10/22/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Scotty Boman. 313-247-2052
Doug Dern. 248-889-0610
Harley Mikkelson. (989) 673-7883
Mike Nikitin. 810-333-0980

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE ISSUED BY FOUR OF MICHIGAN CANDIDATES FOR US SENATE
http://www.mithirdparties.org

Swartz Creek, MI - Three of Michigan's United States Senate Candidates announced, to an audience at Swartz Creek High School, that they, were in agreement on four specific issues, that their respective presidential candidates had also agreed on. Natural law party candidate, Doug Dern also agreed to the planks, but was unable to attend the forum. The three present were Mike Nikitin of the Constitution Party (balloted as the Taxpayer's Party), Harley Mikkelson of the Green Party, and Scotty Boman of the Libertarian Party.

The announcement parallels one made at a press conference organized by Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul on September 10th. The four presidential candidates who had agreed to these same planks were Independent candidate Ralph Nader (Balloted as a natural Law Party candidate in Michigan), Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin (Listed as the Taxpayers Party in Michigan), Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney, and Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr (who agreed to the planks, but did not attend the September 10th press conference).

The four planks addressed the topics of foreign policy, privacy, the national debt., and the Federal Reserve. The full text of the "We Agree" planks follows.

We Agree

Foreign Policy: The Iraq War must end as quickly as possible with removal of all our soldiers from the region. We must initiate the return of our soldiers from around the world, including Korea, Japan, Europe and the entire Middle East. We must cease the war propaganda, threats of a blockade and plans for attacks on Iran, nor should we re-ignite the cold war with Russia over Georgia. We must be willing to talk to all countries and offer friendship and trade and travel to all who are willing. We must take off the table the threat of a nuclear first strike against all nations.

Privacy: We must protect the privacy and civil liberties of all persons under US jurisdiction. We must repeal or radically change the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, and the FISA legislation. We must reject the notion and practice of torture, eliminations of habeas corpus, secret tribunals, and secret prisons. We must deny immunity for corporations that spy willingly on the people for the benefit of the government. We must reject the unitary presidency, the illegal use of signing statements and excessive use of executive orders.

The National Debt: We believe that there should be no increase in the national debt. The burden of debt placed on the next generation is unjust and already threatening our economy and the value of our dollar. We must pay our bills as we go along and not unfairly place this burden on a future generation.

The Federal Reserve: We seek a thorough investigation, evaluation and audit of the Federal Reserve System and its cozy relationships with the banking, corporate, and other financial institutions. The arbitrary power to create money and credit out of thin air behind closed doors for the benefit of commercial interests must be ended. There should be no taxpayer bailouts of corporations and no corporate subsidies. Corporations should be aggressively prosecuted for their crimes and frauds.

9/26/08
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Libertarian Party of Michigan Chair Bill Hall, 616-460-9516 or Media Coordinator Mark Norrod, 616-902-0086
http://www.mi.lp.org

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE ISSUED BY ALL 16 LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF MICHIGAN CANDIDATES FOR US CONGRESS – Scotty Boman US Senate; Daniel W Grow, US House District 1; Dan Johnson, District 2; Erwin J Haas, District 3; Allitta Hren, District 4; Leonard Schwartz, District 5; Greg Merle, District 6; Kenneth Proctor, District 7; Will Tyler White, District 8; Adam Goodman, District 9; Neil Kiernan Stephenson, District 10; John J Tatar, District 11; John Vico, District 12; Greg Creswell, District 13; Rick Secula, District 14; Gregory Scott Stempfle, District 15

Libertarian Scotty Boman, candidate for U.S. Senate, joined Michigan’s candidates for all 15 U.S. House of Representative seats to renounce the proposed financial bail out of the mortgage banking system. "These problems were caused by the Republican and Democratic politicians in DC and the Federal Reserve!" Boman continued, "They created the government monopolies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They required them to insure no-money-down loans at artificially low rates to people without the ability to pay them back. They inflated the money supply, driving down interest rates, and artificially inflating home and asset values. Giving the same incompetent government regulators even more control over the market would be insane."

