What we are aiming to do is fight the corruption of the two-party system, Wendy Adams said Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Libertarian Party, a minority political party that advocates shrinking the size of government, will form its first executive committees in Orleans and Jefferson parishes in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n
Wendy Adams, who the party hired in September as its executive director, said membership in Louisiana grew by more than 50 percent in the last year, a trend sparked by what she described as growing disenchantment with both Republicans and Democrats across the country. <\/p>\n
\"What we are aiming to do is fight the corruption of the two-party system,\" she said Thursday. <\/p>\n
The Orleans Parish caucus will be held March 28 at 7 p.m. in the banquet room of the Lakeview Harbor Restaurant on Harrison Avenue. The Jefferson Parish caucus is scheduled for April 4 at the Italian Pie Restaurant on Jefferson Highway in Harahan. St. Tammany Parish Libertarians will gather tonight at Vianne's Tea House on Girod Street in Old Mandeville. <\/p>\n
Out of those meetings will come newly elected executive committee members - seven each in Jefferson and Orleans, Adams said. Only registered party members can participate. <\/p>\n
The Libertarian Party, founded in 1971, gained considerable traction after U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, ran for president, Adams said. Piggybacking on his popularity among conservatives, the party has grown to roughly 7,450 members throughout Louisiana, she added. <\/p>\n
Shreveport, Lafayette and Baton Rouge already have Libertarian executive committees, and the party is working to form new ones in St. Mary, Terrebonne and LaFourche parishes, Adams said. <\/p>\n
The goals for 2013 are to reach 15,000 members statewide and establish organizations on college and university campuses, she said. <\/p>\n
\"What we've worked on is growing the party, and the way we're going to go about doing that is establishing local roots,\" Adams said. <\/p>\n
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