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Alicia Clark, LNC Chair
David Bergland, LNC Chair & former Presidential candidate
Steve Dasbach, LNC Chair and former LNC National Director
Jim Lark, LNC Chair and current LNC member
Geoff Neale, LNC Chair

Dave Walter, LNC Chair

“I have known Mark Hinkle for more than 30 years and have always admired his constant dedication to Libertarian activism. I served with Mark on the LNC and recall him as always looking to reconcile opposing views, seeking compromises that were in the best interest of advancing the Party’s goals, and behaving professionally towards those with whom he disagreed. Given the unprecedented opportunities presented the LP, the Party needs a uniter, and Mark fills the bill.”

Past and Present LNC members who’ve endorsed Mark Hinkle:

Julie Fox, current LNC member & former LPI Treasurer 2001-04

“Since working with Mark Hinkle on the LNC since 2008, I have developed a great deal of respect for him.  He has always taken   objective, reasonable stances on LNC issues that do not run along the lines of any faction within the party.  He serves as an individual and treats others that way.  Mark feels as strongly as I do about having a unified party membership in order to build the LP.  He has 35 years of experience within the LP, serving, among other positions, as the past LP California state chair and and as an LNC  representative for seven years.

Ed Clark, 1980 presidential candidate & LNC member, CA

Dan Karlan, LNC Regional Representative, 4 time NJLP Chair, Current LP Bylaws Chair, NJ

Chuck Moulton, LNC Vice Chair, VA

Sharon Ayres, LNC Vice Chair, WA

Vicki Kirkland, former LNC member, FL

“I am endorsing Mark Hinkle for National Chair.  I have known Mark for over 20 years having served on the National Committee with him.  Mark is knowledgeable and experienced at the State and County level in all aspects of Party organization and he has great people skills.

Dale Hemming, SD

Jack Dean, CA

Ted Brown, CA

Steve Alexander, LNC Fundraising Chair, Marrou-Lord Treasurer, TX

Other LP Activists who’ve endorsed Mark Hinkle

Jo Jorgensen, former Vice Presidential candidate 1996, SC

“As California LP Chair in the late 1990′s, Mark Hinkle tripled the membership of his state party.  He and his team brought in several thousand new members.  We need that kind of experience, leadership, and growth for the national party.  That’s why I’m endorsing Mark Hinkle for National Chair.” – Dr. Jo Jorgensen

Rodney Austin, CA
Elizabeth C. Brierly, CA Former Editor California Freedom, Past President, & Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association

“What impresses me about Mark Hinkle are his unflappability, vision, good humor, management savvy, authentic passion for our cause–and willingness to take on positions of leadership and accountability.

For my past 15 years in the LP, I’ve watched as government & politicians have trashed our economy–culminating in immense dissatisfaction for Americans and the ripest time for the libertarian movement and the LP.

Meanwhile, I’ve watched as Mark Hinkle has continued to develop his skills, and to accumulate the experiences and grow the relationships vital to leading the LP to capitalize on that very dissatisfaction. He is now uniquely positioned to guide the LP in embracing today’s hordes of disenchanted “small L” libertarians who are ready to come home.

It’s time for Mark Hinkle’s long and outstanding record of LP leadership to converge with the national scene.”

Cathi Brown, Past Publicity Chair, Santa Clara County LP, CA
Marla Kojima (Bottemiller), WA
Paulie Cannoli, LP Road Warrior at Large
Richard Cooper, former New York LP Chair, NY
Mark Dierolf, former Hartnell College Board Chairman, CA
Josh Hanson, Secretary of State candidate, IL
John Inks, Libertarian elected to the Mountain View City Council, CA
Steve Kubby, former LP candidate for Governor, CA
Bruce Lagasse, creator of the Karl Bray Award for Activism, NV
Philip Laibe, LP of Florida Region 7, FL
Nancy Neale, national LP convention organizer, TX
Kate O’Brien, elected Libertarian, Simi Valley, CA
Jason Pye, GA
Saul Rackauskas, Secretary, Pima County LP, AZ
Mike Renzulli, AZ
Juan Ros, former LPC Executive Director, CA
Al Segalla, President: Calaveras County Taxpayers Association & Gold County Libertarians, CA
Christopher Schmidt, CA
John Wayne Smith, LP candidate for Governor, FL
Richard Winger, Editor: Ballot Access News, CA

Less Antman, long time activist and winner of the Karl Bray award for Activism, CA.

“Today’s LP needs a chair with the temperament and proven ability to work with everyone on the LNC and in the party.  During his 38 years in the LP, that has described Mark Hinkle to a T.”

Carla Howell, President Center for Small Government, MA

“I endorse Mark Hinkle for Chair of the National Libertarian Party. He approaches party business with professionalism and practicality while being committed to advancing a small government, libertarian agenda. His long tenure as an activist is indicative of his commitment to the party’s goals.”

