2nd District

ELKHART, IN -- Michiana Grassroots United, formerly the Michiana Ron Paul Group, will be meeting at the Elkhart Public Library to watch a public viewing of Washington, You're Fired, a documentary that puts the U.S. Constitution firmly in the spotlight and gives the term "clean-up" a new perspective.

The documentary takes a disturbing look at the last seven years of fundamentally flawed terror-related spy bills; show you how they collectively and negatively impact your civil liberties, and show you how to correct the problem from within your own local government. For instance, almost 500 cities, counties, and states, have enacted localized anti-PATRIOT Act legislation. You could be the next person to lead your community one step closer to the Constitution.

The movie will show at 6:00 p.m. (ET). RSVP at the Elkhart Meetup

WALKERTON, IN -- District 2 libertarians will host a town hall meeting at the Polk Township Community Building in Marshall County this Tuesday night, at 7:30 p.m. (ET). County Council candidate Ryan Liedtky and congressional candidate Mark Vogel will co-host the event. The town hall meeting is free and open to the public. The topic of the meeting is the economy, both locally and nationally. Refreshments will be provided.

If there are any questions, please call Ryan Liedtky at 574-952-8409.

SOUTH BEND, IN -- Mark Vogel believes Rep. Joe Donnelly's rush to bail out Wall Street investment banks is misguided, pointing to scores of economists who share Vogel's own view that a bailout is a temporary election-year fix and could lead to greater problems down the road.

"You've got the former Chairman of Goldman Sachs, Henry Paulson, serving as Secretary of the Treasury, asking for essentially a blank check with no controls," explains Vogel. "And, our Republican President and Democrat Finance Committee want us to believe this is urgent enough to pass this in a day? What happened to reading the bill in its entirety? Any time both parties are so eager to push something at the voters -- however nuanced it may be by the opposing parties -- that spells trouble."

Greg Kelver is the candidate for State Senate District 8. He is the past Chairman of the LaPorte County LP and member of the LPIN State Central Committee. He is a contributor to the LaPorter County blog.

UNION MILLS, IN -- Once again the LaPorte County Commissioners, particularly Commissioners Bill Hager and Barb Huston, have demonstrated that they are not qualified to govern a high school class much less a real county with 110,000 real lives in it.

SOUTH BEND, IN -- Funnel cakes, corn dogs, and hamburgers sums up the week Mark Vogel had. The LP candidate for the 2nd District Congressional seat kept a busy campaign week schedule with stops in LaPorte, Howard and St. Joseph Counties.

Vogel started the week working the LaPorte County fair alongside LPLP members. Working the Monday crowds along the midway, Vogel and his campaign staff passed out flyers, shook hands and answered questions from voters.

"It was great to have Mark join us," noted LPLP Chairman Andy Wolf. "The county fair draws everyone. It's an important event for us every year and great to have our candidate for Congress work here as hard as he did."

Vogel's week then included a campaign stop with potential supporters in the far southern reaches of the district in Northwest Howard County.

ELKHART, IN -- This week's announcement by Monaco Coach that the company is slashing 1,400 jobs from three plants in northern Indiana comes as no surprise to Elkhart citizens. The world's self-proclaimed capital of manufactured housing and RV's is experiencing cuts -- deep cuts -- across the both industries.

While analysts and business pundits weigh the future of the industries, Elkhart is smack in the middle of what appears to be nearing depression. Job cuts in the thousands have hit long-established companies such as Dutchmen, Coachmen, Newmar and Terra Vista, in addition to the Monaco cuts.

Fears are strong that the wave will hit Elkhart's second tier of RV and housing suppliers.

Reported by WTCA radio station in Marshall County, Indiana.

PLYMOUTH, IN -- Marshall County has it’s first Libertarian on the ballot. The three Republican and three Democratic candidates for the three County Council at Large Seats will have one other candidate to deal with during this campaign season.

Ryan Liedtky, pronounced (Lid key), a 23 year old Polk Township resident has filed on the Libertarian ticket as a County Council candidate for the November General Election. A graduate of John Glenn High School, Liedtky works in the Technology department for the South Bend Tribune and helps his mother with her business Perfect Pets Grooming. He has attended Ancilla College part-time since 2004 majoring in criminal justice.