SAN ANTONIO Using the Alamo as their backdrop, Libertarian party candidates running for statewide office pledged to open Texas' borders and legalize marijuana at a news conference Thursday. <\/p>\n
I believe in the sovereign power of the individual, said Robert Butler, the party's candidate for lieutenant governor. <\/p>\n
He then quoted Alamo fighter Davy Crockett, saying, I am no man's man. I bark at no man's bid. I will never come and go, and fetch and carry, at the whistle of the great man in the white house, no matter who he is. <\/p>\n
Jamie Balagia, a local attorney who also practices in his hometown of Austin, is the party's candidate for Attorney General. <\/p>\n
He said if elected, he would enforce the state's laws but make his political views well-known, including his thoughts on legalizing marijuana. <\/p>\n
Looking at children visiting the historical mission behind him, Balagia said, I wonder how many of them will end up in handcuffs? <\/p>\n
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