5-20-10 Ventura County Libertarian Party Endorses Geoff Dean for Ventura County Sheriff.

(LPVC Blog, May 20th, 2010)

Congratulations Geoff Dean! The Ventura County Libertarian Party supports your candidacy for Ventura County Sheriff in 2010! We encourage our Republican and Democrat friends here in Ventura County to follow our example and support Geoff during his candidacy!

 

2-14-10 Libertarians Hold State Convention.

(LPVC Blog, February 14th, 2010)

Dana McLorn speaks at the California Libertarian Party state convention, February 12-14, 2010. State Chair, Kevin Takenaga is at the podium.	Top vote getters for California Libertarian Party Executive Committee At-Large seats, Dana McLorn and Flavio Fiumerodo.Congratulations to our Ventura County Officials!
Ed Gonzalez, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives District 16, speaks to party members at the state convention February 12-14, 2010	Wayne Allyn Root, speaks to state convention attendees during a luncheon on February 12-14, 2010

 

4-15-10 Libertarians Join TEA Party on Tax Day

(LPVC Blog, April 15th, 2010)

Libertarian Wayne Allyn Root speaks to CBS 2 reporter, Amy Johnson, at the April 15th, 2010 TEA Party in Ventura County.	Ventura County TEA Party organizer Carla Bonney speaking at the tax day protest April 15th, 2010.
NGTTIA supporter Carla Bonney, Wayne Allyn Root, and Dana McLorn among the crowd.	Crowds gather to hear 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate, Wayne Allyn Root, speak at the Ventura County Government Center on tax day.

 

1-23-10 LPVC Recognizes Volunteers

    (LPVC Blog, January 23, 2010)

Rhonda Scarborough is recognized for her efforts and hard work as Meetup Coordinator	Bruce Bell is recognized for his excellent writing as our Newsletter Chair
Keith is recognized for his exemplary work as Volunteer Coordinator	Flavio Fiumerodo is recognized for his super-geek work as LPVC Webmaster.

 

New Officers Elected - Congratulations!

January 23, 2010

Newly elected officers for the Ventura County Libertarian Party Flavio Fiumerodo, Rhonda Scarborough,
Keith, Susan Aquino, Kate O'Brien, Bruce Bell, and Dana McLorn pose for their group photo on
election night.

Ventura County Taxpayers Association  Guest Speaks.

January 23, 2010

Don Facciano of the Ventura County Taxpayers Association speaks to Libertarians at their annual
election night regarding local tax issues.

 

 

 

12-23-09 Lois Capps' Visit To Arthritis Foundation -

 Santa Barbara 8/6th

(Reposted from www.votetevis.com , December 27, 2009)

Lois Capps, our 23rd district congresswoman, made a stealth appearance on Thursday August 6th at the local Arthritis Foundation.

This was a significant visit, not just because she was visiting an organization which receives a great deal of money & support from Congresswoman Capps, but also because she was promoting the government's proposal to expand its tentacles into the healthcare industry. To her credit, she did go into more detail about the government's proposal for a healthcare plan than most media outlets choose to do.

Some of the details she talked about included: doctors making the sacrifice of lower salaries to make the system affordable, placing health centers on high school campuses for preventative treatment measures to lower long term costs, having government oversight to conduct studies on various treatments and force doctors to use those practices the government deems best available (i.e. cost effective), and placing an emphasis on preventative medicine as the wave of the future.

However, some of her statements raised more questions than answers. When it came time for Q&A, Lois fielded 3 questions at most.

The third question was very direct & passionate in regards to the government council that is the ultimate decision making authority in deciding who receives treatment & who is denied. It was from a registered nurse & wife of a doctor, who had done her homework by reading the entire bill.

The gist of her question was asking why this council will have literally no medical professional representation other than the Surgeon General, while the rest will be bureaucrats.

