierces a tire. This caused the couple a short delay but the husband had been well prepared and placed a spare on quickly. The couple later used their GPS device to locate a tire shop on their route and quickly repair the flat tire. If this had been all that would have blighted their journey, the couple would have been extremely happy but unfortunately that was not the case.

Let’s jump forward a few hours…

Snow blasts through the sky giving a visibility of about ten feet. The couple use their GPS to help give them an idea of the serpentine of turns ahead while the couple trade off in the driver seat. The passenger scans anxiously ahead to help assist the driver in seeing the road side, road hazards and oncoming traffic. The couple continue to fight the ice and snow to arrive at their destination… over twelve hours later… with the husbands hands and feet numb from the exposure to ice and cold. They were glad that they had tire chains, ice scrapper, GPS, tire iron to break ice off the wheel well, and food/water in case they were stranded. The husband has been quoted as saying “the only more dangerous road I have been on was in a war zone and had bombs in the roadway”.

This is the tale of a couples travel to the 2011 LPCA Convention.

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Reaching out to the Left

This speech was given November 19th 2010 at the SoCal LP Conference.

Gary Chartier is Associate Dean of the School of Business and
Associate Professor of Law and Business Ethics at La Sierra
University. He is the author of Economic Justice and Natural Law
(Cambridge 2009), The Analogy of Love (Imprint Academic 2007), and The
Conscience of an Anarchist (forthcoming), as well as close to thirty
articles in scholarly journals. His current research focuses on the
nature of law and politics in a stateless society. He serves as a
member of the advisory board of the Center for a Stateless Society and
of the editorial board of Libertarian Papers. A speaker at this year’s
inaugural Libertopia convention and a delegate to the 2010 Libertarian
National Convention, he is currently Western Region vice chair of the
Riverside County Libertarian Party.

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