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Freedom of Association – Respecting the Right to Refuse Service

Submitted by Starchild on 13 September 2023 - 1:51am

By Derek Varsalona

America is obsessed with guns – whether owning, carrying and using them, or trying to prevent others from doing so. Loving them and hating them is part of the national culture, as common (and loathed by some) as sex or cigarettes. And self defense is a natural human right, which translates into the civil right to keep and bear arms. Just do not tell that to one local baker.

Reem’s California, an Arab bakery and street food establishment with several outlets in California including one at 2910 Mission Street in San Francisco, is refusing to serve customers who have guns on them.
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Chase Oliver, Libertarian Party covered in Bay Area Reporter

Submitted by Starchild on 24 August 2023 - 8:57pm

When I learned that LP presidential contender Chase Oliver had received the green light to be the first alternative party presidential candidate to speak at the famed Political Soapbox event at the Iowa State Fair, I realized that some of the local press might recognize this as a newsworthy story and give some coverage. Especially the local LGBTQ press, given that Chase happens to be gay.

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Vote Tuesday November 8, 2022!

Submitted by Starchild on 8 November 2022 - 9:50am

LPSF Ballot Recommendations – Nov. 8, 2022 Election

BALLOT MEASURES

PROP. A (Retiree COLA Adjustment) – NO
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Vote Tuesday June 7, 2022!

Submitted by Starchild on 6 June 2022 - 5:44pm

Vote Libertarian This Election!

LPSF Ballot Measure Recommendations

Prop. A (public transit bond) – NO
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The Mini-Panic Over SF Shoplifting

Submitted by Starchild on 14 October 2021 - 9:13pm

Screen shot from a notorious video of a shoplifting incident at an SF Walgreens outlet taken June 14, 2021.
Since Chesa Boudin was narrowly elected (with the LPSF's support!) as San Francisco district attorney in November 2019 over the mayor's interim DA appointee Suzy Loftus, who was heavily backed by the San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA) and other law enforcement interests, there have been plenty of folks unhappy with that outcome.
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A vaccine mandate hides an ID mandate

Submitted by Starchild on 12 October 2021 - 3:33am

Not everything is as it seems in the San Francisco Public Health Department's vaccine mandate.
[NOTE: The author will be the guest speaker at November's LPSF meeting!]

By Edward Hasbrouck

(Reprinted from PapersPlease.org)

As we have long feared, and as has already happened in other countries, COVID-19 vaccination requirements are being used to impose unrelated ID requirements.

There’s a difference between “unvaccinated” and “undocumented” — a difference that’s gotten lost in some recent regulations and orders imposing “vaccination mandates”.

Case in point: the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
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Go ahead and engage in vote-buying, just don't be hypocrites

Submitted by Starchild on 5 May 2021 - 2:07am

I heard the same thing about the controversial new Georgia voting law (the "Election Integrity Act of 2021") that most of you probably have – that it criminalizes giving water to people waiting in line to vote. That part is what many in the media seem to want to focus on. Taken out of context, it definitely sounds like the GOP carrying vote suppression to an utterly petty level.

Then I read what that part of the legislation, which applies within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of any voter at a polling place, actually says:
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Yahoo! Groups --> Self-Hosted Discourse Forum

Submitted by Jeff Y. on 12 December 2020 - 2:09pm

We migrated our Yahoo! Group to a self-hosted Discourse! Almost 40,000 posts were imported, and user accounts were created for the group's existing subscribers.

The forum and your preferences can be accessed at https://forum.lpsf.org or via mobile apps.

--> If you have an account, you can also reply to a post or start a new topic by emailing [email protected] or [email protected] .

Discourse is heavily customizable, so if it's not working the way you want, login and change your settings, or let me know.
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November 2020 Ballot Recommendations

Submitted by Starchild on 9 October 2020 - 2:11pm

Proposition A – NO. This $960 million bond measure (the estimated cost to taxpayers of borrowing $487.5 million after all the interest and costs are paid) promises everything but the kitchen sink. Prop. A would supposedly fund "investments" (the Voter Information Pamphlet's biased language) in "supportive housing facilities", shelters, parks, recreation facilities, facilities for "persons experiencing mental health challenges", streets, etc. All things that could be paid for out of the city government's $13.7 billion regular budget (a budget larger than those of many states and even most countries!).
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March 3, 2020 Ballot Recommendations

Submitted by Starchild on 2 March 2020 - 9:34am

Longtime freedom-oriented observers of politics in the City by the Bay won’t be greatly surprised that exactly none of the local measures on the March 3 ballot are worth supporting. The Libertarian Party of San Francisco recommends voting NO on all five. Here’s some brief thoughts on why:

Proposition A – $845 million City College “Job Training, Repair and Earthquake Safety” bond

According to a faculty union representing teachers at City College, spending on administration has grown to comprise 10% of the school’s personnel costs, up from 7% just five years ago.
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