The Patrick Henry Supper Club Presents:
Tom Lappas
Publisher/Editor
Henrico Citizen
http://www.henricocitizen.com/
As noted last month our usual location (Eastern Buffet) has had a "small" fire. As of last week it is still closed. Therefore we will meet this month at:
Byram's Lobster House
3215 W. Broad Street
(Near the WTVR tower)
6:00pm Dinner 7:00pm main event.
The Patrick Henry Supper Club Presents:
Tom Lappas
Publisher/Editor
Henrico Citizen
http://www.henricocitizen.com/
As usual the PHSC meets at:
Eastern Buffet
7586 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23294
(in Merchants Walk Shopping Center)
6:00pm Dinner 7:00pm main event.
The 2007 Libertarian Party of Henrico County Convention is May 16, 2007 6:30pm at Dumbarton Library (6800 Staples Mill Rd). All are welcome to attend. We have two candidates running for Board of Supervisors. We expect the media to cover the event and we are expecting to have more vendors and attendees than our record setting 2005 Convention.
All are welcome. You must be an LPHC member to vote. Come make this the largest Libertarian event in Virginia this year!
If you plan to attend, please contact chair@henricolp.org. If you would like to be a vendor, please contact convention@henricolp.org.
In 2007, the International Society for Individual Liberty's 26th World Freedom Summit will return to the roots of American freedom – to the very place where the seeds of liberty planted 400 years ago in 1607 took root and grew into the United States of America.
http://www.isil.org/conference/
(Thanks to Tony Arjona for telling us about this event).
The Patrick Henry Supper Club Presents:
Joe Blackburn
Joe was born in Lynchburg, Va. in 1948. Moved to Henrico at age 8 and was raised here and have lived here for the last 50 years. Went to Tuckahoe Elementary, graduated St Christopher's in 67, Hampton- Sydney College 71 and TC Williams law school [U of R] in 1974. Been a general practioner last 33 years. Former Chairman 3rd district disciplinary Bar committee, for mer Chairman Henrico republican committee 02-04. Married happily for 33 years and father of two grown children, both of whom were taught and understand individual responsibility.
Joe is running against one of Virginia's Least Wanted, Sen. Stosch. The Republican Primary is June 6, 2007.
As usual the PHSC meets at:
Eastern Buffet
7586 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23294
(in Merchants Walk Shopping Center)
6:00pm Dinner 7:00pm main event.
THE political event of the year, the one, the only, the Shad Planking, is April 18, 2007. Come join in the Sign Wars! Hear politicians lie out of both sides of their mouth! And get drunk with a thousand other politicos!
Ok don't do that last one, but do come join the fun. The Wakefield Ruritan Club is again sponsoring the Shad Planking, Lt. Governor Bill Bolling is the main speaker this year. It will be held at the Wakefield Sportsmen's Club in an outdoor picnic-like setting, with lots of food (fortunately they do have more than Shad) and beverages.
Tickets can be purchased from the Wakefield Ruritan Club, P.O. Box 148, Wakefield, VA 23888. Tickets ordered before April 1 are $18; after April 1, they are $20. You can also order them from the Virginia Diner at 1-888-VA-DINER.
More info at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6006-2005Apr20.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad_Planking
Photo Highlights from previous events:
http://www.richmondliberty.org/events/photos/20060419shad/
http://www.richmondliberty.org/events/photos/20050420/
The Patrick Henry Supper Club Presents:
Mark J. Fitzgibbons
"Attempts by Congress to outlaw the 1st Amendment"
Fitzgibbons will detail the latest efforts by Congress to restrict grassroots groups and other 1st Amendment activities.
As usual the PHSC meets at:
Eastern Buffet
7586 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23294
(in Merchants Walk Shopping Center)
6:00pm Dinner 7:00pm main event.
Mark J. Fitzgibbons is President of Corporate and Legal Affairs at American Target Advertising, Inc., Manassas, Virginia, the company that pioneered cause-related and political direct mail and direct marketing, and writes for GrassrootsFreedom.com. Besides his experience in direct marketing since 1993, his expertise is in constitutional and grassroots law as well. He has written for various national publications about constitutional, direct marketing and public policy matters. He has litigated nonprofit solicitation, postal and direct marketing cases in federal district and appellate courts, and has written briefs for cases before the United States Supreme Court.
Mark is a 1987 graduate of The Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America. He is licensed with the Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland Bars.
Back in October, I finalized arrangements with Kit Gage from the First Amendment Foundation (http://www.firstamend.org/) to speak at the March PHSC. However I have been informed that Kit has a Board meeting scheduled at the same time as the PHSC.
These things do happen. However as usual the PHSC will have an interesting speaker for the next meeting, so please make sure you plan to attend.
Also as usual the PHSC meets at:
Eastern Buffet
7586 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23294
(in Merchants Walk Shopping Center)
The Patrick Henry Supper Club presents
Kit Gage
"Government and Dissent"
As usual the PHSC meets at:
Eastern Buffet
7586 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23294
(in Merchants Walk Shopping Center)
6:00pm Dinner 7:00pm main event.
Meetings are open to the public, please purchase a meal at the hosting restaurant.
Kit Gage has directed the First Amendment Foundation and the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL, www.ncarl.org) since April 2001. She is president and a founder of the National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom (NCPPF, www.ncppf.org). She has worked with the Foundation and NCARL since 1987.
Ms. Gage writes regular newsletters and articles, is a frequent public speaker, has worked extensively with the media, and works in coalition with many civil liberties, civil rights and immigrant rights groups across the country. In 2003, she helped coordinate the Grassroots America Defends the Bill of Rights First National Conference that brought together activists and experts working on bill of rights resolutions and defense. She continues to help bring together diverse activists doing bill of rights restoration work. She has been an activist for decades, focused on defending the right of political expression, but also she has taken up women’s rights, environmental, and human rights issues.
She has been in the national leadership of National Lawyers Guild (as a legal worker) and has been active with the NLG for several decades, and was on the board of the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA for many years. She has a BA (1973) from Grinnell College with an independent major in Women, Socialization and Conflict, is married to Steve Metalitz and has two remarkable adult daughters.
First Amendment Foundation: focuses on educating people on the difficult history of political dissent, the First Amendment Foundation has published three books, including FBI vs. the First Amendment by Richard Criley and Terrorism & the Constitution, Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security by James X. Dempsey and David Cole. First Amendment Felon, a biography written by Robert Sherrill, about Frank Wilkinson and the Red Scare, is due out in November 2005.
NCARL: started as the National Committee to Abolish HUAC (the House UnAmerican Activities Committee), and has since worked to defend the right of political expression, particularly from government abuses.
NCPPF: was formed in 1997 following the passage of the 1996 Antiterrorism act. It protects the right of political expression, association and due process for immigrants and citizens alike. In particular it focused on eliminating the use of secret evidence in deportation-related proceedings.
Homeland security begins in your home not in Washington D.C. Help the Richmond area Libertarians remind Richmond area citizens at the upcoming gunshow at the showplace on March 3rd and 4th.
You get free admission if you work a shift and you get to talk about freedom and guns with people that care about both.
To volunteer contact gunshow@richmondliberty.org
Location:
The Showplace
3000 Mechanicsville Turnpike.
Shifts:
9:00-1:00 and 1:00-5:00 on Saturday
10:00-1:30 and 1:30-5:00 on Sunday