Liberty Blog
January 12, 2023
Montco Libertarians Kick Off Monthly "Liberty Forum" Speaker Meetings
in News
Norristown PA – The Montgomery County Libertarian Party today announced the inauguration of monthly meetings for 2023 known as Liberty Forums. Each Liberty Forum will feature a different Libertarian-themed speaker spanning a wide range of topics. The Forums will be…
October 16, 2022
Growing Membership with Fun!
in The Chair
Politics is a numbers game, so we have to start filling the tent. With four months left to my second term as chair, I’ve had a front-row seat on the thrill ride of libertarian politics. Serving as chair forces one…
June 16, 2022
Nuclear Energy is Critical for Montco
in Local Issues
If we’re serious about a secure, habitable future in Pennsylvania, we should embrace atomic power generation. By closing a block valve early on March 28, 1979, engineers narrowly averted a reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Such…
January 31, 2022
Upper Gwynedd stirs a toxic mix of eminent domain and zoning
in Local Issues
The township's policies are both bad for liberty and the environment Encompassing the lands from the Delaware River above “New Castle Towne” to the 43rd degree of northern latitude, and five degrees of longitude west, the 1681 charter of a…
January 08, 2022
The Impact of Electric Cars on Pennsylvania
in Local Issues
Shocking, isn’t it? I mean here I am, a long-time Tesla shareholder ranting about the dangers of electric cars, of all things? Granted, I was able to pay off our mortgage with the gains we made selling off some Tesla…
January 07, 2022
The LPPA's long division
in The Chair
For the record, again, I don’t really care about our state party. As I’ve involved myself deeper into our own county committee, I’ve tried to avoid getting involved in its various dysfunctions. I think the real power and opportunity for…
August 19, 2021
The Revolutionary Act of Non Agression
“It is not easy to give you a just and accurate idea of the sufferings of the Army at large – of the loss of men on this account. Were they to be minutely detailed, your feelings would be wounded,”…
June 09, 2021
In Washington’s Footsteps
What was my red pill that brought me to libertarianism? It comes from my schooling and the tragedy of the 9/11 attacks. My libertarian journey started with the stories I heard around the camp fire while in the Boy Scouts,…
May 25, 2021
Lockdowns: An Attack on Liberty
Not for a moment did this libertarian believe that the lockdowns or mask mandates would have any effect against the spread COVID 19. And what do you know? I was right. Podcaster Tom Woods has hammered on this point for…
May 13, 2021
Adventures in Libertarianland
Sometime in 1982, I turned the final page of the book Atlas Shrugged, and as I closed its cover, the red pill slid down my throat. With my brain on fire with all the ideas crystalizing in my head, I…
May 12, 2021
MontCo Libertarians take out the trash in Pottstown
in News
Last Saturday, the Montgomery County Libertarian Party lead a group of fifteen volunteers who came to Pottstown to help in a downtown cleanup effort. Led by committee member Michael Mastrocola, the event was also an effort to bring attention to…
May 10, 2021
Mont Pelerin and Montgomery County
A libertarian schism more than forty years in the making is coming to a head in Pittsburgh. Given what's at stake, is this necessary or at all productive for a party perennially on the political fringe? The outlook for increased…
May 05, 2021
Thoughts on the Pittsburgh prickle
Unless you’re a libertarian living in a cave or without an internet connection, you’re surely aware of the brewing tempest heading to Pittsburgh next week. I’d like to state for the record that I personally support Marc Bozzacco’s candidacy for…
May 19, 2021
We All Get to Vote in this Primary
in Local Issues
Posted with permission from the Chester County Libertarian Party. The doors of the Pennsylvania Members-Only Primary Club will be open to all on May 18th this year. This is because of some critical referendums on the ballot that every voter…
March 16, 2021
MontCo LP Emergency Powers Statement
in News
The Montgomery County Libertarian Committee of Pennsylvania is calling on all registered Libertarians as well a all registered voters generally within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to vote ‘Yes’ on two ballot questions on May 18th 2021 regarding the governor’s emergency…
March 16, 2021
“After one year”— New Rays of Hope to End the “Emergency
in News
Beginning one year ago, State Governors and the President began using executive orders, generally without legislative approval, to impose lockdowns and other personal and business restrictions intended to combat a “pandemic.” After one year, this posting explains why now is…
March 04, 2021
Growing Number of State Legislatures Introducing Bills to Review Constitutionality of Federal Executive Orders
in News
Pennsylvania legislators may wish to consider what is emerging as a model approach, taken by three other states so far, to try to limit federal executive orders by means of "executive order review" legislation. On February 25, 2021, the Oklahoma…
March 02, 2021
Federal judge declares CDC ban on evictions over COVID-19 to be unconstitutional
in News
A federal judge in Texas has declared that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) moratorium on evictions for COVID reasons violates the U.S. Constitution. Decision here. The CDC moratorium on evictions had been in effect and was extended until at…
February 27, 2021
Federal Court to rule on Governor Wolf's emergency dictates
in News