Our congresswoman became agitated and aggressive in her response. It turned into a heated exchange with both women cutting each other off as the other tried to speak. With that, our congresswoman shut down the forum citing time constraints, but more so to silence her critics.

Another doctor interjected as Lois tried to skate out and save face, asking how private health insurance will stay around with the increased taxes private insurance doctors will be facing to fund the government's plan.

Another spectator also commented on the unnecessary creation of a bureaucratic nightmare in the form of an agency for health care workforce diversity and how that doesn't seem to address actual care at all.

People were heated. People were passionate. People didn't let Lois go without some more questioning. Her aids tried to weather the storm and approach the displeased audience and take contact information, referring them to some website that supposedly addressed the concerns in regards to this bill.

This did not satisfy the audience and a sizeable group continued to question congresswoman on more details of the bill. At least three people had copies of the actual bill and questioned specific details, like the 8% tax on payroll for doctors providing care to the privately insured and how that will put them out of business.

Mrs. Capps was in prime form, snapping back that the people voted for change and that if we didn't like it; vote again in the next election. It was possibly the most arrogant, entitled and condescending attack I have ever witnessed in my life. She was basically telling the people that bankroll her paycheck and all of these costly bills that their opinion is irrelevant.

Here was an elected representative telling well educated & concerned citizens that their voice no longer matters after an election and we must be silenced until the next vote.

Everyone matters in a democracy.

The government and our elected officials keep trying to pass things through by silencing any criticism from gaining traction in the media or amongst the general population. So, Congresswoman Capps left me with more questions than answers.

Why should the government position health centers on high school campuses and force students to go through their preventative health & wellness programs?

Representative Capps acknowledged that we do in fact have the best healthcare in the world.

Part of the reason for that is because doctors are able to be rewarded for being the best, competing, & being innovative to provide the most cutting edge medicine. Won't limiting doctors' salaries deter the best & brightest from going into medicine? What exactly did congresswoman Capps mean by preventative health & wellness?

Does she mean that the government is going to run mandatory tests on our children, keep our health records documented, & force preventative measures on us such as no eating candy or drinking sodas?

At what point does providing people with all they need become controlling our every action?

The only way to add close to 50 million people under the blanket of government run healthcare is to control costs, and from the sound of it, that means controlling our personal health decisions through preventative measures and making cost based decisions.

My most important concern though is why our elected officials want to silence any critics to pass a bill that will absolutely change the face of America.

— Justin Tevis, Candidate for Santa Barabara City Council

11-13-09 Berlin Wall Post Mortem

(Ventura County Star, November 23, 2009)

Re: your Oct. 14 article, “Conference expected to draw figures key to fall of the Berlin Wall”:

I applaud the Reagan Library for holding events emphasizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9.

While we won the Cold War, we face continuing challenges to our freedom and Constitution. We are asked to give up our rights to defeat terrorism (with the Patriot Act), or protect the children, the environment, or those with sensitive ears. Constitutional issues arise with undeclared wars and unprecedented bailouts of “too large to fail” corporations.

One reporter recently asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., “Where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?” Pelosi derisively dismissed the question by saying: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”

Contrary to Pelosi, Congress has no constitutional authority to legislate healthcare, and this reform violates the Fourth Amendment by giving the government access to our personal healthcare and financial information. And if you do not obtain “acceptable” health insurance, you will be fined without the due process protection of the Fifth Amendment.

Twenty years after the Berlin Wall fell, we must continue to be alert to violations of our freedom. Libertarians recognize that our rights are under assault from both the left and the right as we slide down a slippery slope to more state control. Such equal-opportunity duplicity was also evidenced in the Pentagon Papers, which documented government lies about the Vietnam War through five presidents, from Harry Truman to Richard Nixon. (“The leak that stunned a nation,” TimeOut Oct. 30-Nov. 6.)

Thomas Jefferson warned, “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” We must demand that our representatives uphold the oath they took to support the Constitution.

— Bruce K. Bell, Moorpark

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