Re: Regarding Candidate Darrell Dinges

[Lance Cayko]

Tonya:

Good morning.  There is a lot to unpack in your email but I will try my best to address everything.  see my answers in BLUE.

Mainly what can be done about a candidate that is outright making all libertarian candidates look bad and then posting it on Facebook?  

1. You can petition the board to motion to strip Darrell of his candidacy at the next board meeting but that isn't until November 12th. Moreover, I don't think the board wouldstrip Darrell of his candidacy.
   
2. You can run for the Campaigns Director position at the 2019 state convention.  It's not too difficult to get elected for this position and then you'd be in charge of advising candidates.
3. You can also come to the 2019 state convention and help vet the prospective candidates who are either nominating themselves or nominated by someone else
4. You can offer to volunteer to run campaigns for other candidates ini 2019.  You don't even need to be elected as a party officer at that point.

Bottom line the only thing that can be done is to get involved.  Are you involved with your affiliate at least?  What is your county?

Especially in this political climate of the republican attack on women and other genders, how can this go on?  How can you allow this guy to represent us?

See my previous comments.   The LP is severely under volunteered and unless more people start stepping up to fill leadership and volunteer positions.

We will never get anywhere or taken seriously if we have guys like this representing our party. 

We will never get anywhere unless people get off the keyboard and get involved.  It all starts at your affiliate level, then state, then national.  How can we help get you involved?

Last thing, you bring up libertarian principles.  Have you ever read the Statement Of Principles?  We are a pretty radical party that wants to repeal ALL gun laws, legalize all drugs, and legalize sex work.   Here are those principals:

https://www.lp.org/platform/

Let me know your thoughts.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 8:14 PM T Adams <tonya.a...@gmail.com> wrote:

So I had a few questions on how libertarians are supposed to campaign. Mainly what can be done about a candidate that is outright making all libertarian candidates look bad and then posting it on Facebook? When confronted this man gets rude along with his 6 supporters that include Caryn Ann Harlos. As a group they harass people, telling them they can't possibly be libertarian cause they think differently, then call folks angry feminists, called me woman in a derogatory fashion, told to know my place, told I should be a Democrat. All because a good handful of us don't think this candidate should be campaigning representing all libertarians in Denver as horny old pervs who feel up half naked waitresses at Twin Peaks and then post it. We've been told this is what Libertarians stand for. So I must have missed something a few years ago when I joined. I didn't think being rude, classless and tasteless was part of being libertarian, and I didn't know Id be harassed and degraded by our party chair and a candidate running for office for having an opinion. I also thought our party was about empowering people regardless of sex, not using the libertarian principals and twisting them to your advantage. Bottom line is this guy is who is representing Denver Libertarians, this is who our candidate is. And it seems nobody cares how he's alienating potential people with his actions and posts. Especially in this political climate of the republican attack on women and other genders, how can this go on? How can you allow this guy to represent us? Ive attached his recent posts and you can decide. No other candidates were this trashy, and when asked questions they responded thoughtfully as if they were capable of holding public office. Darrell Dinges can't seem to do much besides undermine our party, make us all look bad and make our party look like we objectify women and couldn't possibly be taken seriously for any job much less a public office. We will never get anywhere or taken seriously if we have guys like this representing our party. It has nothing to do with censorship or being a prude as ive been called for the last 2 days straight. It has everything to do with us increasing our presence in political elections and being seen as a formidable 3rd option. I am truly embarassed by this being our representative. Its not representative of me and many other libertarians. We should be attracting supporters and voters, not harassing them and turning them away. 

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In Liberty,

L A N C E   C A Y K O

C o m m u n i c a t i o n s  D i r e c t o r

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF COLORADO

[Lance Cayko]

So in the end you really weren’t looking for solutions, just to vent.  Got it.  

Good luck with the Chair run in 2019.  Please say hi to me the communications director, Lance.  

Have a great day!

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:25 AM T Adams <tonya.a...@gmail.com> wrote:

I totally understand the platform have for 10 yrs, and will add that when I moved here 3 yrs ago and registered as Libertarian I thought for sure this state had to be more progressive than the southern state I came from. We never had Libertarians, best you could hope for was a random independent here or there. But when I saw the things and comments posted there and how its ran like a good ol boys club of 7 people who are hell bent on turning others away if their opinions differ, it brought me back to hick ass Georgia. Even the way I was treated and how my words were twisted. How my biggest issue was in how this guy made our party look like complete white trash. There is a way to be Libertarian and have some class that at least makes us look credible to people who may want to join our party. But that group was byfar the reason why we cant be taken seriously. Nothing of substance was ever discussed, only some creepy guy posting pictures saying he was campaigning and his 6 cronies defending him telling anyone else that didnt like it to become democrats or harassed and called names. How is that productive to our cause? How does that get people to think we are any better than the other old options. Have some class and dignity, doesn't mean you are any less libertarian if you actually portray yourself credible. I already am wrking with an indivual who is running for the Libertarian chair position next year to get rid of the old white guy problem we seem to have here. Will lastly add that the national page has campaigns from all over the country for Libertarian candidates and not a single person on there made us look as bad as Darrell. It shows he has nothing at all to offer anyone, he can't even get attention without half naked women, its sad and pathetic. I also am no longer part of that shitty biased group that is hell bent on turning people into democrats and doing a fine job may I add, I have better things to do with my life, but rest assured Darrell's opponent Diana has already seen his crap and can easily pick up his women votes.  She has mine. So congrats and thank you for turning me away I am now a vocal opposition to anything Caryn Harlos or Darrell Dinges. Enjoy the continued failure, the Colorado libertarians will never amount to shit with people like them posting their ignorance.