Liberty University offers new proposal for civic center in Lynchburg

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LYNCHBURG, Va. -

Liberty University is presenting a new idea for a possible civic center in Lynchburg.

LU is offering to build an arena on Candler's Mountain Road, next to Routes 29 and 460.

The property currently houses a large parking lot for Thomas Road Baptist Church and Liberty Christian Academy. Both facilities would likely have to move, if the arena is built.

Under the proposal, Lynchburg's government would own and operate the civic center, but Liberty would pay for construction and lease it for school events.

LU originally offered to build a civic center at River Ridge Mall, but engineers determined that location couldn't accommodate traffic for large events.

Here is the full press release from Liberty University:

Liberty University has presented Lynchburg officials with a draft proposal that could serve as the outline for an agreement between the university and the city for a new civic center in Lynchburg. The proposal calls for the university to pay for its use of and to finance the construction of a new regional civic center on Candlers Mountain Road near its juncture with the U.S.460/U.S. 29 bypass.

The university would provide the land for the facility and would allow the civic center to avail itself of some university parking spaces during major events scheduled when classes are not in session.

Under the proposal, the city would own and maintain ongoing operational control of the facility by creating a special purpose Sports Authority. Liberty would agree to a long-term lease which would require it to pay annual rent for the right of first refusal for 40 to 45 event dates including all mens basketball and hockey games, concerts and other special events. The Vines Center would continue to host convocation and sporting events that do not draw large numbers of off-campus participants driving to campus (parking is very limited near Vines).

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Justin Amash on getting elected as a libertarian, stopping the NSA, and karaoke-ing for liberty – Video

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MTUCs Sarawaks final response

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FMT LETTER: From Andrew Low, via email

Medecci began his rebuttal to MTUC with this ;

I invite Andrew to read for greater understanding of its fundamentals and principles. Libertarian is about normative discipline, methodological individualism, voluntary association, non-aggression principles and private property rights. So I am proud to be both in these groups of thought. I am blessed indeed.

Medecci continued belief that others dont read or understand what Libertarian principles are, is condescending at best and having the mind-set of him being a superior person at worse.

Austrian Libertarianism is just one of many forms of Libertarian school of thought. I would venture to say that Medeccis brand of Austrian Libertarian is a particularly extreme form of libertarianism that calls for the abolishment of government.

Those who subscribe to this extreme school of thought are actually call anarchists, a very correct description, I must add.

Lets try to understand Medeccis reasoning.

My argument is this; those few who first thought the earth was round or that our planet revolved around the sun and not vice versa were also extreme and discredited the Church. In that era, there were only a small numbers of people such as Galileo and Copernicus who went against the mainstream and they were indeed super dedicated.

The two thinkers paid a big penalty (established by force) for advocating these extreme seeking the truth. Giodarno Bruno an Italian thinker who is best known for his cosmological theories was executed for holding opinion contrary to the Catholic Church.

Despite sacrificing their lives and their freedom, these great thinkers never call for the abolishment of the Church. All they did was to show, through the pursuit of scientific knowledge, that some of the Church thinking were wrong.

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Libertarian Party officially forms in Harrison County

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For the first time in history, the county has gained a third party, with the recent establishment of the Libertarian Party of Harrison County.

As far as I know, this is the first instance of there being an organization in Harrison County, said Michele Swint, who was appointed as chairperson by State Chair Patrick Dixon on Feb. 6.

Officials at the elections office further confirmed the historic establishment, advising that there isnt any record of a prior Libertarian Party at their office.

Swint, a resident of Hallsville, decided to look into forming one after moving here from Lamar County where she was active in the political party there.

I moved down here from Lamar County and there was no Libertarian Party here and I wanted to go to the meetings and be involved in it, she said. The closest meetings I could drive to were in Gilmer. (Thus) I stepped up to see what needed to be done to establish one (in Harrison County) and here I am.

I talked to the chairperson over the party of Texas and went through the process of making sure I met the criteria. I went through a (process) and they appointed me, she said.

The Precinct Convention was held March 11; the County Convention was held March 15; the Senate District 1 Convention was held March 22 in Longview where the party is also emerging as a third political party in Gregg County; and the upcoming State Convention will be April 11-13 in Temple.

During the convention, the party will choose its nominees for governor and other statewide offices.

The Libertarian Party, Americas third largest political party, was founded in 1971. According to the national website for the party, http://www.lp.org, Libertarians believe in the American heritage of liberty, enterprise, and personal responsibility.

Libertarians recognize the responsibility everyone shares to preserve this precious heritage for children and grandchildren.

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Libertarian attorney general candidate wants to abolish death penalty

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(KATV)- Libertarian party candidate for attorney general, Aaron Cash, says he believes the death penalty in Arkansas should be abolished.

Channel 7 News reported Monday that the Democratic candidate and three Republican candidates want to see executions return to Arkansas, including one Republican candidate, David Sterling, who wants to see the return of the electric chair.

Arkansas hasn't executed a prisoner on death row since 2005.

"There is a standard for cruel and unusual punishment. Surely our society has moved beyond executing citizens," Cash said, "Since 1973 more than 100 people have been released from death row. How many other innocent people are there? To me it's not worth the risk"

Cash said he believes the death penalty is often applied in an unfair and unjust manner.

"People of color are far more likely to be executed, especially if the victim is white," Cash said.

Cash said if he were attorney general, he would ask there be proposed legislation to abolish the death penalty.

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