The Libertarian Parties of southern Indiana are hosting an Operation Politically Homeless booth this weekend at the Charlestown Founders Day Festival. The festival runs Friday, June 26 from 4:00 PM until 10:00 PM and Saturday, June 27 from 11:00 AM until 10:00 PM.

We will be giving festivalgoers the World's Smallest Political Quiz and posting their quiz result on a large quiz chart. We will be handing out Libertarian Party and other freedom-related literature. We will give out balloons that say "Vote Libertarian" on them. We will answer any questions about the party and libertarianism in general. Our goal is to identify others who are libertarian and invite them to our other meetups and functions.

We need volunteers to help operate the booth. If you can help out anytime during festival hours either on Friday or Saturday it would be much appreciated. Come and help us spread the word about liberty and freedom this weekend at Founders Day Festival.

Founders Day Festival takes place at Greenway Park in downtown Charlestown just off of the main road Hwy 3. Turn off of Hwy 3 west onto Main Street. Drive two blocks and turn onto Spring Street. The park entrance is one block on the right. The festival can be seen from the main road Hwy 3.

The Libertarian Party of Indiana (LPIN) and the Libertarian Party of Kentucky (LPKY) are combining forces and hosting a joint state convention the weekend of May 15,16, and 17, 2009. The convention will be held along the border in Clarksville, Indiana at the Holiday Inn Lakeview, 505 Marriott Dr, Clarksville, IN 47129. It is located along I-65 just north of the Kennedy Bridge at Exit 1 - Stansifer Ave.

While we were open to holding the convention either in Indiana or in Kentucky somewhere along the border, we chose Clarksville because, unlike Louisville, KY or Jeffersonville, IN for example, Clarksville has no government-legislated smoking ban on private businesses.

Friday evening May 15 we will have two hospitality suites, one nonsmoking and the other one smoking. Come and mingle with fellow freedom lovers and eat, drink, and be festive.

Saturday, May 16 is when the primary convention activities will take place. Things will kickoff at 9:00 AM with opening remarks from LPKY Chair Ken Moellman and LPIN Chair Todd Singer. Libertarian National Committee District 3 Representative Rebecca Sink-Burris will then update us with news and events in our district along with what is going on at National.

Then we will have some workshops, presentations, and breakout sessions. These include the following:

Mark Rutherford will discuss Atlas! Liberty Pac.

Melanie Hughes will do a session on charter schools and home schooling.

Dr. Eric Schansberg will discuss reaching out to the media and voters.

Ken Moellman and Rex Bell will run a candidate training workshop.

At Noon we will have lunch. Our lunchtime speaker will be Daniel Williams. He is a radio talk show host, author, and a past candidate for the Libertarian Party Vice Presidential nomination. His topic of expertise is drugs and the drug war.

At 1:00 PM we will have concurrent business meetings for both state parties. Election of new officers and voting on amendments and other issues will be handled here. LPIN and LPKY will hold their respective business meetings in separate rooms. All other convention events will be held together.

At 4:00 PM we will hold a discussion on overall strategy. Ron Seiter will hold a workshop on organzing new Libertarian Party county affiliates.

At 5:30 PM we will have a buffet dinner. We will have two dinner speakers. First up will be Wayne Allyn Root. Wayne is a lively and dynamic speaker who makes regular appearances on Fox News and CNN. He was our Vice Presidential candidate in 2008. He will seek the Libertarian Party Presidential nomination in 2012. He is a small business owner who lives in Las Vegas with his wife and three home-schooled children. His new book will come out in June, entitled "The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts." His website is at Root For America www.rootforamerica.com

Our keynote speaker will be Radley Balko, Senior Editor of Reason Magazine. Reason is a Libertarian magazine that tackles the issues with wit and flair. Radley is an active blogger. His website is at The Agitator www.theagitator.com

Sunday, May 17 we will have a buffet breakfast with speaker Ed Coleman. Ed is an Indianapolis City Councilman who made the news when he publically left the Republican Party and switched to the Libertarian Party. He will discuss his party switch, the outrage that Republicans had with him over his decision, and what actions by the Republicans led him to make the switch.

Several convention packages are available. Student dicounts are available for students age 24 or under. Register online at either Libertarian Party of Indiana www.lpin.org or Libertarian Party of Kentucky www.lpky.org

If you are a Libertarian or freedom lover and will be in the Louisville area next weekend, I encourage you to attend the Libertarian Party of Indiana and Kentucky State Convention 2009.

This event provides the Libertarian Party with a tremendous recruiting opportunity. We need to remind the people in attendance that both Democrats AND Republicans have led us down the path we're heading down. We will be handing out literature, and supporting REAL liberty from tax, bond and spend tyranny.

Event starts at 11AM with a band.
Tea Party speakers begin at 11:45AM.
Event runs through 1PM.

This Tea Party is one of many across the nation on April 15. We are joining forces with the Libertarian Party of Kentucky Louisville Meetup group. Their meetup site is at http://libertarian.meetup.com/407 and this same meetup is posted there.

They will have literature to hand out. We will help hand out literature on the Libertarian Party. The Tea Party is all about liberty and freedom, and this is what we are all about.

The Meetup is located to fully accomodate everyone from both sides of the river. We meet at the following location:

Kingfish Restaurants
601 West Riverside Drive
Jeffersonville, IN 47130

Getting there is easy. From Louisville take I-65 North across the Kennedy Bridge (Note: You can see the restaurant to your left while crossing the bridge) to Indiana and get off at the very first exit, Exit 0 - Court Ave. Turn right off the ramp and then turn right onto Pearl Street. Drive until Pearl Street ends at the Ohio River. Turn right onto Riverside Drive. Kingfish is on the left.

Libertarians from the Metro Louisville and southern Indiana areas are encouraged to come and meet each month. Whether you are a big "L" or a small "l" libertarian, come and mingle with other like-minded people. People are disgusted and disenfranchised with both of the bigger older parties. If you seek another alternative, one that actually does support a smaller more limited government and lower taxes along with personal and economic freedom, then libertarians are your solution. This meetup is for all libertarians, whether party members or not.

The Meetup is located to fully accomodate everyone from both sides of the river. We meet at the following location:

Kingfish Restaurants
601 West Riverside Drive
Jeffersonville, IN 47130

Getting there is easy. From Louisville take I-65 North across the Kennedy Bridge (Note: You can see the restaurant to your left while crossing the bridge) to Indiana and get off at the very first exit, Exit 0 - Court Ave. Turn right off the ramp and then turn right onto Pearl Street. Drive until Pearl Street ends at the Ohio River. Turn right onto Riverside Drive. Kingfish is on the left.

Libertarians from the Metro Louisville and southern Indiana areas are encouraged to come and meet each month. Whether you are a big "L" or a small "l" libertarian, come and mingle with other like-minded people. People are disgusted and disenfranchised with both of the bigger older parties. If you seek another alternative, one that actually does support a smaller more limited government and lower taxes along with personal and economic freedom, then libertarians are your solution. This meetup is for all libertarians, whether party members or not.