Leonard Schwartz, US House candidate for Michigan’s 5th District expressed similar outrage. He summarized the situation, "These firms made loans, which is naturally a risky business. They made a lot of money on most of those loans. Now they want us to pay for the ones that went bad. This situation is the same as if a casino wanted to keep all the wagers they won, but wanted taxpayers to cover all their payouts."

"Their proposals are simply wrong," stated Daniel Grow, 1st District candidate for U.S. Congress. "Banking is already highly regulated." Mentioning the Securities and Exchange Commission, the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and prosecutions by the US Department of Justice, Grow added, "Loose monetary policy and efforts to expand home ownership caused this crisis, and further regulation will not fix anything." Attacking the bail-out proposals, Grow said, "Pumping in more money will at best only temporarily delay necessary adjustments, ultimately bringing a worse crisis, and is a thinly veiled effort to seek short-term political gain."

Dan Johnson, candidate for the 2nd District, declared, "It is us hard-working Americans who work, save to buy a home, and pay our bills who are being asked to mortgage not only our future, but our children's and grandchildren's future to pay for this. We need to stop this now, and we need to elect a Libertarian Congress in November. Otherwise, we risk further federal manipulation of our economy, which will ultimately fail and drive us into a deeper and longer depression than will occur naturally without further manipulation. Should this bailout go through, we will have handed the inmates the keys to the asylum."

Scotty Boman offered this proposal: "The fastest way out of this mess is to free those hard-working Americans who have demonstrated they are responsible with their finances to continue to work hard, invest in our economy, and create jobs. We must not tax, regulate and penalize them to bail out those on Wall Street and Main Street who have demonstrated they are not responsible, and will likely do the same thing again, and expect yet another bail out."

6/07/08
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Scotty Boman. 313-247-2052
http://www.boman08.com

Romulus-MI. On the afternoon of Saturday, June 7th, Scotty Boman was nominated to run for United States Senate by the Libertarian Party of Michigan. The convention was in Romulus at the Best Western-Gateway.

The nomination for U.S. Senate was contested. Leonard Schwartz, the 2006 nominee for the same office and 2008 vice-presidential hopeful, ran against seven-time Libertarian candidate, Scotty Boman.

Boman, an active Ron Paul supporter from the Detroit area, had been campaigning for the Senate nomination for the past two months. Schwartz started his United States Senate Campaign at the Denver national convention, where he withdrew his candidacy for vice president after Bob Barr was named the party’s presidential nominee.

Scotty Boman is a longtime party activist and former state party chairman who captured almost 137,000 votes in his 2004 race for State Board of Education.

Leonard Schwartz has served as the party's political director, and was the party's US Senate candidate in 2006. In his 2004 race for Michigan Supreme Court, he drew more than 438,000 votes.

"Either of these men would be a voice of reason in the US Senate, and a welcome improvement over Senator Carl Levin," state chairman Bill Hall said on the eve of the convention. He continued, "Both support steep spending and tax cuts, promptly withdrawing from Iraq, and restoring our freedoms taken away by the Patriot Act, unlike their Democratic and Republican opponents."

In a press release issued the previous day Hall is quoted as saying, "Scotty and Leonard are leading the charge, but this year's state convention promises to be a great day for our party," Hall noted. "Former Congressman Bob Barr's nomination as the Libertarian Presidential candidate in Denver late last month has energized libertarians, Ron Paul Republicans and anti-McCain conservatives to run on the Libertarian ticket." Hall is expecting this year's slate of Libertarian candidates to contest all statewide offices and Congressional races, dozens of state house seats, and dozens more county and local offices. Many districts in Southeast Michigan will have only a Libertarian and a Democrat on the ballot.

In his acceptance speech, Boman praised Schwartz’s record of supporting libertarianism and the Michigan LP, and said he would nominate Schwartz for any office for which Schwartz chose to run. Ultimately, Schwartz decided to run for the 5th United States House of Representatives seat.