Pat Wright, former LPC Chair who doubled membership from 2,000 to 4,000 in just over a year, CA.

“I worked with Mark a lot while I was chairman of the Libertarian Party of California.  The goal was simple, double the party’s paid membership in one year.  Mark has the right combination of attributes to create a goal and achieve it; common sense, determination, risk taking, etc.  If you want to see the Libertarian Party grow I sincerely endorse Mark Hinkle for national chair.”

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Five Reasons Mark Hinkle Should NOT be National Chair

by Steve Kubby

1.  No matter how he may try to deny it, Hinkle would force the LP to become successful.  The shocking truth is that Hinkle was one of the best California State Chairs ever.  Under his leadership, membership swelled, people held parties and had fun, and everybody felt a part of what was going on.  Just imagine what havoc this kind of success would create for the national LP.

2.  Hinkle would distract us with an influx of new members who aren’t recovering Republicans or middle-age-overfed-white guys.

3.  Hinkle would draw upon a wide spectrum of groups to build a consensus within the party, thereby denying the LP the drama and intrigue of the current LP administration.

4.  Hinkle is terminally honest and is plagued by his commitment to Libertarianism.  If he is allowed to serve as National Chair, we could end up with political baggage like “Principles,” and find ourselves mired in pro-freedom, free-market controversies.

5.  Hinkle gets along with everyone — which is exactly why he is so dangerous.  If Hinkle is allowed to serve as chair, he wouldn’t stop until all the different factions and wings of the LP are working together.  Worst of all, he would probably end up attracting Ron Paul people, further burdening the LP with new members and bigger budgets.

In conclusion, Mark Hinkle represents the single greatest threat of success for the LP.  To allow him to serve could be a disaster for the Republican and Democratic parties, especially at a time when so many young people are looking for a new and better political alternative.

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Polls confirm that the average voter is more dissatisfied with the Democrats and Republicans than ever before.  Yet, we Libertarians have failed to capture that discontent and turn it into exponential Party growth.  The answer isn’t a new strategy, a new platform plank, or even more publicity.

The answer is to become an effective organization by creating a small set of aggressive, but realistic, goals, create plans to achieve those goals, and finally execute the plan and accomplish the goals.  Over the last two years, the LNC failed to set goals and thus our membership numbers declined.

Set goals, create a plan, and execute.  It’s a simple concept, but critical if we are to succeed.   Fortunately, I’m no stranger to this concept or its execution.  As LPC Chair, we more than tripled our dues-paying membership from below 2,000 to over 6,000.  We tripled our income, hired an Executive Director and opened an office.  We began a lobbying effort in Sacramento.  We elected a record number of Libertarians to public office via Project Breakthrough.  Each month we sent out fund-raising letters, a quality newsletter, and timely and topical press releases.  And lastly, we achieved a record number of registered libertarian voters under my leadership.

Set goals, create a plan, and execute.
I am the most experienced candidate for LNC Chair and the most successful candidate in terms of membership growth, money raised for the Party, and Libertarian candidates elected to non-partisan office.   I’ve served a total of 10 years on the LNC.  Over the last 36 years, I’ve served in a wide variety of elected Party positions from the local level to the LNC.  I can relate to our activists, because I’ve done just about every imaginable volunteer job within the LP.  I can relate to our donors because I have a track record of achieving goals.  Major donors want to invest in successful organizations and I bring a track record of achievement that assures them that their money won’t be wasted.

As LNC Chair, some of my goals are: 50 state ballot access, 20,000 members with memberships coming from 2 key areas: the young and the rich.  I’d like to see the creation of a Liberty Sales Team to bring in new members and internal education teams to train activists in the nuts and bolts of political organizing.

Because of my experience and past successes, I’ve earned the endorsement of the past LP Chairs:  Alicia Clark, David Bergland, Steve Dasbach, and Geoff Neale.  I’ve also been endorsed by past LP Vice-Chairs: Sharon Ayres and Chuck Moulton, presidential candidate Ed Clark and Vice-Presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen.  Also activists Steve Kubby, Julie Fox, Carla Howell, Less Antman, Vicki Kirkland and elected Libertarians Kate O’Brien and John Inks.

Set goals, create a plan, and execute.

I’ve done it before.  With your vote and support, I’ll do it again.

Yours in liberty…………..Mark Hinkle

www.mark4chair.com

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The LP HQ in Washington, DC, is a service organization. We have to serve our customers (members) or they leave.  And since our finances and membership numbers are down from the heady days of Project Archimedes (a massive membership mailing project), we’ve not been doing a very good job of it.  Our members have felt that they were not being served.

But, I don’t want to fix the blame, just fix the problem. Internal battles between Libertarian factions are NOT going to grow our membership.