With all the legal appeal briefs filed as of a few weeks ago, a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals is now poised to rule on Pennsylvania Governor Wolf's appeal of a District Court decision striking down some of Pennsylvania's earlier…
December 06, 2020
Walking Away
I tried to blink away the sleep, which should have been easier given the FBI agents from the Philadelphia field office standing a few feet in front of me. The year was 2016, and I was working as a bottom-level…
September 15, 2020
Libertarian Candidate Marc Bozzacco Talking Taxes and Mass Incarceration with Ken Krawchuk
in Local Issues
Abington residents, Marc Bozzacco, the Libertarian Candidate for State Representative 153rd District and past Gubernatorial Libertarian Candidate, Ken Krawchuk, sat down on Saturday to talk about Marc’s campaign and to answer questions about his reasons for running. Marc began the…
May 20, 2020
ReOpen Upper Perk Drive By Parade
in News
Montco Libertarians to Stage Five “ReOpen Upper Perk” Drive By Parades on May 31st The Montgomery County Libertarians are hosting a two hour series of five rallies on Sunday, May 31st, to protest the disastrous shutdowns that are devastating businesses…
May 20, 2020
Montco Libertarians to Stage Nine “Shutdown the Shutdown” Rallies on May 30th
in News
The Montgomery County Libertarians are hosting an all-day series of nine rallies on Saturday, May 30th, to protest the disastrous shutdowns that are devastating businesses and individuals alike in Montgomery County and throughout Pennsylvania. #ShutdownTheShutdown. The peaceful rallies are to…
February 07, 2020
I Welcome the Only Boot I’d Lick
The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the Montgomery County Libertarian Committee or its members. I wholly admit that the Libertarian Party has a branding issues. That issue did not begin recently, but truly dates…
February 05, 2020
Boot the Libertarian Freak Show
The opinions expressed in this article are not those of the MontcoLP Comittee. It is part one of a two-part series about the state of the party's public perception. Let's Fix the Libertarian Party’s Branding Problem Having spent most of…
July 27, 2019
The Death Penalty In Pennsylvania: A Case Study In Government Waste
in Local Issues
Imagine you own a business with zero customers. How long will you keep paying your employees to look busy? In the private world, owners of failing businesses quickly change their strategy or shut down to minimize their losses. In contrast,…
May 19, 2019
I’m Boycotting the Primary Election. You should too.
in Local Issues
It’s primary season in Pennsylvania. Each spring the Democratic and Republican party machines emerge from their holes to sing about the importance of exercising your right to vote for their preferred candidates. But unlike the spring blossoms, primary elections in…
January 02, 2019
Liberty for all: A goal achieved at the local level
in Liberty Blog
Changing the big picture starts with small efforts We all have our reasons for being Libertarians. Some of us believe there should be no government and no taxes. While some of us are progressive civil libertarians or moderate economic conservatives…
November 01, 2018
No such thing as a wasted vote
in Local Issues
Dear Voters This coming Tuesday, November 6th we have yet again another opportunity to exercise our right to vote. This is one of the greatest rights that we possess, to choose our leaders to represent us and unite us. I…
October 22, 2018
Ken Krawchuk accepts invite to League-sponsored debate
in News
ABINGTON, PA – Ken Krawchuk, the Libertarian Party candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, has accepted the invitation of the League of Women Voters to participate in their hour-long televised gubernatorial debate being held at 7 PM on Wednesday, October 24, at…
August 10, 2018
Meet the 2018 Libertarian Candidates
in News
Come to Harrisburg to meet the slate of Libertarians running in the mid-terms HARRISBURG, PA – This Sunday, Ken Krawchuk, the Libertarian candidate for Governor, will join numerous other Libertarian candidates for a “Meet the Candidates” rally introducing Pennsylvania’s 2018…
July 31, 2018
Ken Krawchuk Makes the PA Gubernatorial Ballot
in News
LANGHORNE, PA – “We are on the ballot!” exclaimed Ken Krawchuk, Libertarian Party candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, addressing a crowd of volunteers at a ballot access working party on Friday. “I just received word from the Pennsylvania Department of State,…
July 18, 2018
Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Ken Krawchuk Decries Pennsylvania's "Cowboy Cops"
in News
ABINGTON, PA – “Out of control!”, insisted Ken Krawchuk, the Libertarian Party candidate for Pennsylvania Governor. “The drug war is out of control. The police are out of control. Pennsylvania’s leadership is out of control. It’s long past time we…
May 02, 2018
A Libertarian perspective on the 2nd Amendment
in Local Issues
For my first blog post on the 2nd amendment I wanted to discuss the basics of pro-2nd amendment argument and the underpinnings of that argument. In order to keep this to a reasonable length, I won’t be going to deep…
May 02, 2018
Ken Krawchuck Announces Ballot Access Money Bomb
in News
ABINGTON, PA - Libertarian candidate for Pennsylvania Governor Ken Krawchuk announced in a campaign livestream Wednesday that he is launching a $10,000 money bomb to allow his campaign to petition for ballot access. The last time Krawchuk ran for governor…
January 19, 2018
I believe it is wrong to hurt people
in Local Issues
Why I became a Libertarian I am a Libertarian for one very simple reason. I believe it is wrong to hurt people, and non-aggression lies at the very core of Libertarian philosophy. Liberals and Conservatives will never say this. They…
