North Country Libertarians

The Northern region covers Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Clinton, Franklin, Essex, Lewis and Herkimer counties. It's the U.S. side of the St. Lawrence River Valley, the northern part of NY's Lake Champlain region, plus most of the Adirondacks. On the southern edges, we border the Capital Region LP affiliate (recognized by the LPNY), and the non-recognized Central NY area.

News from the North Country

04/13/07 SUNY Plattsburgh: There will be a meeting Monday night, April 23 in Meyers 226 at
7:30pm. We will talk about plans for the fall, including how to set up the libertarian
club on campus and public events we can sponsor. For more information, please contact Robert Hofer at parel -at- capital.net or 518-846-7716.

more Northern news and announcements
about our 2005 Mayor's Cup booth

Letters to the Editor

01/03/06	Lee Monnet to the Ogdensburg Journal, Love it or Leave it?
11/18/05	Larry Seguin to the Watertown Daily Times, DEA Intimidating Doctors in the War on Drugs
09/16/05	Robert Hofer to the Press-Republican, Spend it Now!
06/26/05	Lee Monnet to the Watertown Daily Times, McHugh's Vote Against Drug Bill Disappointing
05/25/05	Robert Hofer to the Press-Republican, On Liberty
04/17/05	Lee Monnet to the The Journal Newspaper, Libertarian Party of New York Convention
03/27/05	Larry Seguin to the Ogdensburg Journal, Drug War
02/20/05	Larry Seguin to the Ogdensburg Journal, Medical Marijuana
02/07/05	Robert Hofer to the Press-Republican, Minimum Wage
12/26/04	Larry Seguin to the Ogdensburg Journal, Drug Connection
11/14/04	Larry Seguin to the Ogdensburg Journal, Drug Money

Last year, Libertarian Robert Hofer wrote to the Press-Republican about the upcoming election, and Lee Monnet wrote to the Ogdensburg Journal about the USBP checkpoints. Both letters were published.

If you send in a letter to the editor, share it with us on our mailing list, and it should find its way to this web page. People who have three letters published in a year mentioning Libertarianism will win the Lights of Liberty award from the Advocates for Self-Goverment!

Did you know? All the Lake Champlain ferry crossings are at Marine Security Level 1, or MarSec1. That means that you consent to a search of your car if you want to take the ferry. It's been that way since 2004

Ongoing: Border Patrol is still at it on the Northway. See the ny.lp.org feature, The War Comes to Essex County, NY. June, 2005 update: NewsHawk Larry Seguin noted an Ogdensburg Journal article about an illegal drug bust thrown out of court. There are few limits placed on the USBP checkpoints, but if they don't have enough 'probable cause' for a human to search your car, they can't detain you for 50 minutes waiting for a drug dog to give them probable cause. If they'd read our summary, The War Comes to Essex County, or the recent Caballas decision, they'd have known that.

The checkpoint, now proven deadly, is located between exits 29 and 30 on the southbound side of the Northway (I-87). Roving U.S. Border Patrol have been stopping cars getting off at the prior exit or otherwise travelling down Route 9N. There are also checkpoints up near the Saint Lawrence Seaway on Routes 11 and 37, and on I-91 near White River Junction, VT.

Meetings We are starting to have regular meetings...on the third Wednesday of each month, 7pm at the Koffee Kat (104 Margaret Street in Plattsburgh). PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION FOR FEBRUARY! Februray 15, 2006, we will be meeting at Bob Hofer's house, 537 Miner Farm Road, a half mile east of Chazy Central Rural School. If you are coming up route 9 from Plattsburgh, take the first right in Chazy after the Stewart's. The house is the first one that sits way back from the road and the house number is on the mail box. Join the mailing list, lpny_northern@yahoogroups.com, to get meeting reminders and to discuss becoming a more active organization. Contacts Robert Hofer (Clinton County) parel -at- capital.net Gerry Allwell (Essex County) gbear711 -at- yahoo.com Bonnie Scott (Editor, North Country Libertarian newsletter) rabbit -at- cownow.com

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