LP ESCAMBIA MEETING MINUTES 1/25/2026

Called to order at: 2:15pm

**Inclement weather had some joining via zoom**

ROLL CALL:

Rob
Anne
Amanda
Roman
Nicole
Tanner
Carrie
Theodore
Jason Harris***

***New Member 😀

PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES:

National Report:
- Rob Report – Dallas LP Meeting
  - New faces good meeting
  - Passed a deficit budget
  - Sold headquarters in Washington DC
  - Rob now is chair of litigation committee
State Reports:
- Nicole report
  - Passed motion to support HB133
  - Walton County has been reaffiliated
- Ed Report
  - Theodore elected as Secretary of state party:
    - Feb 20-21th in Clearwater at Aspirations winery
    - Theme position is open for $50 buy in
Chair Reports:
- Rob
  - Massie Event
  - Get the float built
    - Bring in more members
  - Get governor candidate James Fishback to attend a meeting
  - Feb 6th for Mardi Gras floats
  - Decrim natural FL
    - Decrim plant based medicine
  - Defend the guard: need act of war to send national guard to war
Vice Chair Report
- Anne
  - Couple build or sleep in heavenly peace
  - Concrete blocks acquired to stand the trailer on
    - Needs axles, tires and brakes
    - Paint for the frame ready (yellow)
  - By annual road cleaning needed for Navy Blvd
  - Chief of police debates upcoming, January 13th
    - Eric Goss (favored candidate)
    - At the Saenger theater 5:30 pm
  - Vote to elect Amanda to Secretary
Treasurer Report
- Roman
  - Start Go Fund Me for trailer build.
    - One donation for $60 from Nicole Skelly
  - $1,520.14 in account now.
  - 294.90 is in checking account
  - -$100 coming from SRCLP
  - $300 coming from Bay County LP
Secretary
- Elect Amanda to Secretary

ORDER OF BUSINESS

Officer Reports
- National Reports
  - Rob
    - Litigation committee chair for state party
    - National Convention May 22-24 Grand Rapids, MI
      - Rob will attend Thurs-Mon
      - National party can lean more left
      - LP Alliance
- State Reports
  - Theodore
    - LPF Secretary
    - Convention in Clearwater Fri 20th – Sat 21st
    - LPFCon.org
    - Affiliate report submission
  - Nicole
    - Record and law FOIA in Escambia county for Police
      - Maybe Rob and Amanda can work on this
      - Nicole went to Capitol with GOP
        
        Authoritarian republican group 🙂
        
        Don Gaetz regarding property tax
        
        Teaching hospitals will be defunded if we get rid of property tax
        
        What do property taxes go towards?
        
        Charter bus and go to Capitol
        
        We don’t have any independent elected representatives
        
        Committees
        
        Hector Ruse
        
        Lobby days – legislative schedule etc.
    - Region report
      - Nicole and Eric Skelly are chair and vice chair
      - Ed is the secretary!
      - Start an IG —
      - Reach out to some other political groups
        
        Amanda is creating a document with a ton of contact information–and she and Nicole are working on reaching out.
        
        Trey McMullin
        
        Republican liberty caucus – wants to come to a libertarian party Santa Rosa meeting
        
        Well educated on flock cameras
        
        1st of March
        
        10 libertarians for James Fishback event Feb. 23rd at Ace’s Hanger in Milton
        
        Monday 5:30pm
        
        Four open seats left
  - Ed’s report
    - Ran for waterboard and did not win and it might have been because it was more partisan than we realized
    - Navarre event space sponsor
    - “Community” pages
      - Preserve Navarre
      - Closed group – can’t make your own posts and you definitely cannot comment without them deleting your comments
      - They’re playing good ‘ole boys club through these pages – we can propagandize too?!

DISTRICT ONE PARTY REPORTS

Chair
- Rob
  - James Fishback strategy session for Feb 23 event
    - He’s highly financially authoritarian – let’s attack that
    - Can we push him into more free market stances?
    - GOP will fill in the room – and it’ll be felt
    - Dress code: Business casual or formal attire.

Vice Chair
- Anne
  - LP Parade float trailer
    - It’s on blocks until we sand blast and paint it
    - Waiting for sunny day for this project
  - Sleep in Heavenly Peace event
    - Went well
  - LPF Convention – Winery Feb 20th-21st

Treasurer
- Roman
  - $185.69 after paying trailer man
  - 501c3 for county affiliate

Secretary
- Amanda
  - Roman and I are working on the hand off of the position
  - Let me know if I am missing any responsibilities
  - I am working on creating a contact list for politically involved groups in the area
  - I am willing to work on the FOIA request for Record and law FOIA in Escambia county for Police
  - Starting an IG
    - Link IG to FB → so we can dual post
  - Website is being updated
  - Let’s widen our reach with posting about national and state events as well

FLOAT COMMITTEE REPORT
- Tanner
  - Hardware is complete and paid for
  - Struggling to find a non-rainy Saturday for paint
  - Audio systems, lighting, PA systems
    - Donated equipment from SWAT (Thank you!!)
    - List of audio components to try to see about donations for
    - T-Shirt cannon
    - Larry Downs wants to sponsor the float!!
  - Palafox street vanity project
    - Studer family – subtle but not so subtle protest for parade routes (roundabouts won’t allow for that)
      - Maybe they will change the route?
    - What stage of planning is it in??
      - Let’s research this
      - Let’s reach out to Larry Downs in regards to this
    - Larry Downs
      - Ask about how he could help being that he is interested

Old Business
- Spent money on axels $1875
  - Need a piece of paper for tax write off?
- FB: UWF College Libertarians
  - Anne & Spencer admin
    - Trying to keep as professional as possible
  - Can we reach out and ask to limit admin for this group?
    - Please don’t post sexually explicit images

New Business
- Elections
  - No objections to affiliate report submission as is
    - Submit affiliate report
  - What do property taxes go towards in the state of Florida
    - Track property tax elimination bill and try to find a fiscal analysis
  - Float project Saturday – 1.31.2026 – 10pm
    - Sandblast and paint must be done the same day!
    - Volunteers needed: 3
  - Adopt a Highway road clean up tabled for March meeting
  - 501.c3 creation – create our own LP of Florida or Escambia 501c
    - Dues paying so we attract serious members?
    - Dual parallel
    - Fundraising ideas
  - Set next meeting for March 1st, 2026
Announcements
- Rob did Comedy in Tampa with Kill Tony comics
- Nicole’s son is a theater star

Adjournment
- Adjourned at 3:41pm