Libertarian Party of the Florida Keys Endorses No Candidates for August’s Elections

Ahead of August 26^th’s local elections for many non-partisan offices in Key West and Monroe County, Libertarian Party of the Florida Keys Chairman Mike Kane released the following statement:

After much discussion and review, the Libertarian Party of the Florida Keys has decided not to endorse any candidates for Augusts’ elections. It was a consensus among all members that no candidate took the Libertarian approach to solving today’s societal woes: reducing the size and scope of government.

Rather than addressing important Libertarian issues, such as ending the failed war on drugs, reducing property and sales taxes, marriage equality until government is out of marriage licensing altogether, advocating for jury nullification, and the eventual privatizing of schools, most candidates are incredibly vague with their campaign slogans such as “increasing transparency in government”, “restoring trust in city hall”, and “setting high standards”.

Some candidates are focused on making government work more efficiently, and even worse, other candidates want to further expand government’s control over the economy, education, and people’s personal lives.

Until candidates are willing to promote Libertarian solutions to bad governance we cannot in good faith support them.

The Libertarian Party of the Florida Keys is supporting Libertarian candidates Adrian Wyllie (Governor) and Bill Wohlsifer (Attorney General).

About The Libertarian Party of the Florida Keys (LPFK)

LPFK was founded July 9^th, 2014, and is an officially recognized affiliate of the Libertarian Party of Florida. LPFK is in the process of forming a Committee with the Monroe County Supervisor of Elections. For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/FloridaKeysLibertarianParty, www.lpf.org, or call Chairman Mike Kane 703-962-0720