Manhattan LP in the News

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News releases

06/16/2003 –  Guns for Tots II: Libertarians Celebrate Toy Freedom with “Mermaid Militia”

03/25/2003 –  Libertarians Announce “Cigarette Light” Vigil Outside Bloomberg Townhouse.

01/22/2003 –  Guns for Tots: Libertarians Launch High-Caliber Toy Drive

10/31/2002 – Curses: Libertarian Witch to Put Halloween Hex on Olympic Bid.

10/15/2002 – NY TIMES FACES RALLY PROTESTING EMINENT DOMAIN SCHEME

4/10/2002 – LIBERTARIANS GIVE AWAY FREE CIGARETTES TO OVERTAXED NEW YORK SMOKERS

Media coverage

08/10/2005 – NY Sun Editorial : Jim Lesczynski Challenges Political Welfare

07/12/2005 – New York Poker Players To Protest NYPD Raids By Michael Friedman

8/30/2004 – Weekly Standard: “Everything Is Permitted”

8/25/2004 – WCBS 880 AM (Radio): Interview with Jim Lesczynski about Sunday’s RNC Protest.

8/16/2004 – Philadelphia Daily News: Anti-Bushites – Ready, aim, satire.

8/09/2004 – NY TImes: Permit Denial for Rally Adds to Push for Protests By MICHAEL BRICK.

1/17/2004 – NY Press: “Libertarians at the Gate” – Coverage of the MLP 2004 Convention.

9/23/2003 – CBS-NYC CH2: Smoker’s rights interview with Joseph Dobrian (see video).

2/25/2003 – New York Sun: (Op-ed by Jim Lesczynski) Harmless Toys, Harmful Laws.

2/07/2003 – CNSNEWS.com: NYC May Ban Toy Gun Sales.

proposed fake weapon ban.

2/07/2003 – AP News: ‘Guns for Tots’ toy giveaway held outside New York school to protest

Toy Guns In Harlem.

2/06/2003 – WABC-TV News: Political Group Greeted By Angry Parents As They Try To Hand Out

Kids To Protest ‘Silly’ Bill (TV Interview with Gary Snyder – MLP Chair).

2/05/2003 –   WABC-TV NEWS: ‘Guns For Tots’ – Political Group Plans To Hand Out Toy Guns To

1/31/2003 –   The Weekly Standard: covers the MLP’s “Guns for Tots” drive.

1/31/2003 –   Jim Lesczynski (MLP Media Director) was on CNN TV at 10:45pm (Guns for Tots).

1/22/2003 –   CNSNEWS.com: Libertarians Launch ‘Guns For Tots’ Drive

10/28/2002 – NY Resident: Article by Marc Tumin.

10/25/2002 – Scripps-Howard News Service: Squashing the riffraff, New York Times style.

7/1//2002 –   WNBC: MLP gives away free cigarettes (see the video)

4/11/2002 –  NY Daily News: Free Smokes Signal An Attack on Cig Tax

MLP newsletter
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Ad campaigns

11/01/2002 – NY SUN AD “Beware of the RINO’s”.

10/25/2002 – NY Resident Libertarian Party AD.

10/10/2002 – NY Press Libertarian Candidate AD.

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