Greg,

You write:

> Chief Wana Dubie apparently intends to seek the Libertarian Party
nomination
> for Governor.
>
> Are we going to refuse his filing fee?  Would we accept him as a
candidate
> for lower office?

Returning his filing fee would not only be stump-stupid, it would also
be at least close to an abuse of power. The state committe voted  (by
a slim margin) to throw roadblocks in front of John Swenson. It did
NOT vote to so sanction Chief Wana Dubie.

If we want press, I suppose that publicly repudiating the MOLP
candidate who turned in the best performance in a three-way race in
2006, and who arguably achieved not only the most, but the most
positive, publicity for the MOLP in that year, is one way to get it.

I'm not sure why we'd want that kind of press. Then again, I guess I'm
a little dense -- I didn't see the value of having our state chair
slag his own party's ticket in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, or of
having our candidate for lieutenant governor endorse his party's
ticket's opponent for governor in 2004, either.

I'm willing to learn from these "responsible Libertarians," though. If
the exec comm tries to keep Wana Dubie off the ballot, I'll follow the
Sullentrup/Ferguson example and get as much press for the party as
possible. If the "Libertarian Party repudiates its best-performing
2006 candidate" hook isn't enough to generate coverage, an aggressive
write-in/sticker primary campaign to get the Chief nominated over the
gatekeepers' heads might be.

Regards,
Tom Knapp