(Editor's Note: Jame Goldstein, wife of State Chairman Sam Goldstein, passed away Saturday after a long battle with breast cancer. Jame was a long time Libertarian activist, candidate and loved member of our Libertarian Party family. Please support her favorite charity in an effort to ensure that other loving mothers and wives are not taken too soon: The Weekend to End Breast Cancer benefiting St. Vincent Foundation.)

Jame Stuart Goldstein was born in Oakland, CA on October 20, 1957, the second daughter of Commander Charles Harnden (U.S. N. Ret.) and Loraine Harnden. As a Navy brat she grew up in Albuquerqe, New Mexico, Corpus Christi, Texas, Sunnyvale and Alameda California, Atsugi, Japan and Memphis, Tennessee.

Friends,

  It is with great sadness that I have to write of the passing of Jame Goldstein, wife of LPIN Chair Sam Goldstein. Jame was a long time Libertarian Party activist, candidate, lawyer,  loving friend, and above all, a loving mother and wife. She has battled breast cancer for many years, and passed away yesterday.

  Jame's funeral will be on Wednesday, March 10th at 2:00pm at Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Funeral Home located at 11411 N. Michigan Rd, Zionsville, IN. It will be followed by burial at Crown Hill Cemetery at 700 West 38th Street Indianapolis, IN. After the burial, anyone who wishes to join in a celebration of Jame's life is welcomed to Sam's home at 8074 Claridge Road, Indianapolis, IN following the burial Wednesday evening and Thursday, March 11th at 6:00pm for a memorial service in Jame's honor.

The Libertarian Party of Rush County will be taking part in the 12th Annual Rushville St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 13th, 2010.

This is a break out event for our County LP and we need to open some eyes in our area. We need your help even if you are not in Rush County!

We have a float, signs, banners, music, pass outs, candy and several local Libertarian marchers. The parade begins at 3:00, we will be in the staging area at 2:00 to decorate the float and prepare for the parade at  615 N Main St., Rushville, IN 46173 Map

Immediately following the parade we have singer songwriter Brian Wallen performing, hot dogs and St. Patrick’s Day punch for the public, along with a “Soapbox” fundraiser ($1.00 a minute) for anyone who wishes can break out in their best rant!

By Chris Spangle, Executive Director of the Libertarian Party of Indiana

Ed Coleman left the Republican party (because it left him) a year ago yesterday.  Coleman is at-large, and represents a million people. The conventional wisdom is that Libertarians serving in government are such a minority, that achieving anything is meaningless. Local Republican blogger Paul Ogden notes some of the issues that Libertarians have stood against.

This bird's eye view from a member of another party shows the effectiveness that we as a third party can have at raising issues in a high-profile, evenly divided political climate. It only takes one Libertarian to gum up the works of "bipartisanship."

http://www.ogdenonpolitics.com/2010/02/ed-colemans-one-year-libertarian-party.html

I have a friend that runs an auto body repair shop. He can do some pretty amazing things with a dented fender, but sometimes the damage is so bad there is nothing to do but replace it. Sometimes there are so many problems with a car that it simply can't be fixed.

There are a lot of things in this world that can't be fixed. One of those things is property taxes. We've seen a good example unfold in New Castle over the last few years. The owners of the Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant on Memorial Drive saw their property taxes increase from $5751.26 in 2005 to $31,453.61 in 2009, based on the increased assessed value of their property.

A letter to the Editor from Tony J. Keeler, Precinct Organizer, Perry 24, Libertarian Party of Marion Co.

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Libertarian City-County Councilman at- large Ed Coleman has introduced Proposal 39, amending a current ordinance prohibiting carrying a hand gun in public parks and trails. I have seen signs at parks prohibiting weapons, but was unaware that it included adults with a right to carry permit.

Criminals pay no attention to such ordinances or “signs”, but feel that most others will, being easy targets for assault. If assailants were to assume that every adult is armed, assaults would decline dramatically.

What arrogance, shown on behalf of the Council , to supersede state laws or the 2nd Amendment ! If we are to truly have a society of freedom and individual sovereignty, then we possess an unalienable right to defend ourselves with what means we choose, and take individual responsibility for our actions.