Anti-FSP flyer being circulated in Winchester

[lildog]

I must say I find this whole issue quite amusing.  I don?t agree with 100% of what you guys do although I do agree with you on the principal of most of what you stand for (I?ve gotten into this briefly with Dada on the Merrimack Forum, I post as Rbarnes there) but as for this flier if I were one of the four mentioned on it I?d stand before the town and say SO WHAT!

I serve on the Merrimack Budget Committee and I?ve been called some nasty things over my views of lower taxes and less government (although when I read some of your views I no longer feel such an extremist).  I?ve been called monster for wanting to cut school spending (on NEW things that were never in the prior budgets) even though I have two children and want the best for them.  And every time I hear people go after me I gladly say to them vote me out.  I would much rather stand and fail supporting ideas I believe in then to be a phony just so I can hold a public office.  And when it comes to ideals such as allowing people to choose how to spend their own money rather then having some public knuckle head standing before the town claiming they know how to spend your money better then you do I think most people will support those ideals over that of the knuckleheads.

[lildog]

Ship it?  Where?  Who?

Send it in to local papers as a letter to the editor addressed as a response to the flying being circulated around town.

[Russell Kanning]

 

[davemincin]

Hey guys...just my thought, but thinking it might be wise to wait and hear what Dawn and Bill have to say
about the meeting results.

Again my thought, but just thinking that they would be the best to say if any follow up action is needed.
Remember it is there town, and the flyer was directed at them.

Personally just think the government knows best folks are just throwing sh.. at the wall hoping something
sticks, but again believe this is Dawn and Bill's call.

[tracysaboe]

Welcome to the forum lildog

Tracy

[SethCohn]

Hey guys...just my thought, but thinking it might be wise to wait and hear what Dawn and Bill have to say
about the meeting results.

http://keenesentinel.com/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=37&ArticleID=72292

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Flier labels officials ?Libertarians?


Melanie Plenda
Sentinel Staff


WINCHESTER ? A flier naming two Winchester selectmen and their secretary as
Libertarians found its way anonymously around town and stuck in at least one
selectman?s craw Wednesday.

The flier claims several Winchester officials, including board secretary Dawn
Lincoln, school board member Bill Campbell, and selectmen Brian D. Moser and
Susan M. Newell are Free State Project members and supporters. The flier also
says that Free Staters want to close all public schools; eliminate social
security; reduce government by getting rid of all public services including
police, fire, ambulance and highway services; legalize drugs and
prostitution; and replace town services with private companies.

Moser issued a statement at the board?s Wednesday meeting.

?These lies are being made in an effort to stop those of us who are trying to
make this town a better place,? Moser said.

?Whoever wrote this: Go to hell.?

According to its Web site, The Free State Project is a movement to get 20,000
Libertarians to move to New Hampshire and ?exert the fullest practical effort
toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is
the protection of life, liberty, and property.?

Free Staters say they believe in less taxation and regulation and the
expansion of individual rights and free markets, the Web site says.

Lincoln said she is an active member of the Free State Project and moved to
New Hampshire from Connecticut to join the cause.

?(The flier) was a gross exaggeration of the truth ... it was just trying to
get people?s feelings up,? Lincoln said. ?I moved to New Hampshire because I
wanted to work with people who believe the way I do about freedom and where
they don?t want big government like they do in Massachusetts. That isn?t what
New Hampshire wants, I don?t think.?

Newell said she is not a member of the Free State Project but also believes
the flier is a ?gross exaggeration of libertarian principles.?

She said that a recent town decision, for example, has encompassed a
libertarian principle: going with a private company to manage its waste.

Newell said though she didn?t run for office on a libertarian platform, she
did run on several libertarian principles, including smaller government and
accountability. She has also posted comments on a local libertarian Web site.

?Libertarians run a whole range,? Newell said. ?I am probably more moderate.?

As for whether Newell is pushing a libertarian agenda, she said, ?I thought
politics were all about political agendas.

?I am conducting the selectmen?s business in accordance with the law,? she
said. ?There is absolutely no way for me to use my office to do anything but
conduct town business.

?I hope people will judge my time as a selectman by my actions and not by
unsubstantiated allegations.?

[GT]

The online article has a form to post comments...

[FTL_Ian]

Hooray!

4 libertarians in town, and out go the fliers!  They are scared of FOUR of us!



I wonder who the anonymous coward was that wrote it up.  Be sure to bring the counter-flier into any known locations where the original was found.

[Russell Kanning]

Maybe we don't need our reply letter......the article said it all

[lildog]

I found a site that helps groups get "the word out" about things for free...

http://www.prweb.com/about.php

Enjoy!

[M. Pennanti]

http://keenesentinel.com/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=37&ArticleID=72292

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Flier labels officials ?Libertarians?


Melanie Plenda
Sentinel Staff


WINCHESTER ? A flier naming two Winchester selectmen and their secretary as
Libertarians found its way anonymously around town and stuck in at least one
selectman?s craw Wednesday.

Where in the original flier did it mention "Libertarians"?   ??? 
Has anyone heard from Dawn and Bill as to what is going on?  The article doesn't tell us much.  Is it still safe to move to Winchester?
Marty

[Dave Ridley]

As long as your last name isn't "Souter" LOL

[Russell Kanning]

Has anyone heard from Dawn and Bill as to what is going on?? The article doesn't tell us much.? Is it still safe to move to Winchester?
Marty

Everything is turning out great according to Bill yesterday ....they are gaining converts

one of their opponents was worried that we would send in 400 Free Staters

[AlanM]

Has anyone heard from Dawn and Bill as to what is going on?? The article doesn't tell us much.? Is it still safe to move to Winchester?
Marty

Everything is turning out great according to Bill yesterday ....they are gaining converts

one of their opponents was worried that we would send in 400 Free Staters

This is good news! The free spirits of Granite Staters rear their heads. 

[Kat Kanning]

I gather when they went to the city council meeting the people there were saying, "So what?"