TUPELO Mayor Jason Shelton will provide a keynote address this Saturday at a political event in Biloxi hosted by the state Libertarian Party. <\/p>\n
Shelton is a Democrat and will join a roster of speakers that otherwise tilts Republican and Libertarian. <\/p>\n
At least some deological diversity is precisely the point of the gathering, which is dubbed Loungin with Libertarians. <\/p>\n
Promotional material for the event describes it as a venue for Libertarians and adherents of other political viewpoints to interact and network. <\/p>\n
This is the fifth such Loungin event. It will be held at the White House Hotel in Biloxi. <\/p>\n
Shelton himself is an advocate of a more collaborative and less ideologically blinkered political discourse. He has criticized the major U.S. political parties as a preoccupation with partisan advantage to the neglect of a functioning government. <\/p>\n
With that in view, Shelton is happy to consider his appearance at a Libertarian event as en effort to help leverage his elected officer to broker a different kind of political environment. <\/p>\n
I do feel a personal responsibility to do what I can to make it better, Shelton said in a recent interview with the Daily Journal. As mayor of Tupelo, you have a pretty high profile job. <\/p>\n
Shelton himself is comfortable in a bi-partisan environment. He has twice now been comfortably elected as a Democrat in a traditionally Republican city and maintains a strong working relationship with a City Council under the control of a Republican supermajority. <\/p>\n
Though he hasnt ruled out a run for higher office, Shelton has avoided strongly ideological fights during his tenure in office and has focused instead on what he calls good government. <\/p>\n
Other speakers at the Saturday Libertarian event include a Republican member of the Biloxi City Council and the independent mayor of McLain. A member of the state Libertarian Partys executive committee will also deliver remarks. Other guests expected to attend include the newly-elected Republican mayor of Ocean Springs who identifies as largely Libertarian in outlook. <\/p>\n
Libertarians generally align themselves with the Republican Party because of their strong support of a minimal federal government, low regulation and light taxation. <\/p>\n
The party typically differs from traditional Republican stances, however, on foreign policy and national security issues as well as civil liberties and drug policy. <\/p>\n
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