This year, we have a very good candidate running for US Congress in Louisville. Ed Martin is a well-spoken, charismatic, successful small businessman, former independent political radio talk-show host, and Libertarian candidate for Congress.

But, because the Republican candidate in Louisville is losing by 20 points, the Jefferson County GOP is attempting to sue our candidate off the ballot, apparently in an effort to not be completely embarrassed.

We're trying to reach 5,000 registered Libertarian voters by the end of the year. We believe this is both a reachable and reasonable goal.

We provide easy instructions on how to re-register here.

Some of you who have attended an LPKY meeting in the past month or two have heard about this, but since we have many more supporters who don't attend the meetings, I thought it was important to tell everyone else what this is about.

Louisville Tea Party describes itself as this:

"The mission of Louisville Grassroots Tea Party, Inc., a non-partisan organization (meaning: our make-up is politically diverse and we are beholden to no particular political party), is to advocate for low taxes, responsible fiscal policies, strong national defense and smaller, less intrusive government and free market solutions to our nation’s challanges[sic]. We will accomplish our advocacy by organizing peaceful gatherings, evaluating local, state, and federal candidates and educating the community at large both on founding principles and issues that impact America."

I recently received a tip from a concerned citizen that the "non-partisan" aspect of their message has been dropped.

Ken Moellman, our chair, has decided to take a temporary leave of absence. If you have any concerns, forward them to me via our contact form or my phone 859.552.1522.

You won't notice much of a change, and he'll be back soon.

Hello everyone.

Because I have a bunch of stuff going on in my life outside of the LPKY, I'll be on a leave of absence for the next few weeks. I should be back at the end of June.

Hello again, everyone.

It's now painfully obvious that we need to clarify some things. I've been on the phone all day, which has just been great (sarcasm). Let's get some things cleared up right now:

You know, I had about 7,000 other things planned for this week, and only one thing has ended up dominating it.

For the 15,000th time, Rand Paul isn't a Libertarian. He never has been one, he never will be one.

We have more coming in dealing with this mess, but let's correct the record on a few things right now.

There's been a ton of talk in the media about Rand Paul's alleged Libertarian / libertarian stance on equal rights.

We've told you before that Rand Paul is not a Libertarian and even explained it further.

But, the media won't let this die, in part because of the candidate's previous primary opponent, and in part because Democrats are poised to take an awful beating nationally in November, and playing the race card is probably the only thing they've got.

Since endorsing this and that has been the topic de'jour, I thought it would be good to also note that I have personally endorsed Wayne Allyn Root for LP National Chairman.

This decision was not made lightly. Without going into detail, there are what I believe are good reasons that I have chosen to endorse W.A.R. for National LP Chair.

The endorsement letter follows.

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It has come to my attention that I need to weed out claims of endorsement or otherwise make clear my opinion on a few matters. Due to the efforts of a good friend, it has come to my attention that I "endorsed Rand Paul" and someone, somewhere is still making this claim.

I did endorse Rand at one point. My resignation from the LPKY last year to support him is a matter of public record. Rand was an acquaintance and a bright hope for freedom activists around Kentucky. To some extent, he is still viewed this way by many activists. I don't judge him for selecting expediency over principle, but he arrived at a place where I could no longer support his candidacy. I elected to return to the LPKY shortly before Jan. 1st, 2010, where I now serve as Vice-Chair.

In an effort to make my position perfectly clear: I am publicly withdrawing my support for Dr. Paul. I had refrained from doing it in this dramatic fashion, but I want my position to be clear. Neither I nor the Libertarian Party (Kentucky and National) endorse or adhere to the candidacy of Dr. Rand Paul in any way. We have issued a statement to that effect, and I request that anyone seeking clarification do so, either from myself or from other members of the Executive Committee. While some Executive Committee members have made personal decisions to support him while sitting on the committee, neither I nor the LPKY support his campaign.