We need to turn our focus to the successful completion of political and educational tasks that further our goal of freedom and liberty in the political arena.

Here are just some of the goals that the LNC should undertake during the 2010 to 2012 term:

1. Ballot Access in all 50 states.
2. Membership growth to at least 20,000 among at least 2 key demographics: 1). young adults (we need fresh blood; and 2). business professionals (we need rich blood)
3. Create single-issue coalitions with any other liberty-oriented organizations.  Power in numbers!
4. An online Congressional lobbying effort, something akin to DownsizeDC.org.
5. Candidate and affiliate support training akin to the LP’s nationwide ‘Success’ seminars of the late 1990’s.
6. Internal education.  We need to remind our members of why we exist and what we stand for.  Ideological drift will doom the LP to an early death.  This must not happen!
7. Creation of a Liberty Sales Team: pay Libertarians a finder’s fee to obtain LP memberships.
8. Creation of a Libertarian Speakers Bureau to provide Libertarian experts to discuss issues of the day with the media.

Yours in Liberty

Mark Hinkle,
Candidate for LNC Chair

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• Served 10 years on the LNC as a regional representative or alternate from California.
• LP of California (LPC) Chair: elected 4 times for a total of 6 years.
• LPC Executive Committee member for over 25 years.
• County Chair, County Vice-Chair, and County Newsletter Chair.
• LPC Northern Vice-Chair.
• LPC Fund Raising Chair.
• LPC Newsletter Chair.
• Chair of the LPC Judicial Committee: 2008-2010.
• State Assembly candidate 5 times. Earned 10% of the vote in a 3-way race in 2008.
• Twice winner of the Sons of Liberty Award for the most principled partisan race (State Assembly).
• Twice a candidate for the Gavilan Community College board of Trustees.
• LPC’s liaison to the CCRS (California Civil Rights Alliance), a coalition of mainly Muslim groups concerned with Civil Rights violations by our government. Successfully passed an Anti-PATRIOT Act resolution through both houses of the California legislature.
• Campaign manager for the very first partisan race after the LPC achieved ballot status: Bill White for State Senate, 1980. He received 13% of the vote in a 3 way race.
• Authored many anti-Bond and and anti-parcel tax ballot arguments, successfully defeating many tax increase measures and thus saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Member of the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, which won it’s 2008 California Supreme Court case overturning an illegal tax increase by the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority. We forced the agency to give money back to the taxpayers. And I’m a chief plaintiff in the next case to overturn yet another illegal tax.
• Convention Chair for two LPC statewide conventions.
• LP guest speaker for more than 22 years in local high school Civics classes.
• Past LNC and LPC Platform committee member and LPC Bylaws committee member.
• Life member (both state & national) since 1974.
• Cast write-in vote for Libertarian Presidential/ V.P. candidates John Hospers & Tonie Nathan in 1972.

PROFESSIONALLY, I’m a small business owner in the San Francisco South Bay Area and have increased my sales each year. My business focuses on child safety and drowning prevention.

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Thank you for taking the time to visit my web site and for your interest in my campaign to become Chair of the Libertarian Party.

History tells us that great nations are not conquered by outsiders, but are destroyed from within.  After the greatness is gone, then and only then, do they fall prey to conquerors.

It may be that our republic is doomed by the destructive theology of Socialism that Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court are trying to force feed us.  However, I’m not willing to give in without a fight.

Fortunately we have many allies in the cause.  The backlash against Socialism is giving new life to the dream of freedom that the Libertarian Party has kept alive for the last 39 years.

We have allies in the TEA Party movement and in the Ron Paul Revolution on the economic and taxation fronts.  We have allies even within the Green Party on issues such as repealing the Patriot Act and certainly in regards to ballot access issues.  Here in California, where I live, we’re on the verge of legalizing marijuana (cross your fingers and your toes) this coming November.

Not since the Vietnam War have we seen the public protests now occurring all around the U.S.  People are pissed.

I think it’s critical for the Libertarian Party to regain it’s leadership position in the freedom movement.

And we can with competent leadership.  It’s simple, but not easy.  All you have to do is 1. set goals, 2. create a plan, 3. execute.

That’s exactly what I did as LPC Chair.  I set 3 goals: 1. 5,000 dues paying members in California, 2. raise $150,000 , and 3. hire an Executive Director (Juan Ros).   We focused on those goals, created plans to achieve those goals and then executed until they were accomplished.  Simple, but not easy.

A dedicated team of paid professionals and competent volunteers, working together towards a limited set of common goals was the key to our success.

We did it once with great results.  With your help and support, we can do it again.

Our very future may depend on it.

Please elect Mark Hinkle as LP Chair in St. Louis over Memorial Day weekend.

Yours in liberty……………….Mark W.A. Hinkle
Email: mark@garlic.com

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