Page 6 University Daily Kansan, November 10, 1982
Libertarians view first election as victory in disguise
By JULIE HEABERLIN Staff Reporter
The Libertarian Party had an official place on the Kansas ballot Nov. 2, for the first time in the party's history, with 25 candidates who asked voters for a radical change in state government
And in spite of the sound defeat of every Libertarian candidate, state and national party officials said yesterday that the election was a victory in disguise and a confident step forward in Midwest politics.
"We recognize that we are fairly new and underinformed compared to the major parties," said James Ward, a spokesman who ran for governor this year.
"THIS ELECTION is just another step. Our goal is not necessarily to elect Libertarian candidates, although that is important. We would accomplish our mission by being a party in Kansas and force the major parties to take some of our positions."
The Libertarian Party, with a platform that strips the government of power and abolishes most taxes, nationally in 1972 and in Kansas in 1974.
The Kansas coalition was not officially placed on the ballot until this year because of a statute requiring each party to turn in a petition to the secretary of state's office signed by 25,000 Kansas voters.
Ward said the party appealed the statute in federal court this year because it discriminated against the
minor parties. He said the federal court handed down a favorable decision in June, which gave the party little time to organize and nominate candidates.
THE STATE party's members campaigned for state, national and local office this year, including candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney, former the Kansas Board of Education, Congress and the Kansas Legislature.
According to the unofficial vote count, Ward received 7,738 votes, 1 percent in the governor's race, the most votes captured by any of the parties. The Republican and American Parties also sponsored candidates for governor.
BUT A CANDIDATE who ran for the Board of Education fared more successfully despite the party's lack of interest and financial problems, Ward said.
In a local state-house race, Pat Goodwin, KU law student, received 117 votes of the 5,508 cast.
Marian Nunemaker, a candidate for District 7, received 20,355 votes, 30 percent of the votes cast in her race.
Another Libertarian candidate for the Board of Education received about 10,000 votes, which Ward said suggested some Kansans were leaning toward the Libertarian's philosophy of private education instead of public.
Ward said that party officials were already preparing for the next election in two years and that a Libertarian can face Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan.
radical when you consider what we've had," Ward said, referring to present government policies.
"THE LIBERTARIAN philosophy is
"libertarianism is growing because of its liberal philosophy, and also because it has a conservative economic philosophy. It has two things come together very nicely."
Chris Grieb, a national party official at the Libertarian headquarters in Washington, D.C., agreed with Ward that the individualist philosophy of the Libertarians was more popular in the western states.
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THE LIBERTARIAN Party is particularly strong in Alaska, Grieb said, where Libertarian candidate Dick Randolph received 15 percent of the vote. The governor's party. The party also had two other candidates in Alaska during the past term, he said.
He said the party was disappointed but not discouraged, although all 900 Libertarians who campaigned across the nation lost in their bid for election this year. There are several Libertarians in bipartisan positions who will
Libertarianism is also gaining strength in Montana, Arizona, Colorado, California and Oregon, he said. His membership is about 400,000, he said.
City to consider life-line gas rates for elderly, poor
BURGLAR'S STOLE $465 worth of cash and items Sunday night from Everything But Ice, 616 Vermont St., police said yesterday. The burglar's store $38 in cash and $429 worth of miscellaneous items.
THEVES STOLE A 1975 Ford Mustang worth $2,100 Sunday night from the 2300 block of Ridge Court, police said yesterday. Police have
The party is approaching several candidates for the presidential nomination in 1984, including Randolph, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R.Texas, and Walter McCain, a economist at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Grieb said.
BURGLARSTOLE $260 worth of stereo and cassette tape equipment Saturday night from a car parked near the corner of 19th and Massachusetts streets, police said. The police reported to police until yesterday.
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The decision followed a $1_{1/2}$-hour discussion.
The Lawrence City Commission last night directed the city staff to look into the possibility of establishing a life-line for the elderly, poor and handicapped.
The proposal would establish rates that were 50 percent lower for the first 20 mcfs of natural gas used. An mcf is 1,000 cubic feet. The proposal, according to several people who spoke before the commission, assumes an average rate of 28 mcfs during the months of December, January and February.
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The commission also decided last night to approve a site plan for a new bus depot, at the southwest corner of Sixth and Michigan streets.
The program of lower rates only would be effective during those three months.
The commission also received final results from last week's opinion poll on the question of a nuclear freeze with the Soviet Union.
CITY MANAGER Buford Watson said the city attorney would begin studying the life-line rate question. A professor of law at Mississippi probably could be made within 12 months.
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"I think we have to take the opportunity to institute life-line rates and to do it as soon as possible," he said.
Commissioner Tom Gleason said the city had an obligation to establish some new police stations.
The cost for each person, assuming a two-person household, would be about 2
However, other customers would pay an additional fee of $1.47 each month of
A public referendum probably would be a good idea, Clark said.
THE COMMISSION'S action came after two hours of discussion.
The commission also discussed its 5 percent natural gas franchise tax. Mayor Marci Francisco suggested that collection of the tax be suspended during the winter months as another way to help people pay their gas bills.
"I'm very worried about people getting built-up expectations about what the city can and cannot do," he said. "I think there is a serious legal
However, Commissioner Barkley Clark said instituting life-lite rates involved serious legal questions and the city might face a lawsuit if it did so.
The city commission may have to call a special election if it institutes a life-line rate system, he said. Such an election would be required if enough voters signed a petition of protest, he said.
However, Clark said such a proposal also would involve legal problems.
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