April 13, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Libertarian Party of Wisconsin (LPWI) held its annual convention on Saturday, April 10^th, in Oconomowoc, WI. Following an executive board meeting and a membership assembly in the morning, several speakers from around the state and country kicked off this year's election season by appealing to the LPWI for support for their campaigns that emphasize social tolerance and fiscal responsibility.

Mr. Wayne Allyn Root, an entrepreneur from Las Vegas, pitched his candidacy for chairperson of the national Libertarian Party. The election for chairperson will take place at the LP National Convention this May in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Root, the 2008 LP Vice-Presidential Nominee, offered his wide-spread media visibility as a means to deliver the Libertarian message to a national audience. Mr. Root regularly appears on CNN, FOX, NBC, and national radio stations across the country.

Also speaking, Ms. Vicki McKenna, a syndicated radio personality located in the Madison-Milwaukee area, offered her views on bringing dialogue between different and opposing groups back into civil discourse without anger and resentment over partisan issues. Ms. McKenna expressed the need to work together to base public policy on the common interest, not special interests.

A rising star of the LPWI, Mr. Barry Hammarback, an attorney from River Falls, Wisconsin, gave a detailed presentation called “Fact-Based Legislation”. Mr. Hammarback discussed how government spending is wasteful and ineffective when spending initiatives are not based upon facts. Mr. Hammarback pointed out that more people in the country die every year from influenza than have been killed by all acts of terrorism inside the entire U.S. since December 7, 1941, however; annual government spending on preventing terrorism far exceeds that spent preventing influenza.

Another rising star of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin, board member and business committee chair, Tim Nerenz, Ph.D., delivered a rousing finish by his address to the convention. “Most of us want a few basic things from government – keep us safe, protect our rights, and then leave us alone,” Dr. Nerenz said, summing up the basic principles behind the Libertarian Party platform.

For more info on the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin, visit www.lpwi.org or call 800-236-9236.