Libertarians win majority on Colorado City Council

LP News ^ | 13 November 2001 | LP

[Brian Mosely]

For some reason, this reminds me of the "Freak Power" ticket that supported one guy for Mayor of Aspen, CO...and then had Hunter S. Thomspon run for sheriff of Piktin County.

[anniegetyourgun]

I don't have any hostility toward the Libertarian party. What's to be concerned about?

[Z-28]

Leadville... hmm... excellent choice.

Already has plenty of pot plantations in the surrounding mountains.

[Senator Pardek]

Ugh - now they have no choice but to defund and disband the city council.

[constitution]

But ideally, neither would be necessary.

[caseyblane]

societal guardrails from bureacrats and career politicians?

None for me!!

[anniegetyourgun]

We are the government, remember?

[anniegetyourgun]

Sure, but one would have to start from the premise that man is inherently good and that utopia is achievable. I'm not that foolish.

[IRtorqued]

I'll bump that!

[nunya bidness]

Leadville is a great town. A friend of mine just moved there and she loves it.

Very independant people. Beautiful scenery and great fishing.

[tacticalogic]

there is a role for government in society

What do you consider government's role in society to be - is it the function of government to dictate what societal mores should be, or should it conform to the views of society? Is our government merely an extension of our society, and thus any legitimate concern of society is also a legitimate concern of the government?

Personally, I think that it is for society to deal with issues of morality, and not the government - government is amoral and should not be tasked with being the arbiter of moral issues. Society should keep governemnt at arm's length and not embrace it too closely. If you do, you can't see what it's hands are doing behind your back.

[gcruse]

Great, then you'll support the Libertarian
efforts to eliminate all societal guardrails.

You mean training wheels or restraints?
Same effect.  Same thing.  Take it with you.

[anniegetyourgun]

Gotta get rid of murder laws then, eh?

[anniegetyourgun]

Training wheels or restraints? Are we talking seat belts here? Maybe you could be more specific. On second thought, never mind.

[Illbay]

Wrong about what? Do you SERIOUSLY believe that the first thing these folks won't do is move for some sort of city ordinance designating the town that Horace Taber built an "open city" for drug use?

[steve-b]

I don't recall ever seeing a libertarian say they didn't like the people around them.

The basic difference in attitude I've seen between libertarians and statists is that the former like people but don't trust The People while the latter take the opposite tack.

[Aedammair]

You are so right! "Societal guardrails?"; the kind of speak that's enough to give someone the heebee jeebeez. Between the legacy just past; and perhaps that which looms ahead; "Yamahama it's fright night!"

[Don Myers]

Well, that is one city that will be on Cloud 9.